List of wars: 1800–1899 facts for kids

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This article lists many important wars that happened between 1800 and 1899. This time period saw huge conflicts like the Napoleonic Wars across Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania. These wars changed countries and the lives of millions of people around the world.

Wars from 1800 to 1810
Wars from 1810 to 1819
Wars from 1820 to 1829
Wars from 1830 to 1839
Wars from 1840 to 1849
Wars from 1850 to 1859
Wars from 1860 to 1869
Wars from 1870 to 1879
Wars from 1880 to 1889
Wars from 1890 to 1899

Wars from 1800 to 1810

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1801	1805	Tripolitan War	United States Sweden (until 1802) Sicily	Tripolitania (part of the Ottoman Empire) Morocco (1802)
1803	1815	Napoleonic Wars	Allied Powers: Austria Prussia Russia United Kingdom Many other European countries	France and its allies: French Republic (until 1804) French Empire (from 1804) French-controlled states like the Confederation of the Rhine
1803	1806	War of the Third Coalition Part of the Napoleonic Wars	French Empire and allies: France Batavian Republic Spain Bavaria	Austrian Empire Russian Empire United Kingdom
1804	1813	First Serbian Uprising Part of the Serbian Revolution	Ottoman Empire France	Revolutionary Serbia Russian Empire
1804	1813	Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Part of the Napoleonic Wars	Russian Empire	Qajar dynasty (Persia)
1806	1807	War of the Fourth Coalition Part of the Napoleonic Wars	French Empire and allies: France Confederation of the Rhine	Prussia Russia United Kingdom
1806	1812	Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Part of the Napoleonic Wars	Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
1807	1814	Peninsular War Part of the Napoleonic Wars	Portugal United Kingdom Spain	France
1808	1809	Finnish War	Russian Empire	Sweden
1809	1809	War of the Fifth Coalition Part of the Napoleonic Wars	France Confederation of the Rhine	Austria United Kingdom

Wars from 1810 to 1819

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1810	1821	Mexican War of Independence Part of the Spanish American wars of independence	Mexican Army	Spain
1811	1818	Wahhabi War	Ottoman Empire	First Saudi State
1812	1812	French invasion of Russia Part of the Napoleonic Wars	Russian Empire	France and its allies
1812	1814	War of the Sixth Coalition Part of the Napoleonic Wars	Allied Powers: Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	France and its allies
1812	1815	War of 1812	British Empire United States United States	British Empire United States United States
1813	1837	Afghan-Sikh Wars	Sikh Empire	Durrani Empire Emirate of Afghanistan
1814	1816	Anglo-Nepalese War	British East India Company	Nepal
1815	1815	Hundred Days War of the Seventh Coalition	United Kingdom Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire Russian Empire Many other European countries	First French Empire (under Napoleon)
1817	1818	Third Anglo-Maratha War	British East India Company	Maratha Confederacy
1817	1818	First Seminole War Part of the Seminole Wars	United States	Seminole Tribes
1817	1864	Caucasian War	Russian Empire	Various local groups like the Avar Khanate, Circassia, and Caucasian Imamate
1818	1828	Zulu wars of conquest	Zulu Kingdom	Other tribes from the Mtetwa Paramountcy
1819	1820	Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada Part of the Venezuelan War of Independence	United Provinces of New Granada	Spain

Wars from 1820 to 1829

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1820	1824	Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820-1824)	Egypt Eyalet	Funj Sultanate, Sultanate of Darfur, Shaigiya tribe
1820	1822	Ecuadorian War of Independence Part of the Spanish American wars of independence	Free Province of Guayaquil	Kingdom of Spain
1821	1829	Greek War of Independence	Greek revolutionaries Britain France (1827 only) Russian Empire (1827 only)	Ottoman Empire Egypt Eyalet
1821	1837	Padri War	Dutch Empire	Indigenous people of West Sumatra
1822	1825	Brazilian War of Independence	Empire of Brazil	Kingdom of Portugal
1824	1826	First Anglo-Burmese War	Britain British East India Company	Burmese Empire
1825	1828	Cisplatine War	Empire of Brazil	United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and Thirty-Three Orientals
1825	1830	Java War	Dutch Empire	Rebellion forces of Prince Diponegoro
1826	1828	Russo-Persian War (1826–28) Part of the Russo-Persian Wars	Russian Empire	Persian Empire
1828	1834	Liberal Wars	Liberal forces of Queen Mary II United Kingdom	Absolutist forces of King Miguel
1828	1829	Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)	Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire

Wars from 1830 to 1839

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1830	1831	Belgian Revolution	Southern Provinces of the Netherlands (became Belgium)	United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1830	1847	French conquest of Algeria	France (France)	Ottoman Algeria
1831	1834	Siamese–Vietnamese War (1831–34)	Vietnam Vietnamese protectorate of Cambodia	Thailand (Siam)
1831	1833	Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–33)	Egypt	Ottoman Empire
1832	1832	Black Hawk War	United States Native American tribes allied with the US	Black Hawk's Native American band
1833	1840	First Carlist War	Liberals and Allies: Forces of Queen Isabella II of Spain British Empire France (France)	Carlists: Forces of Infante Carlos of Spain
1835	1836	Texas Revolution	Republic of Texas	Mexico
1835	1842	Second Seminole War Part of the Seminole Wars	United States	Seminole Tribes
1835	1845	Ragamuffin War	Empire of Brazil	Riograndense Republic
1836	1839	War of the Confederation	Chile Argentine Confederation	Peru-Bolivian Confederation
1837	1838	Lower Canada Rebellion Part of the Rebellions of 1837	United Kingdom	Patriote movement
1838	1839	Pastry War	France (France)	Mexico
1839	1841	Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–41)	British Empire Austrian Empire Russian Empire Ottoman Empire	Egypt
1839	1842	First Anglo-Afghan War	British Empire British East India Company	Emirate of Afghanistan
1839	1842	First Opium War	British Empire	Qing Empire of China

Wars from 1840 to 1849

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1841	1845	Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–45)	Vietnam Cambodia protectorates loyal to King Ang Duong	Thailand (Siam)
1842	1868	Russian Conquest of Bukhara	Russian Empire	Emirate of Bukhara
1844	1856	Dominican War of Independence	Dominican Republic	Haiti
1844	1844	Franco-Moroccan War	France (France)	Morocco
1844	1847	Franco-Tahitian War	France (France) Tahitian allies	Kingdom of Tahiti
1845	1846	First Anglo-Sikh War	British East India Company	Sikh Empire
1846	1847	Seventh Xhosa War	British Empire	Xhosa Tribes
1846	1848	Mexican–American War	United States	Mexico
1847	1933	Caste War of Yucatán	Mexico	Maya Free State
1848	1849	Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Two Sicilies	Various Italian rebel groups and states, supported by Kingdom of Sardinia
1848	1849	Revolutions of 1848 in the German states	German Confederation Austrian Empire Prussia	German Rebels
1848	1849	First Italian War of Independence	Austrian Empire	Kingdom of Sardinia and other Italian states
1848	1849	Second Anglo-Sikh War	British Empire British East India Company	Sikh Empire
1848	1849	Hungarian War of Independence	Austrian Empire Russian Empire	Hungary
1848	1851	First Schleswig War The Three Years' War	Denmark	Schleswig-Holstein Prussia

Wars from 1850 to 1859

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1850	1864	Taiping Rebellion	China (China) British Empire French Empire	Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
1850	1853	Eighth Xhosa War	British Empire	Xhosa Tribes Khoikhoi Tribes
1851	1865	California Indian Wars	United States	Various Native American tribes like Miwok, Yokuts, Cahuilla
1851	1868	Nian Rebellion	Qing dynasty	Nien militia
1852	1852	Second Anglo-Burmese War	British Empire	Burma
1853	1856	Crimean War	Ottoman Empire French Empire Britain Kingdom of Sardinia	Russian Empire
1854	1860	French conquest of Senegal	French Empire	Kingdom of Waalo Toucouleur Empire
1856	1860	Second Opium War Arrow War	United Kingdom French Empire	Qing Empire of China
1856	1857	Anglo-Persian War	British Empire Afghanistan	Persia
1857	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857 India's First War of Independence	British Empire British East India Company Nepal	Sepoys (Indian soldiers) Mughal Empire Various Indian states
1857	1861	Reform War	Liberals United States	Conservatives
1858	1862	Cochinchina Campaign	French Empire Kingdom of Spain	Dai Nam
1859	1859	Second Italian War of Independence	French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia	Austrian Empire
1859	1860	Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)	Spain	Morocco
1859	1863	Federal War	Venezuelan Federalists	Venezuelan Conservatives

Wars from 1860 to 1869

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1861	1865	American Civil War	United States of America	Confederate States of America (Southern states)
1861	1867	French intervention in Mexico Also known as Franco-Mexican War	United Mexican States Supported by : United States of America (entered in 1865)	Second French Empire (France) Second Mexican Empire
1862	1862	Dakota War of 1862	United States	Dakota Sioux
1862	1877	Dungan Revolt (1862–77) Muslim Rebellion	Qing Empire of China	Muslims of China
1863	1865	Dominican Restoration War	Dominican Republic	Spain
1863	1864	January Uprising	Russian Empire	Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth (rebels)
1864	1864	Second Schleswig War Second Danish-German War	German Confederation Austrian Empire Kingdom of Prussia	Denmark
1864	1870	Paraguayan War	Empire of Brazil Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay
1866	1866	Austro-Prussian War Seven Weeks War German Civil War	Prussia Kingdom of Italy	Austrian Empire Kingdom of Saxony
1866	1868	Red Cloud's War	Lakota Tribe	United States
1866	1869	Cretan Revolt (1866–69)	Greek rebels	Ottoman Empire
1868	1868	Glorious Revolution (Spain)	Spain (Liberals)	Spain (Conservatives)
1868	1878	Ten Years' War Great War	Spain	Cuba (rebels)
1868	1869	Boshin War War of the Year of the Dragon Part of the Japanese Civil War	Imperial Faction: Forces of the Emperor of Japan Satsuma Domain Choshu Domain	Tokugawa Shogunate Republic of Ezo
1868	1868	British Expedition to Abyssinia	British Empire	Ethiopian Empire
1869	1869	Red River Rebellion	Dominion of Canada British Empire	Métis Forces of Louis Riel

Wars from 1870 to 1879

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1870	1871	Franco-Prussian War	North German Confederation Kingdom of Bavaria	Second French Empire (France)
1871	1871	French Civil War of 1871	French Republic	Communards (rebels in Paris)
1872	1876	Third Carlist War	Kingdom of Spain	Carlists (supporters of a different royal line)
1873	1904	Aceh War	Dutch East Indies	Aceh Sultanate
1873	1874	Third Anglo-Ashanti War	British Empire	Ashanti Empire
1874	1875	Red River War	United States	Comanche Tribes Kiowa Tribes Southern Cheyenne Tribes
1874	1876	Ethiopian–Egyptian War	Ethiopia	Egypt
1876	1877	Great Sioux War of 1876 Black Hills War	United States Allied Native American tribes	Arapaho Tribes Cheyenne Tribes Lakota Tribes
1876	1878	Qing reconquest of Xinjiang	Qing dynasty	Kashgaria (a Muslim state)
1876	1878	Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78) Part of the Great Eastern Crisis	Montenegro	Ottoman Empire
1877	1877	Nez Perce War	United States	Nez Perce
1877	1877	Satsuma Rebellion	Empire of Japan	Samurai rebels from the Satsuma Domain
1877	1879	Ninth Xhosa War	British Empire Mfengu Tribe	Xhosa Gcaleka Tribe
1877	1878	Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)	Russian Empire Serbia Romania	Ottoman Empire
1878	1878	Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878	Austria-Hungary	Bosnia Vilayet (Ottoman province)
1878	1880	Second Anglo-Afghan War	British Empire	Afghanistan
1879	1879	Anglo-Zulu War	British Empire Colony of Natal	Zulu Kingdom
1879	1883	War of the Pacific	Chile	Peru Bolivia

Wars from 1880 to 1889

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1880	1881	First Boer War	South African Republic	British Empire
1881	1881	French occupation of Tunisia	France	Tunisia
1881	1899	Mahdist War	Egypt British Empire Italy	Mahdist Sudan
1882	1882	Anglo-Egyptian War	British Empire Egypt	Egyptian rebels under Arabi Pasha
1883	1885	First Madagascar expedition	French Third Republic	Merina Kingdom
1883	1886	Tonkin Campaign	French Third Republic	Qing dynasty (China) Black Flag Army
1884	1885	Sino-French War	France Annam Protectorate	Qing dynasty of China
1885	1885	North-West Rebellion	Canada	Provisional Government of Saskatchewan Cree–Assiniboine
1885	1885	Serbo-Bulgarian War	Bulgaria	Serbia
1885	1885	Third Anglo-Burmese War	British Empire	Third Burmese Empire
1886	1894	Samoan Civil War	Mata'afans (a Samoan faction)	Tamasese (another Samoan faction)
1888	1889	Abushiri Revolt	German Empire	Rebels led by Abushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi

Wars from 1890 to 1899

Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Who Fought
Start Year	End Year	Name of Conflict	Winners (if known)	Losers (if known)
1890	1890	First Franco-Dahomean War	Kingdom of Porto-Novo French Third Republic	Kingdom of Dahomey
1891	1891	Anglo-Manipur War	British Raj	Kingdom of Manipur
1891	1891	Chilean Civil War of 1891	Congressist Junta (rebels) Navy of Chile	Republic of Chile (government) Army of Chile
1892	1894	Second Franco-Dahomean War	France	Kingdom of Dahomey
1892	1894	Congo–Arab War	Congo Free State	Zanzibari Arab slave traders
1893	1894	First Matabele War	British South Africa Company Tswana	Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom
1894	1895	First Sino-Japanese War	Empire of Japan	Qing Empire (China)
1895	1896	First Italo-Ethiopian War	Ethiopia	Kingdom of Italy
1895	1898	Cuban War of Independence	Cuban rebels United States	Kingdom of Spain
1896	1896	Anglo-Zanzibar War The shortest war in history	British Empire	Zanzibar
1896	1897	Second Matabele War	British South Africa Company	Ndebele (Matabele) people Shona (Mashona) people
1896	1898	Philippine Revolution	Katipunan (Filipino rebels) First Philippine Republic United States	Kingdom of Spain
1897	1897	Greco-Turkish War (1897) The Thirty Days' War	Ottoman Empire	Kingdom of Greece
1898	1898	Spanish–American War	United States Cuba First Philippine Republic	Kingdom of Spain
1899	1901	Boxer Rebellion	Eight-Nation Alliance (Japan, Russia, Britain, France, US, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary) Other nations like Netherlands, Belgium, Spain	Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers) China (China)
1899	1902	Second Boer War	British Empire British colonies like Cape Colony, Natal Colony, British India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand	Orange Free State South African Republic
1899	1902	Thousand Days' War	Colombian Conservative Party	Colombian Liberal Party
1899	1913	Philippine–American War	United States Philippine Constabulary	First Philippine Republic Katipunan Various Filipino and Moro rebel groups

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