Wars

Human transition from foraging to settlement

Religious wars of the High Middle Ages

Founding of the United States

1789–1799 sociopolitical change in France

1914–1918 global conflict

1939–1945 global conflict

1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR

Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)

Current phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war

1861–1865 conflict in the United States

1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia

1950–1953 conflict in Korean Peninsula

Major war in Central Europe (1618–1648)

1936–1939 civil war in Spain

Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

Period of sociopolitical turmoil in China (1966–1976)

Ongoing armed conflict in the Middle East

2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria

Ongoing conflict since 2014

1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East

1775–1783 conflict in North America

2003–2011 conflict in Iraq

1967 war between Israel and Arab states

Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)

British revolution of 1688

Tenth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars (1853–1856)

1940–41 bombing of Britain during WWII

1979–1989 armed conflict in South Asia

1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon

Global war among European powers (1756–1763)

Series of wars in England, 1642–1651

European conflict from 1870 to 1871

1980–1988 armed conflict in West Asia

1939–1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland

1904–1905 conflict in East Asia

1973 war between Israel and Arab states

1982 undeclared Argentina–United Kingdom war

1937–1945 conflict in East Asia

Theatre of war of European Axis and Soviet Union blocs

Medieval Christian military campaigns

2011 armed conflict in North Africa

1898 conflict between Spain and the United States

1812–1815 conflict in North America

1956 British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt

1927–1949 civil war in China

1096–1099 Christian re-conquest of the Holy Land

2008 war between Russia and Georgia

Armed conflict in South Asia

Hypothetical future global conflict

Series of civil wars in England (1455–1487)

Uprising against British Company rule

1912–1913 conflicts in Balkan states

1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

1701–1714 European great power conflict

Swedish-Russian conflict (1700–1721)

1912–1913 war between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire

1994–1996 war between Russia and Chechen separatists

War between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BC)

Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC

1894–1895 war between China and Japan

Latin Christian armed expedition (1202–1204)

1846–1848 conflict between Mexico and the United States

2025 war in West Asia

1839–1842 war between the United Kingdom and China

War between Rome and Carthage, 218 to 201 BC

c. 1566/1568–1648 war in Habsburg Netherlands

1896 military conflict in East Africa

Armed conflict primarily between Israel and Hezbollah

Military campaign following the September 11 attacks

1998–1999 armed conflict in the Balkans

1147–1149 Christian holy war

Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan (2020)

Greek rebellion against the Ottoman Empire (1821–1829)

1954–1962 war of Algerian independence from France

1189–1192 attempted re-conquest of the Holy Land

20th-century conflict between Poland and Russia

Bulgaria's invasion of its neighbours (1913)

1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia

1866 war in Europe

Nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920)

Interwar conflict in Turkey, 1919–1923

1740–1748 war between European powers

1971 Bangladesh–Pakistan armed conflict

Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan (1988–1994)

1946–1954 French colonial war in Indochina

Territorial conflict between Chile and allied Peru and Bolivia (1879–83)

1899–1902 war in South Africa

1856–1860 war between British–French forces and China

1999–2009 conflict in Chechnya and the North Caucasus

1975–1990 conflict in Lebanon

1991–2001 series of wars in the Balkans

First Israeli–Palestinian war

1991–95 war during the Yugoslav Wars

War between Rome and Carthage (264–241 BC)

1911–1912 war in Libya and the Aegean Sea

War between Rome and Carthage (149–146 BC)

Territorial conflict in South Asia

Armed conflict in the Gaza Strip

1918 civil war in Finland

Armed conflict

Battles for succession to rule the Roman Empire (AD 69)

58–50 BC conflict between Rome and Gallic tribes

Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)

19th-century conflicts between China and European powers

Genocidal conflict in Western Sudan

Civil war in Yemen

Failed Hungarian revolt against the Austrian and Russian Empires

Large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)

1935–1936 war between Italy and Ethiopia

North American theater of the Seven Years' War

1792–1802 wars

1962 war between China and India

16th-century war in Eastern Europe

Religious crusade in Egypt from 1248 to 1254

1562–1598 Catholic-Protestant conflicts

Rashidun Caliphate's conquest of the Sasanian Empire

1919–1921 war between Irish and British forces

1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict

13th-century crusade against Catharism in southern France

Attempted crusade

1217–1221 attempted conquest of the Holy Land

Conflict between the Kingdom of Greece and the Turkish National Movement

War between France and a European coalition (1688–1697)

1946–1949 civil war in Greece

73–71 BCE Roman slave rebellion

1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

1922–1923 conflict between factions of the IRA

1793–1796 set of battles between the French revolutionaries and the royalists

1944–1945 war between Finland and Germany

Ongoing civil war in East Africa

1999 conflict between India and Pakistan

Crusade against Ifriqiya in 1270

1880–1881 war in South Africa

1817–1864 invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire

1228–1229 attempted conquest of the Holy Land

1835–1836 rebellion

Armed conflict which ended Spanish rule of New Spain

Conflicts between Ottomans and Holy League (1683–1699)

Military confrontation between India and Pakistan alongside the Bangladesh Liberation War

1805–1806 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

Series of wars between the 7th and 11th centuries

1868–1869 Japanese civil war

War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates

15th-century religious wars in Bohemia

1967–1970 war

Finnish war against the Soviet Union (1941–44)

1813–1814 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

War between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932 to 1935)

War between China and Vietnam in 1979

1947–1948 war between India and Pakistan

Series of conflicts between 1568 and 1918

1998–2003 war in central Africa

1975–2002 military conflict

War between Denmark, Prussia, and Austria in 1864

18th century Succession wars for the Polish Commonwealth

Brief war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969

European conflicts from 1494–1559

European crusade to the Holy Land, 1271–1272

1896–1898 Philippine war of independence against the Spanish Empire

12th/13th century crusades around the Baltic Sea

Series of wars during the 17th and 18th centuries

War in the Roman Republic (49–45 BC)

1945–1949 Indonesian conflict and diplomatic struggle against Dutch rule

1990–1992 separatist conflict in Moldova

Anti-Russian uprising in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1830–31)

Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war

1838–1842 British-Afghan war

War between Estonia and Soviet Russia in 1918–1920

8th-century conquest by the Umayyads

1940–1941 conflict

British colonial war in 1879

1967–1970 war between Israel and Egypt

Byzantine–Gothic war in Italy

1806–1807 conflict of the Napoleonic Wars

Frontier conflicts in North America, 1609–1890s

1792–1797 battles between French revolutionaries and neighbouring monarchies

Undeclared conflict between China and the Soviet Union

1977–1978 war between Ethiopia and Somalia over Ogaden region

1859 conflict between Sardinia (with France) and Austria

1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea

1978–89 conflict between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge

Civil war in the early 15th century Ottoman Empire

1808–1809 war between Russia and Sweden

1895–1896 war between the Ethiopia and Italy

Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC

Sixth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

1970–1971 conflict in Jordan

Ongoing conflict in West Africa since 2012

1672–1678 European war

Civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653

Armed conflict in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997

1808–1833 series of armed conflicts in the Americas

1878–1880 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan

Second war on revolutionary France by European monarchies

1809 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

Conflicts between Rome and various Greek kingdoms (214–148 BC)

Military rebellions by Greek cities in Asia Minor against Persian rule (499 BC–493 BC)

Series of military campaigns by the Mongol Empire

Eighth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

Ninth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

Prelude to the First Crusade (April–October 1096)

Fifth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

Ancient Greek war (395–387 BC)

1967–1975 conflict in Cambodia

Ongoing armed conflict in South Asia

Conflict in Europe

1996–1997 war in central Africa

1959–1975 conflict in Laos

1881–1899 Sudanese revolt against Anglo-Egyptian rule

War between Rome and its Italian allies

Series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states

Military conquest during 1580–1778

Fifth and final conflict of the Russo-Persian Wars

First conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars

Conflict in Eastern Europe

Peasant revolt against the Eastern Han dynasty

1918–19 conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces

1992–1994 armed conflict within the Bosnian War

Rashidun-era Muslim civil war (656 to 661)

Armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups

Maoist insurgency in Nepal (1996–2006)

1945 Soviet invasion of Manchukuo

AD 193 in the Roman Empire

1974–1991 conflict in Ethiopia

1961–1991 conflict within Ethiopia

Conflicts between the Byzantine and Ottoman empires (1299–1453)

Conflict over the status of Crete

1941 campaign during World War II

War between Russia and Poland-Lithuania Commonwealth

War between Spain and Cuban rebels from 1895 to 1898

Conflicts between Rome and Pontus (88–63 BC)

1546–1547 conflict in the Holy Roman Empire

Multilateral civil war in North Africa

Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)

1739–1748 conflict between Britain and Spain

1961–1974 wars of independence in Africa

1991–2002 war in West Africa