List of wars involving Spain
This is a list of wars fought by the Kingdom of Spain or on Spanish territory.
Ancient
- 237-218 BCE Barcid conquest of Hispania
- 218–17 BCE Roman conquest of Hispania
- 181–179 BCE First Celtiberian War
- 155-139 BCE Lusitanian War
- 154–152 BCE Numantine War/Second Celtiberian War
- 104-103 BCE Cimbrian Invasion
- 80–72 BCE Sertorian War
- 49–45 BCE Caesar's Civil War
- 29–19 BCE Cantabrian Wars
- 169-172 CE First Maurish invasion
- 177-180 CE Second Maurish invasion
- 258-260 CE Frankish invasion
- 409-411 CE Great Barbarian invasion
- 414-418 CE Visigothic-Barbarian War
- 419-420 CE Suevic-Vandalic War
- 438-453 CE Suevic-Roman War
- 456-457 CE First Visigothic-Suevic War
- 456-463 CE Suevic Civil War
- 456 CE Invasion of the Heruli
- 458-459 CE Visigothic conquest of Baetica
Medieval
- 551–555 Byzantine conquest of Spania
- 572 Suevic-Cantabrian War
- 573 Visigothic conquest of Sabaria
- 574 Visigothic conquest of Cantabria
- 575-577 Second Visigothic-Suevic War
- 581 Visigothic-Vasconic War
- 585-586 Third Visigothic-Suevic War
- 711–718 Umayyad conquest of Hispania
- 722–1492 Reconquista
- 778–812 Carolingian Expansion to the South
- 939 Battle of Simancas
- 1009–1031 Fitna of al-Andalus
- 1015-1016 Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia
- 1107–1110 Norwegian Crusade
- 1113–1115 Balearic Islands expedition
- 1209–1255 Albigensian Crusade
- 1231 Battle of Jerez
- 1237 Battle of the Puig
- 1282–1302 War of the Sicilian Vespers
- 1284–1285 Aragonese Crusade
- 1356–1375 War of the Two Peters
- 1366–1369 Castilian Civil War
- 1383–1385 1383–85 Crisis
- 1402–1496 Conquest of the Canary Islands
- 1475–1479 War of the Castilian Succession
- 1482–1492 Granada War
Imperial
Modern
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
French invasion of Spain (1823) |
Kingdom of France | Partisans of the Cortes | Royalist victory |
Portuguese Civil War (1828–34) |
Liberal Forces of Queen Maria II
Spain (Since 1834) France (Since 1830) |
Absolutist Forces of King Miguel
Spain (Until 1833) |
Liberal victory
Constitutional monarchy is restored Dom Miguel renounces all his claims to the throne and goes into exile. |
First Carlist War (1833–1839) |
Forces of Queen Isabella II
Forces of Queen Maria II |
Carlists:
|
Liberal victory
|
Second Carlist War (1846–49) |
Spain | Carlist insurgents | Liberal victory |
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–62) |
Spain | Dai Nam (Nguyễn dynasty) | Victory
Cochinchina becomes a French colony. |
Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60) | Spain | Morocco | Victory
Morocco recognises Spanish sovereignty over Sidi Ifni and Western Sahara. |
Dominican Restoration War (1861–65) |
Spain | Dominican Republic | Withdrawal
|
Chincha Islands War (1864–66) |
Spain | Peru
Joined in 1866: |
Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
|
Ten Years' War (1868–78) |
Spain | Cuban rebels | Victory |
Third Carlist War (1872–76) |
Kingdom of Spain/(1872–73)
I Republic(1873–74) Kingdom of Spain (1875–76) |
Carlist insurgents | Royal Victory |
Little War (1879–1880) |
Spain | Cuban rebels | Victory |
First Melillan campaign (1893–1894) |
Spain | Rif tribes | Victory
Morocco pays war reparations of 20 million pesetas and pledges to pacify northern provinces. Melilla hinterlands ceded to Spain. |
Philippine Revolution (1896–1898) |
Spain | Filipino Insurgents United States |
Defeat
|
Spanish–American War (1898) |
Spain | United States | Defeat
Spain loses sovereignty over Cuba and cedes the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20 million. |
Second Melillan campaign (1909–1910) |
Spain | Rif tribes | Victory
|
Rif War (1920–1926) |
Spain | Republic of the Rif | Victory
|
Spanish Civil War (1936–39) |
Republican |
Nationalist |
Nationalist victory
|
Ifni War (1957–1958) |
Spain | Morocco | Victory
Morocco recognizes Spanish sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla and pays war reparations. |
Basque conflict (1959–2011) |
Francoist Spain (1959–1975) Spain (1975–2011) France |
Basque National Liberation Movement | Victory
|
Sahara secret War (1973–75) |
Spain | Polisario | Inconclusive
|
Gulf War (1991) |
Kuwait | Iraq | Victory
|
Somali Civil War (1992–1995) |
United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia |
Somalia | Victory
|
Bosnian intervention (1992–1996) |
NATO | Yugoslavia | Victory
Siege of Sarajevo lifted. Bosnian Serbs return to negotiations. |
War in Afghanistan (2001–) |
Afghanistan | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Ongoing
|
Iraq War (2003–04) |
Multi-National Force – Iraq
Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein | Coalition victory |
Libyan intervention (2011) |
Many NATO members acting under UN mandate
and several Arab League states |
Pro-Gaddafi forces | Victory
|
See also
- History of Spain
- Military history of Spain
- Ottoman–Habsburg wars
- Spanish–Portuguese War
- Anglo-Spanish War (several)
References
- 1 2 The Ottoman Empire and early modern Europe by Daniel Goffman, p.111
- ↑ Firearms of the Islamic world, p.38
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Islam, p.328
- ↑ Hiram Morgan, ‘Teaching the Armada: An Introduction to the Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604’, History Ireland, Vol. 14, No. 5 (Sep. - Oct., 2006), p. 43.
- 1 2 Hayden p.22
- ↑ The Spanish army under Spinola refused to give up the key fortress of Wesel. Hayden p.22
- ↑ Ervin Liptai: Military history of Hungary, Zrínyi Military Publisher, 1985. ISBN 9633263379
- ↑ Hussar (Huszár) hu.wikipedia
- ↑ Denmark fought Sweden and the Dutch Republic in the Torstenson War
- ↑ At war with Spain 1625–30 (and France 1627–29).
- ↑ "into line with army of Gabriel Bethlen in 1620." Ágnes Várkonyi: Age of the Reforms, Magyar Könyvklub publisher, 1999. ISBN 963-547-070-3
- ↑ Helmolt, Hans Ferdinand (1903). The World's History: Western Europe to 1800. W. Heinemann. p. 573. ISBN 0-217-96566-0.
- ↑ Parker p.146
- ↑ Thion p.18
- ↑ Kirk p.100
- 1 2 Lord Wentworth's Regiment served as part of the Spanish Army.
- ↑ Treaty of alliance between France and Portugal concluded at Paris, June 1, 1641. Davenport, Frances Gardiner: European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies to 1648. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 9781584774228, pp. 324-328
- ↑ Birmingham, p.51
- ↑ The Acts of Union of 1707 united the crowns of England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain. For much of the war, Scottish units were under Dutch pay and operated as part of the army of the Dutch Republic.
- 1 2 In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were unified as the Kingdom of Great Britain, sharing a single Parliament at Westminster under the Act of Union 1707. After this, Scottish troops joined their English counterparts in all colonial wars.
- ↑ Cesáreo Fernández Duro, Armada española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y de León, Est. tipográfico Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid, 1902, Vol. VI, p. 118