List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result King
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Federal League Victory

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence
(1822–1825)
 Brazil Portugal Victory
Confederation of the Equator
(1824)
 Brazil Confederates Loyalist victory
Cisplatine War
(1825–1828)
 Brazil United Provinces
Thirty-Three Orientals
Stalemate
Cabanagem
(1835–1840)
 Brazil Rebels Loyalist victory
  • Devastation of the economy of Grão-Pará Province;
  • Death of roughly 20% of the population in the province.
Ragamuffin War
(1835–1845)
 Brazil Riograndense Republic
Juliana Republic
Loyalist victory
Sabinada
(1837–1838)
 Brazil Bahia Republic Loyalist victory
  • Revolt suppressed.
Platine War
(1851–1852)
 Brazil
Defense Government
Entre Ríos
Corrientes
Santa Fe
Argentina
Cerrito Government
Federalists
Victory
Uruguayan War
(1864–1865)
 Brazil
Colorados
Unitarians
Argentina
Uruguay
Blancos
Federalists
Supported by:
Paraguay
Victory
  • Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party;
  • Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan War
(1864–1870)
 Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay Victory

Brazilian Republic (1889–)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Federalist Revolution
(1893–1895)
Brazilian government Federalists
Navy mutineers
Government victory
Trinidad Conflict

(1893-1897)

Brazilian government

Supported by: Portugal

Principality of Trinidad
United Kingdom
Government Victory
Manhuassu Conflict

(1896)

Brazilian government Manhuassu Republic Government victory
War of Canudos
(1896–1897)
Brazilian government Canudos inhabitants Government victory
  • Total destruction of Canudos;
  • Death of most of the population in the settlement.
Acre War
(1899–1903)
Republic of Acre
Supported by:
Brazil
Bolivia Victory
Contestado War
(1912–1916)
Brazilian government Rebels Government victory
  • Revolt suppressed.
First World War
(1914–1918)
(Limited involvement, 1917–1918)
 France
 United Kingdom
 Russia
United States
 Italy
 Japan
Brazil
and others
 Germany
Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
and others
Victory
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
Brazilian government Constitutionalists Government military victory
  • Surrender of the revolutionary forces;
  • Promulgation of a new constitution, the main goal of the uprising, in 1934.
Second World War
(1939–1945)
(Limited involvement, 1942–1945)
United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
 China
Brazil
and others
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
and others
Victory
  • Collapse of Nazi Germany and fall of the Italian and Japanese empires;
  • Creation of the United Nations;
  • Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers;
  • Beginning of the Cold War.
Dominican Civil War
(1965)
Loyalists
United States
IAPF
Constitutionalists Victory

See also

Bibliography

  • Fausto, Boris; Fausto, Sérgio (2022). História Concisa do Brasil. EDUSP. ISBN 978-85-3141-582-1.
  • Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.