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==The Kingdom of Great Britain== | ==The Kingdom of Great Britain== | ||
*1701-1714 ] | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" | |||
*1715-1715 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1717-1720 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Start | |||
*1721-1725 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Finish | |||
*1740-1748 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Name of Conflict | |||
*1745-1746 ] | |||
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Belligerents (excluding Britain) | |||
*1749-1754 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Outcome | |||
*1756-1763 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1757-1763 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Allies | |||
*1758-1761 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Enemies | |||
*1763-1766 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1766-1769 ] | |||
|1701 | |||
*1774-1783 ] | |||
|1714 | |||
*1775-1783 ] | |||
|'''The ]'''<br> | |||
*1780-1784 ] | |||
''including'' | |||
*1782-1792 ] | |||
*''']''''' | |||
*1793-1797 ] | |||
|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} ]<br> | |||
*1793-1796 ] | |||
{{flag|Dutch Republic}}<br> | |||
*1798-1798 ] | |||
{{flagcountry|Duchy of Savoy}}<br> | |||
*1798-1799 ] | |||
{{flag|Prussia|1701}}<br> | |||
*1799-1802 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Portugal|1707}} ]<br> | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Spain|1701}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Bavaria}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Arpadflagga hungary.png}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Territory in Canada and the West Indies ceded from France | |||
*Territory in Europe ceded from Spain | |||
|- | |||
|1715 | |||
|1715 | |||
|'''''Civil War:'''''<br> | |||
''']'''<br> | |||
''including'' | |||
*''']''''' | |||
|Government forces | |||
|]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} | |||
|Jacobite restoration attempt defeated | |||
|- | |||
|1717 | |||
|1720 | |||
|'''The ]''' | |||
''including'' | |||
*'''The ] in Britain''''' | |||
|{{flag|Holy Roman Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Dutch Republic}}<br> {{flagcountry|Duchy of Savoy}} | |||
|{{flag|Spain|1701}}<br> | |||
] (against the British Crown and Government only) | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1721 | |||
|1725 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} | |||
|Capture of Norridgewock | |||
|- | |||
|1740 | |||
|1748 | |||
|'''The ]'''<br> | |||
''including'' | |||
*''']''' | |||
*'''The ]''' (Start 1739) | |||
*''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Hanover|1692}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Dutch Republic}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Prussia|1701}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain|1701}} ] | |||
*{{flagicon image|Flag of New Spain.svg}} ] | |||
{{flagicon|Bavaria}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Republic of Genoa}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*'']'' | |||
|- | |||
|1745 | |||
|1746 | |||
|'''''Civil War:'''''<br> | |||
''']''' | |||
|Government forces<br> | |||
|] | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} | |||
|Jacobite restoration attempt defeated | |||
|- | |||
|1749 | |||
|1754 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Mughal Empire}} Forces of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Mughal Empire}} Forces of ] | |||
|{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ]<br>{{flagicon|Mughal Empire}} Forces of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Mughal Empire}} Forces of ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Pro-British ] became ] | |||
|- | |||
|1756 | |||
|1763 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Prussia|1750}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Hanover|1692}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ] and her ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flagge Herzogtum Braunschweig.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Hesse}} ] | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} | |||
*{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ] | |||
{{flag|Holy Roman Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Sweden}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain|1701}} ] | |||
*{{flagicon|Spain|1506}} ] | |||
{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia}} | |||
|]: | |||
*Extensive lands in North America ceded from France | |||
*Caribbean colonies ceded from France | |||
*Senagal River colony (excluding Gorée) ceded from France | |||
*Florida ceded from Spain | |||
|- | |||
|1757 | |||
|1763 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*French trading posts in India administered by British | |||
*Sumatra ceded from France | |||
|- | |||
|1758 | |||
|1761 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|Cherokee | |||
|Pro-British ] becomes ] | |||
|- | |||
|1763 | |||
|1766 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|Confederation of First Nation Tribes | |||
|Stalemate: | |||
*British policy change | |||
*British suzerainty over First Nation Tribes | |||
*Niagara Falls area ceded from ] | |||
|- | |||
|1766 | |||
|1769 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Maratha Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} ] | |||
|British defeat, Hyderabad cedes territory to Mysore | |||
|- | |||
|1774 | |||
|1783 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flag|Maratha Empire}} | |||
|]: | |||
*Salsette Island ceded from Maratha Empire | |||
*Territory west of ] ceded to Maratha Empire | |||
*Maratha support for Britain against Mysore | |||
|- | |||
|1775 | |||
|1783 | |||
|'''''Civil War:'''''<ref></ref><ref></ref><br> | |||
''']'''<br>'''''American War of Independence'''<br> | |||
''including:'' | |||
*'''Anglo-French War''' | |||
*''']''' | |||
*''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg}} ]<br> | |||
Cherokee<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hanover (1692).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flag|United States|1776}}<br>{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain|1748}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Dutch Republic}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg}} ]<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
] | |||
|]: | |||
*13 British colonies granted independence as ] | |||
*Territory in North America ceded to new United States | |||
*Senegal River colony returned to France | |||
*French recognises British suzerainty over the Gambia river | |||
*Territory in India returned to France | |||
*] ceded to Spain | |||
*] & ] ceded to Spain | |||
**All British settlers to be expelled from Florida | |||
*De-militarisation of ] | |||
*Territory in India ceded by the Dutch | |||
|- | |||
|1780 | |||
|1784 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Maratha Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*'']'' | |||
|- | |||
|1782 | |||
|1792 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Maratha Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Travancore.jpg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}} | |||
|Treaty of Seringapatnam: | |||
*Half of Mysore territory ceded to East India Company | |||
|- | |||
|1793 | |||
|1797 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Prussia|1750}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain|1785}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Kingdom of Sardinia}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} ]<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Dutch Republic}} | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|transpadana}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Poland|state}} ] | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1793 | |||
|1796 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ] | |||
|British-backed rebellion defeated | |||
|- | |||
|1798 | |||
|1798 | |||
|'''Irish Rebellion of 1798''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Hesse}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Leinster.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of Leinster.svg}} ]<br>{{flagicon|France}} ] | |||
|Rebellion defeated<br> | |||
1801 Act of Union | |||
|- | |||
|1798 | |||
|1799 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Maratha Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ] | |||
|Complete annexation of Mysore by Britain and allies | |||
|- | |||
|1799 | |||
|1802 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Kingdom of France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Two Sicilies}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453}} | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Spain|1785}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Poland|state}} ]<br> | |||
]s: | |||
*{{flag|Batavian Republic}} | |||
*{{flag|Helvetic Republic}} | |||
*{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|cisalpina}} ] | |||
*{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|romana}} ] | |||
*{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|parthenopaean}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Britain recognises the French Republic | |||
*Cape Colony returned to the French client ] | |||
*British withdrawal from Egypt | |||
*French withdrawal from the ] | |||
*Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France | |||
*Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland== | ==The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland== | ||
*1801-1807 ] | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" | |||
*1802-1805 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Start | |||
*1803-1805 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Finish | |||
*1803-1803 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Name of conflict | |||
*1803-1805 ] | |||
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Belligerents (excluding Britain) | |||
*1807-1809 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Outcome | |||
*1806-1807 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1806-1807 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Allies | |||
*1806-1807 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Enemies | |||
*1807-1814 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1807-1812 ] | |||
|1801 | |||
*1807-1814 ] | |||
|1807 | |||
*1809-1809 ] | |||
|'''Temne War''' | |||
*1810-1817 Merina Conquest of Madagascar | |||
|Susu tribes | |||
*1811-1812 ] | |||
|] | |||
*1811-1811 ] | |||
|Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya | |||
*1812-1815 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1815-1815 ] | |||
|1802 | |||
*1815-1815 ] | |||
|1805 | |||
*1817-1818 ] | |||
*1818-1819 ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
*1820-1830 ] | |||
|{{flag|Maratha Empire}} | |||
*1823-1831 ] | |||
|Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire | |||
*1824-1826 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1828-1834 ] | |||
|1803 | |||
*1833-1840 ] | |||
|1805 | |||
*1834-1836 ] | |||
*1837-1838 ] | |||
| | |||
*1839-1842 ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|King of Kandy.svg}} ] | |||
*1839-1842 ] | |||
|Territory captured from Kandy | |||
*1839-1851 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1845-1846 ] | |||
|1803 | |||
*1845-1846 ] | |||
|1803 | |||
*1846-1846 ] | |||
|'''''Civil War:''''' | |||
*1846-1847 ] | |||
*''']''' | |||
*1847-1847 ] | |||
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Loyalists | |||
*1848-1849 ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Leinster.svg}} Forces of ] | |||
*1851-1853 ] | |||
|Rebellion defeated | |||
*1852-1853 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1853-1856 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1856-1857 ] | |||
|1803 | |||
*1856-1860 ] | |||
|1805 | |||
*1856-1857 ] | |||
|''']''' | |||
*1857-1858 ] | |||
|{{flag|Austrian Empire}}<br> | |||
*1860-1861 ] | |||
{{flag|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
*1863-1864 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} ] and ]<br> | |||
*1863-1866 ] | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ]<br> | |||
*1864-1865 ] | |||
{{flag|Sweden}} | |||
*1867-1874 ] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
*1868-1869 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} ]<br> | |||
*1868-1868 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} ]<br> | |||
*1868-1872 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|etruria}} ]<br> | |||
*1869-1869 ] | |||
{{flag|Spain|1785}}<br> | |||
*1873-1874 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Bavaria}} ]<br> | |||
*1877-1878 ] | |||
{{flagicon|Württemberg}} ] | |||
*1878-1880 ] | |||
|]: | |||
*1879-1879 ] | |||
*Austria surrenders to France | |||
*1880-1881 ] | |||
*Pro-French ] formed | |||
*1884-1889 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1885-1885 ] | |||
|1807 | |||
*1888-1888 ] | |||
|1809 | |||
*1896-1896 ] | |||
*1899-1901 ] | |||
| | |||
*1899-1902 ] | |||
|{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453}} | |||
*1901-1902 ] | |||
|]: | |||
*1903-1904 ] | |||
*Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire | |||
*1914-1918 ] | |||
*Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment | |||
*1918-1920 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1919-1923 ] | |||
|1806 | |||
*1919-1919 ] | |||
|1807 | |||
*1919-1921 ] | |||
*1920-1920 ] | |||
|{{flag|Prussia|1803}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Electorate of Saxony}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Sweden|1761}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
''']''' | |||
*{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria}} | |||
*{{flag|Württemberg}} | |||
{{flagicon image|OrzelekPoniatowski.jpg|20px}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies|1806}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy|etruria}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Switzerland}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Spain|1785}} | |||
|]: | |||
*Half of Prussia ceded to French allies | |||
*Russia exits the war | |||
*Anglo-Russian War begins | |||
|- | |||
|1806 | |||
|1807 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Spain|1785}} | |||
*{{flagicon image|Flag of New Spain.svg}} ] | |||
|Invasion defeated | |||
|- | |||
|1806 | |||
|1807 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Ashanti Empire}} | |||
|] | |||
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} ] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1807 | |||
|1814 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagicon|Denmark}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Denmark and Norway split up | |||
*] ceded from Denmark | |||
|- | |||
|1807 | |||
|1812 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Russian Empire}} | |||
|Treaty of Örebro: | |||
*Anglo-Russian-Swedish pact against France | |||
|- | |||
|1807 | |||
|1814 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Spain|1785}} | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*] restored | |||
*Tobago, St. Lucia, Mautitius ceded from France | |||
*All other French possessions restored as per 1792 borders | |||
*Abolition of French Slave Trade | |||
*Swiss independence | |||
|- | |||
|1809 | |||
|1809 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Austrian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Tirol Dienstflagge (Variation).png}} ] <br> | |||
{{flagicon image|War Flag of Hungary.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Prussia|1803}} ] <br> | |||
{{flagicon|Two Sicilies}} ] <br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia}} | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
] ]<br> | |||
''']''' | |||
*{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria}} | |||
*{{flagicon image|State flag of Saxony before 1815.svg}} ] | |||
*{{flag|Württemberg}} | |||
*{{flagicon|Westphalia}} ] | |||
{{flagicon|Napoleonic Italy}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1808).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Switzerland}}]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Complete Austrian surrender | |||
*Peninsular War continued | |||
|- | |||
|1810 | |||
|1817 | |||
|'''Merina Conquest of Madagascar''' | |||
|] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ] | |||
|Merina control of Madagascar | |||
Merina pro-British policies | |||
|- | |||
|1811 | |||
|1812 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|] tribes | |||
|Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars | |||
|- | |||
|1811 | |||
|1811 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Ashanti Empire}}<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Holland}} ] | |||
|]<br> | |||
Akwapim tribes<br> | |||
Akim tribes | |||
|Tantamkweri ceded to Akwapim tribes | |||
|- | |||
|1812 | |||
|1815 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|UK|civil}} ] | |||
|{{flag|United States|1795}} | |||
|Invasion of Canada defeated<br> | |||
Canada lost Carelton Island<br> | |||
Invasion of U.S. failed<br> | |||
]: | |||
*'']'' | |||
|- | |||
|1815 | |||
|1815 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagicon image|King of Kandy.svg}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Dissolution of the Kandy royal line | |||
*British King declared King of Kandy | |||
|- | |||
|1815 | |||
|1815 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''War of the Seventh Coalition''''' | |||
|{{flag|Prussia|1803}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France|1814}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of Hanover (1692).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Austrian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Sweden}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of the Netherlands}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Spain|1785}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|PortugueseFlag1750.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Sardinia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Two Sicilies|name=Kingdom of the Two Sicilies}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|State flag simple of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Restoration of the ] | |||
*Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) | |||
*₣100,000,000 compensation from France | |||
|- | |||
|1817 | |||
|1818 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flag|Maratha Empire}} | |||
|Virtually all territory south of the Sutlej River controlled by Britain | |||
|- | |||
|1818 | |||
|1819 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|] Forces | |||
|Forces of ] Chief Maqana Nxele | |||
|Xhosa pushed beyond Keiskama River | |||
|- | |||
|1820 | |||
|1830 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Greece|old}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands.svg}} ] | |||
|{{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Egypt|1882}} ] | |||
|Establishment of the ] | |||
|- | |||
|1823 | |||
|1831 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Ashanti Empire}} | |||
|British retreat to Sierra Leone | |||
|- | |||
|1824 | |||
|1826 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
Native tribes | |||
|] ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Assam, Manipur, Rakhine, and Taninthayi coast south of Salween river ceded from Burmah | |||
*£1,000,000 compensation from Burma | |||
|- | |||
|1828 | |||
|1834 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1830).svg}} Liberal Forces of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain|1785}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1707).svg}} Absolutist Forces of ] | |||
|Concession of Évora Monte: | |||
*Defeat and exile of King Miguel | |||
|- | |||
|1833 | |||
|1840 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|Spain|1785}} Forces of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Portugal|1830}} Forces of ] | |||
|''']:''' | |||
*{{flagicon image|Flag of New Spain.svg}} Forces of ] | |||
*{{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1707).svg}} Forces of ] | |||
|British mediated ] | |||
|- | |||
|1834 | |||
|1836 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|UK}} Free ] | |||
|] tribes | |||
|Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa | |||
|- | |||
|1837 | |||
|1838 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|UK|civil}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1836}} American Volunteers<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Republic of Canada.svg}} ] | |||
|Rebellion defeated | |||
]: | |||
*Pro-French policy in Québec ended | |||
*] and ] merged into single province | |||
|- | |||
|1839 | |||
|1842 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg}} ] | |||
|British retreat from Afghanistan | |||
|- | |||
|1839 | |||
|1842 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Qing Dynasty|1862|name=Manchu-China}} | |||
|]: | |||
*Five Chinese ports open to foreign trade | |||
*$21,000,000 compensation from the Qing Empire | |||
*Hong Kong Island ceded from the Qing Empire | |||
|- | |||
|1839 | |||
|1851 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Uruguayrivera.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Argentina}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of Piratini Republic.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Empire of Brazil}}<br> | |||
] | |||
|{{flagicon image|UruguayOribe.png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Argentine Confederation}} | |||
|British and French withdrawal before war's conclusion | |||
Eventual Colorados victory | |||
|- | |||
|1845 | |||
|1846 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
|] ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire | |||
*Partial control over Sikh foreign affairs | |||
|- | |||
|1845 | |||
|1846 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Forces of ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|Stalemate | |||
|- | |||
|1846 | |||
|1846 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|Ngāti Toa Iwi retreat | |||
|- | |||
|1846 | |||
|1847 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''The War of the Axe''''' | |||
| | |||
|] tribes | |||
|Territory ceded from Xhosa | |||
|- | |||
|1847 | |||
|1847 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori Iwis | |||
|Stalemate | |||
12 year peace and trade | |||
|- | |||
|1848 | |||
|1849 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
|] ] | |||
|Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company | |||
|- | |||
|1851 | |||
|1853 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Mlanjeni's War''''' | |||
| | |||
|] tribes<br> | |||
] tribes<br> | |||
{{flagicon|UK}} Native Kafir Police | |||
|Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated | |||
'']'' | |||
|- | |||
|1852 | |||
|1853 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|] ] | |||
|Burmese revolution ended fighting | |||
] annexed | |||
|- | |||
|1853 | |||
|1856 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Ottoman Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Kingdom of Sardinia}} | |||
|{{flag|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} ] | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1856 | |||
|1857 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Costa Rica|1848}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Honduras}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Nicaragua|1854}} Rebel Forces of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Mosquito Coast 1834-1860.svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Sonora (William Walker).png}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Nicaragua|1854}} | |||
|American-Nicaraguan government defeated | |||
Slavery outlawed | |||
|- | |||
|1856 | |||
|1860 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Arrow War''''' | |||
|{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|United States|1851}} | |||
|{{flag|Qing Dynasty|1862|name=Manchu-China}} | |||
|]: | |||
*] ceded from the Qing Empire | |||
*] opened to foreign trade | |||
*11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade | |||
*Yangtze River opened to foreign warships | |||
*4,000,000 ]s of silver compensation | |||
*China banned from referring to subjects of the crown as ]s | |||
|- | |||
|1856 | |||
|1857 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Agha Mohammad Khan.svg}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Emirate of Herat.svg}} ] | |||
|Persian withdrawal from Herat | |||
|- | |||
|1857 | |||
|1858 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ]<br> | |||
] ]<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
]s: | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
*] ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg}} ] | |||
{{flag|Mughal Empire}}<br> | |||
] ]<br> | |||
]<br> | |||
7 ]s | |||
|]: | |||
*] dissolved | |||
*] established | |||
*Ban on Christian missioneries in India | |||
|- | |||
|1860 | |||
|1861 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Second Māori War''''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori Iwis<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|Stalemate | |||
|- | |||
|1863 | |||
|1864 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Ashanti Empire}} | |||
|Stalemate | |||
|- | |||
|1863 | |||
|1866 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Third Māori War''''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|Māori King Movement defeated, confined to ] | |||
|- | |||
|1864 | |||
|1865 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}} | |||
|] | |||
|Treaty of Sinchula: | |||
*Bhutan cedes Assam Duars and Bengal Duars to India | |||
*Bhutan cedes territory in Dewangiri to India | |||
|- | |||
|1867 | |||
|1874 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Selangor Civil War''''' | |||
|Forces of Raja Abdullah of ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Flag of the British Straits Settlements (1874-1942).svg}} British ] | |||
|Forces of Raja Mahadi | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1868 | |||
|1869 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Part of the ]''''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} ] | |||
|Ngāti Ruanui Iwi withdrawal | |||
|- | |||
|1868 | |||
|1868 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}} | |||
|{{flag|Ethiopian Empire|old|name=Abyssinia}} | |||
|British hostages freed | |||
] begins | |||
|- | |||
|1868 | |||
|1872 | |||
|''']''' | |||
'''''Part of the ]''''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg}} Māori Iwis | |||
|End of New Zealand land wars | |||
Territory ceded by Māori Iwis | |||
|- | |||
|1869 | |||
|1869 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Canada|1868|name=Dominion of Canada}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon image|Metis Red.svg}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon image|Metis Blue.svg}} ] of ] | |||
|Defeat of rebellion | |||
]: | |||
*Creation of the ] | |||
|- | |||
|1873 | |||
|1874 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Ashanti Empire}} | |||
|Treaty of Fomena: | |||
*50,000 oz of gold compensation from Ashanti Empire | |||
*Ashanti withdrawal from coastal areas | |||
*Ashanti banned from practicing human sacrifice | |||
|- | |||
|1877 | |||
|1878 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon image|Cape Colony flag.png}} ] Tribe | |||
|Xhosa Gcaleka Tribe | |||
|All Xhosa territory annexed to the Cape Colony | |||
|- | |||
|1878 | |||
|1880 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}} | |||
|] ] | |||
|British control over Afghan foreign affairs | |||
|- | |||
|1879 | |||
|1879 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|UK}} ] | |||
|] | |||
|Zululand annexed to Natal | |||
|- | |||
|1880 | |||
|1881 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|South African Republic}} | |||
|]: | |||
*South African Republic granted self-government | |||
|- | |||
|1884 | |||
|1889 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Egypt|1882}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Italy|1861}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Belgium}} | |||
|] ] | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1885 | |||
|1885 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|] ] | |||
|] annexed to ] | |||
|- | |||
|1888 | |||
|1888 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj}} | |||
|] | |||
|Tibet recognizes British suzerainty over Sikkim | |||
|- | |||
|1896 | |||
|1896 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Zanzibar Under British Rule.svg}} ] | |||
|Pro-British Sultan installed | |||
|- | |||
|1899 | |||
|1901 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|United States|1896}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|German Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Austria-Hungary}} | |||
|]<br> | |||
{{flag|Qing Dynasty|name=Manchu-China}} | |||
|]: | |||
*Anti-foreign societies banned in China | |||
|- | |||
|1899 | |||
|1902 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Orange Free State}}<br/> | |||
{{flag|South African Republic}}<br/> | |||
] | |||
|]: | |||
*All Boers to surrender arms and swear allegiance to the Crown | |||
*Dutch language permitted in education | |||
*Promise to grant Boer republics self-government | |||
*£3,000,000 compensation "reconstruction aid" to Afrikaners | |||
|- | |||
|1901 | |||
|1902 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|] ] | |||
|Aro Confederacy destroyed | |||
|- | |||
|1903 | |||
|1904 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}} | |||
|{{flag|Tibet}} | |||
|'']'' | |||
|- | |||
|1914 | |||
|1918 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Canada|1868|name=Dominion of Canada}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Australia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|New Zealand}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|1912}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Newfoundland}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Belgium|state}}<br> | |||
{{flag|France}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Japan}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|United States of America|1912}} ] <br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia}}<br> | |||
] | |||
|{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|German Empire}} | |||
*{{flagicon|German Empire}} ] | |||
{{flag|Ottoman Empire}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} | |||
|]: | |||
*German demobalization | |||
Russia pulls out in 1917 | |||
*Russian Civil War | |||
**Creation of the Soviet Union | |||
***Josef V. Stalin Rises to power | |||
Creation of ]: | |||
*] ceded from the ] | |||
*] ceded from the ] | |||
*] ceded from Germany | |||
*Part of ] ceded from Germany | |||
*] ceded from Germany | |||
*] ceded to Australia | |||
*] ceded to New Zealand | |||
*] ceded to South Africa | |||
|- | |||
|1918 | |||
|1920 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|Many Western countries (the Allies) including:<br> | |||
{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|United States|1912}}<br> | |||
and<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}} | |||
|{{flag|Russian SFSR|1918|name=Soviet Russia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Far Eastern Republic}} | |||
|Allied withdrawal from Russia<br> | |||
Bolshevik victory over ] | |||
*Soviet Union new Russian Power | |||
*Josef Stalin Rise to power | |||
|- | |||
|1919 | |||
|1923 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Armenia|1918}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Ottoman Empire}} | |||
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*British withdrawal | |||
*End of the Ottoman Empire | |||
|- | |||
|1919 | |||
|1919 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}} | |||
|{{flag|Afghanistan|1919}} | |||
|Full Afghan independence | |||
|- | |||
|1919 | |||
|1921 | |||
|'''''Civil War:''''' | |||
''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Loyalists | |||
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} ] | |||
|]: | |||
*Dominion status for southern Ireland as the ] | |||
|- | |||
|1920 | |||
|1920 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British Somaliland}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|British East Africa}} ] | |||
|] | |||
|Demise of the Dervish State | |||
|} | |||
==The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland== | ==The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland== | ||
*1936-1939 ] | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" | |||
*1938-1948 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1939-1945 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Start | |||
*1945-1949 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Finish | |||
*1945-1946 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Name of Conflict | |||
*1948-1960 ] | |||
! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Belligerents (excluding Britain) | |||
*1950-1953 ] | |||
! rowspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | Outcome | |||
*1952-1960 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1956-1957 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Allies | |||
*1962-1966 ] | |||
! style="background:#efefef;" | Enemies | |||
*1962-1975 ] | |||
|- | |||
*1968-1998 ] | |||
|1936 | |||
*1982-1982 ] | |||
|1939 | |||
*1991-1991 ] | |||
|''']''' | |||
*1992-1996 ] | |||
|]<br>]<br> ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>Peace Bands | |||
*1998-1998 ] | |||
|{{Flagicon image|Arab Revolt flag.svg}} ] | |||
*1998-1999 ] | |||
|Revolt suppressed | |||
*2000-2002 ] | |||
|- | |||
*2001-Ongoing ] | |||
|1938 | |||
*2003-2009 ] | |||
|1948 | |||
*2011-2011 ] | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
| ]<br> ]<br>]<br>] ] | |||
|British withdrawal and creation of ] | |||
|- | |||
|1939 | |||
|1945 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|''']'''<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Poland}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|New Zealand}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Canada|1921}}<br> | |||
{{flag|British Raj|name=Indian Empire}}<br> | |||
{{AUS}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Belgium}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Netherlands}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Luxembourg}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa}}<br> | |||
{{NPL}}<br> | |||
{{NOR}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Yugoslavia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Soviet Union|1923}}<br> | |||
{{flag|United States|1912}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Republic of China|name=China}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Brazil}}<br> | |||
|''']'''<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany|name=Third Reich}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Hungary|1940}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Bulgaria}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Manchukuo}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Mengjiang}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Finland}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Thailand}}<br> | |||
|Total defeat for Axis Powers | |||
|- | |||
|1945 | |||
|1949 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}<br> | |||
{{flagcountry|Japan}} (Until 1945)<br> | |||
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}}<br> | |||
|Netherlands recognises Indonesian Independence | |||
|- | |||
|1945 | |||
|1946 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flagicon|India|British}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Japan}} ]<br> | |||
|{{flagicon|North Vietnam|1945}} ]<br> | |||
|] begins | |||
|- | |||
|1948 | |||
|1960 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Malaya}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Australia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|New Zealand}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Southern Rhodesia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Fiji}}<br> | |||
{{flag|British East Africa|name=Kenya}}<br> | |||
|] ]<br> | |||
] ] | |||
|Communist retreat from Malaya<br> | |||
Malayan independence | |||
|- | |||
|1950 | |||
|1953 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|South Korea}}<br> | |||
{{flag|United Nations}} | |||
|{{flag|North Korea}}<br> | |||
{{flag|People's Republic of China}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Soviet Union}} | |||
|Stalemate<br> | |||
Communist invasion of South Korea defeated | |||
|- | |||
|1952 | |||
|1960 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|British East Africa}} | |||
|{{flagicon|Kenya}} ] | |||
|Defeat of Mau Mau<br> | |||
Kenyan independence | |||
|- | |||
|1956 | |||
|1957 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{Flag icon|France}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Israel}} | |||
|{{flag|Egypt|1952}} | |||
|Israeli occupation of Sinai | |||
|- | |||
|- | |||
|1962 | |||
|1966 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Malaysia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Australia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|New Zealand}} | |||
|{{flag|Indonesia}} | |||
|Indonesia recognises Malaysian rule over former ] | |||
|- | |||
|1962 | |||
|1975 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Oman}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Iran|1964}} ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Jordan}} | |||
|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman.svg}} Various insurgents | |||
|Insurgency defeated<br>Modernisation of Oman | |||
|- | |||
|1968 | |||
|1998 | |||
|'''''Civil War:'''''<br> | |||
''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} Republican paramilitaries <br> | |||
{{flagicon|UK}} Unionist paramilitaries | |||
|]: | |||
*Republic of Ireland drops claim to Northern Ireland | |||
]: | |||
*Devolution in Northern Ireland | |||
|- | |||
|1982 | |||
|1982 | |||
|''']''' | |||
| | |||
|{{flag|Argentina}} | |||
|The Falklands are retaken from Argentina | |||
|- | |||
|1991 | |||
|1991 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Kuwait}}<br> | |||
{{flag|United States}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Egypt}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Syria}}<br> | |||
] | |||
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg}} ] | |||
|Kuwait regains its independence | |||
|- | |||
|1992 | |||
|1996 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|NATO}} | |||
|{{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}} | |||
|] | |||
|- | |||
|1998 | |||
|1998 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|United States}} | |||
|{{flag|Iraq|1991}} | |||
|Ceasefire; objectives largely achieved | |||
|- | |||
|1998 | |||
|1999 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|United States}}<br> | |||
{{flag|France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Canada}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Denmark}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Germany}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Italy}}<br> | |||
] ] | |||
|{{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}} | |||
|Kosovo occupied by Nato forces<br> | |||
Kosovo administered by ] | |||
|- | |||
|2000 | |||
|2002 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}} | |||
|{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Rebels | |||
{{flag|Liberia}} | |||
|Rebels defeated | |||
|- | |||
|2001 | |||
|Ongoing | |||
|''']'''<br>'''''Fourth Anglo-Afghan War''''' | |||
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2001}}<br> | |||
{{flag|United States}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Canada}}<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy<br> | |||
{{flagicon|France}} France<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Poland}} Poland<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Romania}} Romania<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain<br> | |||
] ]<br> | |||
|{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} ] | |||
|Fall of Taliban régime<br> | |||
] killed<br> | |||
Ongoing Taliban insurgency | |||
|- | |||
|2003 | |||
|2009 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|{{flag|United States}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Iraq}} after the fall of ]<br> | |||
{{flag|Australia}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Poland}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Denmark}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan}} | |||
|{{flag|Iraq|1991}} under ]<br> | |||
] | |||
|Fall of ] rule in Iraq<br> | |||
Occupation of southern Iraq<br> | |||
British withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011 | |||
|- | |||
|2011 | |||
|2011 | |||
|''']''' | |||
|Many NATO {{flagicon|NATO}} members acting under {{flagicon|UN}} ], including:<br> | |||
{{flag|United States}}<br> | |||
{{flag|France}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Italy}}<br> | |||
{{flag|Canada}}<br> | |||
and<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Libya|1951}} ]<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Arab League}} several ] states<br> | |||
{{flagicon|Sweden}} ] | |||
|{{flagicon|Libya|1977}} Pro-] forces | |||
|Gaddafi regime defeated<br> | |||
] killed<br> | |||
] take control | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 21:29, 22 March 2012
This article lists the wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707–1801, those fought by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801–1922 and those by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1922.
For wars fought before 1707, see:
For wars fought before 1801, see:
The Kingdom of Great Britain
- 1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession
- 1715-1715 Jacobite rising of 1715
- 1717-1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance
- 1721-1725 Dummer's War
- 1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
- 1745-1746 Jacobite rising of 1745
- 1749-1754 The Second Carnatic War
- 1756-1763 Seven Years' War
- 1757-1763 The Third Carnatic War
- 1758-1761 Anglo-Cherokee War
- 1763-1766 Pontiac's Rebellion
- 1766-1769 First Anglo-Mysore War
- 1774-1783 First Anglo-Maratha War
- 1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
- 1780-1784 2nd Anglo-Mysore War
- 1782-1792 3rd Anglo-Mysore War
- 1793-1797 The War of the First Coalition
- 1793-1796 War in the Vendée
- 1798-1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798
- 1798-1799 4th Anglo-Mysore War
- 1799-1802 War of the Second Coalition
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- 1801-1807 Temne War
- 1802-1805 Second Anglo-Maratha War
- 1803-1805 First Kandyan War
- 1803-1803 Emmet's Insurrection
- 1803-1805 War of the Third Coalition
- 1807-1809 Anglo-Turkish War
- 1806-1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
- 1806-1807 British invasions of the Río de la Plata
- 1806-1807 Ashanti-Fante War
- 1807-1814 Gunboat War
- 1807-1812 Anglo-Russian War
- 1807-1814 Peninsular War
- 1809-1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
- 1810-1817 Merina Conquest of Madagascar
- 1811-1812 4th Xhosa War
- 1811-1811 Ga-Fante War
- 1812-1815 War of 1812
- 1815-1815 Second Kandyan War
- 1815-1815 Hundred Days
- 1817-1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War
- 1818-1819 5th Xhosa War
- 1820-1830 Greek War of Independence
- 1823-1831 First Ashanti War
- 1824-1826 First Anglo-Burmese War
- 1828-1834 Portuguese Civil War
- 1833-1840 First Carlist War
- 1834-1836 The 6th Xhosa War
- 1837-1838 Rebellions of 1837
- 1839-1842 First Anglo-Afghan War
- 1839-1842 First Opium War
- 1839-1851 Uruguayan Civil War
- 1845-1846 First Anglo-Sikh War
- 1845-1846 Flagstaff War
- 1846-1846 Hutt Valley Campaign
- 1846-1847 The 7th Xhosa War
- 1847-1847 Wanganui Campaign
- 1848-1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War
- 1851-1853 The 8th Xhosa War
- 1852-1853 Second Anglo-Burmese War
- 1853-1856 Crimean War
- 1856-1857 The National War in Nicaragua
- 1856-1860 Second Opium War
- 1856-1857 Anglo-Persian War
- 1857-1858 Indian Mutiny
- 1860-1861 First Taranaki War
- 1863-1864 Second Ashanti War
- 1863-1866 Invasion of Waikato
- 1864-1865 Bhutan War
- 1867-1874 Klang War
- 1868-1869 Titokowaru's War
- 1868-1868 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia
- 1868-1872 Te Kooti's War
- 1869-1869 Red River Rebellion
- 1873-1874 Third Ashanti War
- 1877-1878 The 9th Xhosa War
- 1878-1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War
- 1879-1879 Anglo-Zulu War
- 1880-1881 First Boer War
- 1884-1889 Mahdist War
- 1885-1885 Third Anglo-Burmese War
- 1888-1888 Sikkim Expedition
- 1896-1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War
- 1899-1901 Boxer Rebellion
- 1899-1902 Second Boer War
- 1901-1902 Anglo-Aro War
- 1903-1904 British expedition to Tibet
- 1914-1918 World War I
- 1918-1920 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
- 1919-1923 Turkish War of Independence
- 1919-1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War
- 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence
- 1920-1920 1920 conflict between British forces and the Dervish State
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 1936-1939 Great Arab Revolt in Palestine
- 1938-1948 British–Zionist conflict
- 1939-1945 World War II
- 1945-1949 Indonesian National Revolution
- 1945-1946 Operation Masterdom
- 1948-1960 Malayan Emergency
- 1950-1953 Korean War
- 1952-1960 Mau Mau Uprising
- 1956-1957 Suez Crisis
- 1962-1966 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
- 1962-1975 Dhofar Rebellion
- 1968-1998 The Troubles
- 1982-1982 Falklands War
- 1991-1991 Gulf War
- 1992-1996 Bosnian War
- 1998-1998 Operation Desert Fox
- 1998-1999 Kosovo War
- 2000-2002 Sierra Leone Civil War
- 2001-Ongoing War in Afghanistan
- 2003-2009 Iraq War
- 2011-2011 Libyan intervention
References
See also
- Declaration of war by the United Kingdom
- Military history of the United Kingdom
- British Armed Forces
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