List of wars involving Portugal

The following is a list of wars involving Portugal.

County of Portugal (868–1139)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Battle of Aguioncha (966)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia Victory
Battle of Pedroso
(1071)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia Defeat
Capture of Santarém (1111)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Almoravids Defeat
Siege of Coimbra (1117)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Almoravids Victory
Battle of São Mamede
(1128)
  • Part of Kingdom of León civil war and War of Portuguese independence

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal
Supported by:
Kingdom of Galicia
Portuguese rebels Victory
Luso–Leonese War (1130–1137)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Kingdom of León Stalemate
Battle of Cerneja
(1139)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Kingdom of León Victory
  • War of Portuguese independence.

Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Battle of Ourique
(1139)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

County of Portugal Almoravids Victory
Battle of Valdevez
(1140)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León Victory
Siege of Lisbon (1142)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Anglo-Norman Crusaders

Taifa of Badajoz Defeat
Second Crusade

(1147–50)

Location: Middle East and North Africa (Near East, Anatolia, Levant, Egypt) and Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Kingdom of France

Holy Roman Empire

Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Castile

County of Barcelona

Kingdom of León

Byzantine Empire

Kingdom of England

Seljuk Empire

Emirate of Zengids

Abbasid Caliphate

Fatimid Caliphate

Almoravids

Status quo ante bellum
  • Decisive Seljuk Turks victory in Anatolia
  • Decisive Crusader victories in Iberia
Conquest of Santarém
(1147)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Taifa of Badajoz Victory
  • Afonso Henriques and his army arrived at Santarém, taking it within a day.
Siege of Lisbon

(1147)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Crusaders

Taifa of Badajoz Victory
  • The victory was a turning-point in Portugal's history.
Luso-Leonese War (1167–1169)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate

Kingdom of León

Defeat
Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Victory
  • First naval victory against the Moors.
Raid of Ceuta (1180)[2] Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Victory
Battle of Silves (1182)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Defeat
Siege of Santarém
(1184)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of León
Almohad Caliphate Victory
  • Pope Alexander III formally recognized Afonso I as rex Portugalensium
Third Crusade
(1189)

Location: Middle East (Levant and Anatolia), Mediterranean Europe (Sicily, Iberia, Balkans)

Kingdom of Portugal
Crusaders from Germany, Hungary, France, Denmark, Italy, Spain and England
Almohad Caliphate Victory
Almohad campaign in the Algarve
(1190–1191)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Crusaders

Almohad Caliphate Defeat
  • Part of the Reconquista and Third Crusade.
Battle of Alarcos

(1195)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Castile

Order of Santiago

Order of St. Benedict

Almohad Caliphate

Castilian rebels

Defeat
Luso-Leonese War (1196–1200)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of León

Kingdom of Navarre

Almohad Caliphate

Status Quo Ante Bellum
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
(1212)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Castile
Crown of Aragon

Kingdom of Navarre Leonese volunteers

French volunteers

Almohad Caliphate Victory
  • Turning point in the Reconquista
Siege of Alcácer do Sal

(1217)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Crusaders

Almohad Caliphate Victory
Siege of Faro

(1249)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Victory
  • This marked the end of the Portuguese Reconquista, with Lisbon becoming the capital city of the Kingdom of Portugal in 1255.
War of the Strait

(1292–1350)

(1292–1350)

Location: Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Gibraltar)

Crown of Aragon

Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of Portugal

Supported by:

Kingdom of Navarre

Kingdom of France

Kingdom of England

Republic of Genoa

Marinid Sultanate

Emirate of Granada

Victory
  • End of Moroccan hegemony in the Strait of Gibraltar. No more offensive or expansion attempts against the Christian Kingdoms would be done by Marinids, being just at the defensive for the rest of the reconquista.
Luso-Castilian War (1295–1297)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal

Crown of Aragon

Kingdom of Castile Stalemate
Luso-Castillian War

(1336–39)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat
Battle of Río Salado
(1340)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Crown of Castile
Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Victory
  • Defeat of the Marinid invasion
Battle of Guadalmesí

(1342)[3]

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Victory
Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Crown of Castile

Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre

Republic of Genoa European crusaders

Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Victory
  • The city surrendered and was incorporated into the Crown of Castile in 1344.
War of the Two Peters
(1356–1375)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Crown of Castile
Supported by:
Kingdom of England
Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Navarre
Kingdom of Granada
Crown of Aragon
Supported by:
Henry of Trastámara
Kingdom of France
Indecisive
  • The war was prolonged because Peter of Castile lost his throne to Henry of Trastámara.
  • Overthrowing of Peter I of Castile.
First Fernandine War
(1369–1370)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Supported by:
Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile Defeat
Second Fernandine War
(1372–1373)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat
Third Fernandine War
(1381–1382)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat
Portuguese interregnum
(1383–1385)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Supported by:
Kingdom of England
Crown of Castile
Supported by:
Kingdom of France
Crown of Aragon
Victory
  • Consolidation of Portuguese independence.
Conquest of Ceuta
(1415)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Victory
  • Portuguese consecrated the main mosque into the cities cathedral.
  • Start of Portuguese Morocco.
Siege of Ceuta

(1419)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate
Emirate of Granada
Victory
  • Pedro de Menezes led the Portuguese garrison in a sally against the Marinid siege camp and forced the lifting of the siege before the relief fleet even arrived
Irmandiño revolts

(1431–69)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Castile

Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Andrade, Lemos and Moscoso families

Galician rebels Victory
Battle of Tangier (1437)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Indecisive
Conquest of Ksar es-Seghir
(1458–1459)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
  • The conquest was successful due to the superiority of the Portuguese artillery, and to the decision of Abd al-Haqq II to keep his army in Tangier upon being informed of the presence of the Portuguese fleet, while he was preparing an attack on Tlemcen.
Catalan Civil War

(1462–72)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Principality of Catalonia

Crown of Castile

Kingdom of Portugal

Forces of John II of Aragon

Kingdom of France

Defeat
Siege of Tangier (1463–1464)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Defeat
Anfa expedition (1468)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
Conquest of Asilah
(1471)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
  • After a troubled disembarkation that resulted in the death of more than 200 men caused by strong winds and waves, Afonso's army reached the shore and laid siege to the city of Asilah, conquering it after a hard battle.
  • Establishment of Portuguese Asilah.
Portuguese conquest of Tangier

(1471)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Marinid Sultanate Victory
War of the Castilian Succession
(1475–1479)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of France
Crown of Castile
Crown of Aragon
Indecisive
  • Isabella is recognised as Queen of Castile
  • Marriage of Isabella of Aragon and Afonso of Portugal
  • Portugal gains hegemony in the Atlantic south of the Canary Islands
  • Portugal recognizes Castile's claim to the Canary Islands
Siege of Ceuta (1476)[4]

Location: North Africa

Kingdom of Portugal

Crown of Castile (Juana Supporters)

Marinid Sultanate Victory
Battle of Guinea

(1478)

Location: Gulf of Guinea

Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Victory
Ottoman conquest of Otranto (1480–81)

Location: Italian Peninsula

Kingdom of Naples

Crown of Aragon

Kingdom of Sicily

Kingdom of Hungary

Papal States

Kingdom of Portugal
Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Ottomans conquer Otranto and gain foothold in Southern Italy
  • Ottoman garrison surrender the city after 13 months
Chaouia expedition

(1487)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
Siege of Graciosa

(1489)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Defeat
Targa expedition (1490)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
First Luso-Malabarese War (1500–1513) Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Cochin

Kingdom of Cannanore (until 1507)

Kingdom of Kollam

Kingdom of Tanur (1504 on)

Kingdom of Calicut

Vassal Malabari states (up to 1504)

Supported by:

Mamluk Egypt

Republic of Venice

Arab privateers

Victory

Start of Portuguese presence in Asia, Portuguese India and Malabarese–Portuguese conflicts.

Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501)

Location: North Africa (modern Algeria)

Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Tlemcen Defeat
First Battle of Cannanore

(1501)

Location: Asia, Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Calicut Victory
Battle of Tanger

(1502)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Portugal Wattasids Defeat
Battle of Calicut (1503)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Calicut

Arab privateers

Victory
Battle of Pandarane

(1504)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Mamluk Sultanate Victory
Battle of Cochin
(1504)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portugal
Kingdom of Cochin
Kingdom of Calicut

Vassal Malabari states

Victory
Battle of Mombasa (1505)

Location: East Africa (modern Kenya)

Portuguese Empire Mombasa Sultanate Victory
Portuguese-Mamluk naval war
(1505–1517)

Location: Asia, Indian Ocean

Portugal Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of Calicut
Bijapur Sultanate
Gujarat Sultanate

Supported by Republic of Venice
Ottoman Empire

Victory
Siege of Anjadiva (1506)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory
Battle of Barawa

(1507)

Location: East Africa (modern Somalia)

Portuguese Empire Ajuran Sultanate Victory
Ajuran-Portuguese wars
(1507–1542)

Location: East Africa (modern Somalia)

Kingdom of Portugal Ajuran Sultanate
Ottoman Empire[6][7]
Victory
Battle of Socotra

(1507)

Location: Socotra (between Guardafui Channel and Arabian Sea)

Portuguese Empire Mahra Sultanate Victory
Capture of Ormuz
(1507)

Location: Asia, Persian Gulf (Hormuz Island)

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Ormus
Safavid Empire
Victory
Persian–Portuguese wars (1507–1622)

Location: Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean (modern Iran)

Portuguese Empire

Supported by:

Spanish Empire (since 1580)

Safavid Empire

Omani Empire Supported by:

Defeat
  • Iranian reconquest of the territories and expel Portuguese of the Persian Gulf (except Gulf of Oman)
  • Start of Portuguese-Omani conflicts.
  • The Portuguese Empire start to decline and lost most of its land in the east to the British
Siege of Cannanore (1507)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Cannanore

Kingdom of Calicut

Victory
Battle of Dabul

(1508)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory
Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts

(1508–1573)

Location: Indian subcontinent (Gujarat)

Portuguese Empire Gujarat Sultanate

Supported by:

Kingdom of Calicut

Mamluk Sultanate (until 1517)

Ottoman Empire (since 1517)

Victory
Sieges of Asilah

(1508–1509)

Location: North Africa

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
Malay-Portuguese conflicts (1509–1641)

Location: Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Straits of Malacca (modern Malaysia, Singapore and western Indonesia)

Portuguese Empire

Supported by:

Sultanate of Perak Sultanate of Kedah

Supported by:

Stalemate
Portuguese conquest of Goa
(1510)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Kingdom of Portugal Bijapur Sultanate Victory
Capture of Malacca (1511)

Location: Malacca City (modern Malaysia)

Kingdom of Portugal Malacca Sultanate Victory
Siege of Aden

(1513)

Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen)

Portuguese Empire Yemeni Tahirids Defeat
Battle of Azemmour
(1513)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory
  • Conquest of Azemmour in Morocco
Battle of Tednest

(1514)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Saadi Sultanate Victory
Raid of Marrakesh (1515)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Hintata

Supported by:

Saadi Sultanate

Wattasid dynasty

Defeat
Battle of Mamora (1515)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids

Supported by Abda Doukkala

Defeat
Expedition against Oulad Amrane(1516)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal Oulad Amrane Defeat
Siege of Goa (1517)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory
Battle of Zeila

(1517)

Location: East Africa (modern Somaliland)

Portuguese Empire Adal Sultanate Victory
Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts

(1518–1658)

Location: Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire

Kingdom of Kotte

Kingdom of Sitawaka

Kingdom of Kandy

Principality of Raigama

Kingdom of Jaffna

Supported by:

Zamorin of Calicut

Kingdom of Tanjore

Vanni chieftains

Dutch East India Company (From 1638)

Stalemate
Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts

(1519–1639)

Location: Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and Strait of Malacca (modern western Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia)

Portuguese Empire

Supported by:

Sultanate of Aceh

Supported by:

Inconclusive
  • Aceh expansionism stopped.
Portuguese conquest of Bahrain

(1521) Location: Eastern Arabia, Persian Gulf (Bahrain)

Portuguese Empire Jabrids Victory
Battle of Tunmen

(1521)

Location: China (modern Hong Kong)

Portuguese Empire Ming China Defeat
Battle of Sincouwaan

(1522)

Location: China (modern Hong Kong)

Portuguese Empire Ming China Defeat
Battle of al-Shihr (1523)

Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen)

Portuguese Empire Kathiri Sultanate Victory
Siege of Calicut (1526)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Zamorin of Calicut Defeat
Conquest of Sunda Kelapa
(1527)

Location: Java (modern Indonesia)

Portuguese Empire

Sunda Kingdom

Demak Sultanate

Banten Sultanate

Cirebon Sultanate

Defeat
Battle of Mombasa (1528)

Location: East Africa (modern Kenya)

Portuguese Empire

Supported by:

Malindi Kingdom

Mombasa Sultanate Victory
Siege of Bahrain (1529)

Location: Eastern Arabia, Persian Gulf (Bahrain)

Portuguese Empire Bahraini rebels Defeat
Abyssinian–Adal war
(1529–1543)

Location: East Africa (modern Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea)

Ethiopian Empire
Kingdom of Portugal (1542–43)
Adal Sultanate
Ottoman Empire (1542–43)
Inconclusive
Spanish-Ottoman War (1529–1541)

Location: Mediterranean Sea, North Africa

Empire of Charles V

Holy Roman Empire

Papal States

Kingdom of Portugal

Knights of Malta

Kingdom of France (until 1534)

Hafsid dynasty

Kingdom of Kuku

Kabyle people

Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Tlemcen

Banu Rashid

Arab irregulars

Kingdom of France (since 1535)

Stalemate
Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts
(1530–1605)

Location: Maluku Islands, (modern eastern Indonesia)

Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Ternate
Dutch East India Company
Defeat
Battle of al-Shihr (1531)

Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen)

Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire

Kathiri Sultanate

Defeat
Siege of Diu (1531)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Gujarat Sultanate

Ottoman Empire

Defeat
French invasions to Colonial Brazil (1531–1615)

Location: South America, Brazil

Portuguese Empire

Indian allies

 France

Indian allies

Victory
  • Henriville is destroyed
Spanish Jailolo-Portuguese Ternate war

(1533)

Location: Maluku Islands, (modern eastern Indonesia)

Sultanate of Ternate

Portuguese Empire

Sultanate of Tidore

Jailolo Sultanate

Spanish Empire

Stalemate
Iguape War
(1534–1536)

Location: South America, Brazil

Kingdom of Portugal Spanish Empire

Indian auxiliaries

Victory
Battle of Tidore

(1536)

Location: Maluku Islands, (modern eastern Indonesia)

Portuguese Empire

Ternate loyal to Hairun

Ternate loyal to Dayal

Sultanate of Tidore

Sultanate of Bacan

Sultanate of Jailolo

Kingdom of Vaigama[17]

Kingdom of Vaigue[17]

Kingdom of Quibibi[17]

Kingdom of Mincibo[17]

Victory
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
(1538–1559)

Location: Persian Gulf, Horn of Africa, Red Sea and India

Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Hormuz

Ethiopian Empire

Ottoman Empire
Gujarat Sultanate

Adal Sultanate

    • Status quo ante bellum
    • Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean
    • Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea
Shuangyu Skirmishes (1539)

Location: China (Zhejiang)

Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates)

Portuguese pirates

Ming China Victory
Fall of Agadir

(1541)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Portuguese Empire Saadi Sultanate Defeat
Battle of Benadir

(1542)

Location: East Africa (modern Somalia)

Portuguese Empire Ajuran Sultanate Victory
Shuangyu Skirmishes (1543)

Location: China (Zhejiang)

Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates)

Portuguese pirates

Ming China Defeat
Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)[18]

Location: Southeast Asia (modern Thailand)

Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)

Supported by: Portuguese Empire

Toungoo dynasty (Burma) Victory
Raid of Zhangzhou (1547)

Location: China (Zhangzhou)

Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory
Raid of Ningbo (1548)

Location: China (Ningbo)

Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory
Raid of Taizhou (1548)

Location: China (Taizhou)

Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory
Battle of al-Shihr (1548)

Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen)

Portuguese Empire

Mahra Sultanate

Kathiri Sultanate Victory
Incident of Dongshan Peninsula (1549)

Location: China (Fujian)

Wokou

Portuguese merchants

Ming China Defeat
Battle of the Bay of Velez

(1553)

Location: North Africa, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera

Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Defeat
Tamoyo Confederation

(1554–1567)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
Aimoré War

(1555–1673)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Aimoré people Victory
Siege of Piratininga

(1555–1736)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Guarulho people

Guaianá people

Carijó people

Victory
  • Invaders are expelled
Siege of Kotte

(1557–1558)

Location: Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire

Kingdom of Kotte

Kingdom of Sitawaka Victory
Bandeirantes raids from Brazil to Spanish domains (1557–18th century)

Location: South America (mostly Amazon Forest)

Portuguese Empire  Spain Stalemate
  • The Amazon is divided between Spain and Portugal with the Treaty of Madrid (1750), as both countries compromissed to stop and punish bandits expeditions from bandeirantes.
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
(1558–1566)

Location: Indian Ocean

Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire
Ajuran Sultanate
  • Status quo ante bellum
  • Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean
  • Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea
Battle of Mulleriyawa
(1559)

Location: Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Sitawaka Defeat
  • Decisive victory to Sinhalese army of Kingdom of Sitawaka
Siege of Moji

(1561)

Location: Asia–Pacific, Japan

Ōtomo clan

Portuguese Empire

Mōri clan Defeat
Siege of Mazagan (1562)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Portuguese Empire Saadi Sultanate Victory
Battle of Fukuda Bay
(1565)

Location: Asia–Pacific, Japan

Kingdom of Portugal Matsura Takanobu Clan Victory
Blockade of Cebu (1568)
  • Part of Portuguese–Spanish colonial rivalry

Location: Philippines

Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Defeat
Battle of Aceh
(1569)

Location: Sumatra (modern Indonesia)

Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Aceh Victory
  • Aceh fleet destroyed
War of the League of the Indies
(1570 – 1574)

Location: Indian Ocean, Western India and the Straits of Malacca

Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Bijapur
Sultanate of Ahmadnagar
Zamorin of Calicut
Sultanate of Aceh

Co-belligerents:

Princely states of the Kanara coast

Kalinyamat Sultanate

Sultanate of Ternate

Sultanate of Tidore

Sultanate of Golkonda

Mappila Muslims

Victory
Battle of Alcácer Quibir
(1578)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Kingdom of Portugal

Moorish Allies

Saadi Sultanate

Supported by:

Ottoman Empire

Defeat
War of the Portuguese Succession
(1580–1583)

Location: Iberian Peninsula, Azores

Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato
 France
 England
United Provinces
Crown of Spain
Portugal loyal to Philip of Spain
Decisive defeat for António, Prior of Crato
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
(1580–89)

Location: East Africa, Swahili coast and Indian Ocean

Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Victory
  • Portuguese control in the South East African coast restored and Mir Ali Bey captured
Siege of Daman (1581)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

Location: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands, Ibero-America.

Spanish Empire

Order of Saint John

co-belligerent

Kingdom of England Ireland

co-belligerent

Indecisive
Battle of Leitao Coast

(1586)

Location: Persian Gulf, Kish Island (Iran)

Portuguese Empire Arab Niquilus Defeat
Siege of Johor
(1587)

Location: Malay Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Johor Sultanate Victory
Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)[19]

Location: Southeast Asia (modern Cambodia)

Kingdom of Cambodia

Supported by: Spanish Empire

Ayutthaya Kingdom Defeat
Cambodian–Spanish War

(1593–97)

Location: Southeast Asia (modern Cambodia)

Spanish Empire

Cambodian allies

Japanese mercenaries

Cambodia

Supported by:

Ayutthaya Kingdom

Johor Sultanate (Muslim Malay merchants)

Kingdom of Champa (Muslim Cham merchants)

Defeat
Campaign of Danture (1594)

Location: Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kandy Defeat
  • Decisive victory to Sinhalese army of Kingdom of Kandy
Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600)

Location: China (near Macau)

Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Victory
  • End of Spain's attempts to circumvent the restrictions placed on them from reaching China.
  • Portuguese monopoly on the 16th century China trade seizured.
Dutch–Portuguese War
(1598–1663)

Europe

South America

Africa

Asia

Kingdom of Portugal

Supported by:

Dutch Republic

Supported by:

Indecisive
  • Formation of the Dutch Empire.
  • Portuguese Restoration War.
  • Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, Goa and Macau.
  • Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
  • Both sides claim victory in India.
Siege of Kottakkal

(1599–1600)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire

Kingdom of Calicut

Kunjali Marakkar forces Victory
Palmares War

(early 17th century–1695)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Quilombo dos Palmares Victory
Nossa Senhora da Graça incident

(1610)

Location: Nagasaki, Japan

Portuguese Empire Tokugawa shogunate Defeat
Battle of Swally

(1612)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire English East India Company Defeat
Cummean Revolt

(1617–1621)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
Sack of Madeira

(1617)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Defeat
Tupinambá Revolt

(1618)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
Tupinambás Uprising (1617–1621)

Location: Brazil

Kingdom of Portugal Tupinambá rebel forces under tuxaua (cacique) Cabelo de Velha Victory
1st Danish expedition to India

(1618–1622)

Location: Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire
France
Denmark-Norway

Kandy

Supported by:

Thanjavur Nayak

Dutch East India Company

Portuguese militar victory

Danish political victory

Sino-Dutch conflicts

(1620s–1670s)

Location: Asia–Pacific, China

Ming China

Southern Ming dynasty

Kingdom of Tungning

Portuguese Empire

Dutch East India Company

Chinese pirates

Victory
Capture of Ormuz
(1622)

Location: Persian Gulf

Kingdom of Portugal

Supported by: Spanish Empire

Safavid Empire
English East India Company
Defeat
  • Ormuz (which was under Portuguese control since 1507) goes back to Persian control
First Kongo-Portuguese War (1622–1623)

Location: Central Africa (modernAngola and Congo region)

Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Kongo Status quo ante bellum
Spanish-Siam War

(1624–1636)[20][21][22]

Location: Southeast Asia (modern Thailand)

Iberian Union Siam

Dutch East India Company

Defeat
Battle of Duyon River
(1629)

Location: Malay Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Aceh Decisive Victory
  • Aceh's forces destroyed (loses 236 ships, 19,000 soldiers)
Motim das Maçarocas

(1629)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Union Portuguese independentists Victory
Mombasa war

(1631–32)

Location: East Africa (modern Kenya)

Portuguese Empire Mombasa Sultanate Victory
Siege of Hooghly

(1632)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Defeat
Portuguese expedition to Mombasa of 1632

Location: East Africa (modern Kenya)

Portuguese Empire

Safavid Empire

Omani Empire Defeat
Manuelinho Revolt

(1637)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Union Portuguese independentists Victory
Battle of Gannoruwa

(1638)

Location: Sri Lanka

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kandy Defeat
Siege of Daman (1638–1639)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory
Mazagan Ambush

(1640)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Portuguese Empire Republic of Salé Defeat
Portuguese Restoration War
(1640–1668)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

Kingdom of Portugal
Crown of Spain (Castile and Aragon) Victory
Battle of Mbororé

Location: South America (modern Misiones Province, Argentina)

Portuguese Empire

Tupi people

Spanish Empire Defeat
Acclamation of Amador Bueno

(1641)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Nativists Victory
  • Failure in forming a kingdom
  • Amador Bueno swears loyalty to king John IV
Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart

(1643–1645)Location: Indian Ocean

Leyel loyalist

Dutch Coromandel

English Madras

Portuguese India (Carical)

Supported by:

Thanjavur Nayak

Pessart loyalist Victory
Dano-Carical Conflict

(1644–1645)Location: India (Karaikal and Tranquebar)

Portuguese India

Dutch India

Danish India Victory
Siege of Dansborg (1644)

Location: India (Tranquebar)

Portuguese India

Dutch India

Danish India Inconclusive
Siege of Muscat (1650)

Location: Gulf of Oman

Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Defeat
  • End of Portuguese rule in Oman and presence on the Persian Gulf.
Cachaça Revolt

(1660–1661)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Rio de Janeiro Rebels Victory
Raid of Tangier

(1662)

Location: North Africa (Morocco)

Portuguese Empire

Supported by:

Kingdom of England

Khadir Ghaïlan forces

Supported by:

Crown of Spain

Saadi Morocco

Stalemate
Kongo Civil War (1665–1709)

Location: Central Africa (modernAngola and Congo region)

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kongo
Kimpanzu dynasty forces
Kinlaza dynasty forces
Soyo and Ngoyo

Supported by:

Dutch West India Company

Stalemate
Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts

(1666–1758)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Zamorin

 United Kingdom

Portuguese Empire[26][a]

Dutch Republic Defeat
Conjuration of Our Father

(1666)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Pernambuco Rebels Victory
Battle of Pungo Andongo

(1671)

Location: Central Africa (modernAngola)

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Ndongo Victory
Battle of Katole

(1681)

Location: Central Africa (modernAngola)

Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Matamba Pirric Victory
Barbarians' War

(1683–1713)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Confederation of the Cariris Victory
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1683–1684)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Victory
  • Portuguese territory in India defended.
Beckman Revolt

(1684)

Location: Brazil

Portuguese Empire Maranhão Rebels Victory
Mughal–Portuguese War
(1692–1693)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory
  • Portuguese territory in India defended.
Taro Revolt

(1694–1695)

Location: Azores

Portugal São Jorge peasants Victory
Battle of Daman (1694)

Location: India

Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Victory
Omani–Portuguese conflict (1696–1714)

Location: Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa, India

Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Indecisive
War of the Spanish Succession
(1701–1714)

On South America:

Spain loyal to Charles

 Holy Roman Empire:

 Great Britain (formed in 1707)[27]

Dutch Republic
Portugal (from 1703)

 Savoy

Danish Auxiliary Corps

co-belligerent:[28]

Spain loyal to Philip

 France

Bavaria (until 1704)

Duchy of Mantua (until 1708)

Cologne (until 1702)

Liège (until 1702)

co-belligerent:[28]

Political victory for Philip
Military victory for Charles

Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, and Baden:

  • Austria, Great Britain and the Dutch Republic recognise Philip V as King of Spain but he renounces any claim to the throne of France.
  • Spain cedes territories in Europe.
  • Spain cedes the Colony of Sacramento to the Portuguese Empire
Mura War

(18th century)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Mura people Victory
War of the Emboabas

(1707–1709)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Paulistas (Bandeirantes) Victory
Mascate War

(1710–1711)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Vila de Olinda Victory
  • Reconstitution of the Pelourinho do Recife
  • Re-opening of the Recife Municipal Chamber
Salt Revolt

(1710–1720)

Location: Brazil

Portugal São Paulo Rebels Victory
Mandu Ladino Revolt

(1712–1719)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Tupi people Victory
Ottoman–Venetian War
(1714–1718)

Location: Peloponnese, Aegean Sea, Ionian Islands, Dalmatia

Republic of Venice
Austria (from 1716)
Kingdom of Portugal
Order of Malta
Papal States
Spain
Ottoman Empire Defeat
Vila Rica Revolt

(1720)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Supporters of Filipe dos Santos Victory
Manaó War

(1723–1728)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Manaó people Victory
Expedition to Cabinda

(1723)

Location: Central Africa (modernAngola)

Portuguese Empire British Empire

Kingdom of Ngoyo

Victory
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1725–1726)[29]Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Inconclusive
  • Peace of Bassein
Terço Velho Motin

(1728)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Terço Velho Regiment Victory
Portuguese-Omani conflict (1728–1729)

Location: Indian Ocean, Southeast Africa

Portuguese Empire

Swahili city-states rebels against Oman

Omani Empire

Swahili city-states rebels against Portugal

Statu Quo Ante Bellum
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1729–1732)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Supported by: Maratha Confederacy Victory
Novas Conquistas (1729–1789)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire

Supported by: Rajahnate of Soonda Kingdom of Sawantwadi

Kingdom of Mysore
Maratha Empire
Victory
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–37)

Location: South America, Río de la Plata Basin (modern Uruguay)

Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Victory
Battle of Vasai

(1739)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Defeat
Naval Battle of Calicut
(1752)

Location: Indian subcontinent

Portugal Maratha Empire Victory
Guaraní War
(1754–56)

Location: South America, Misiones Orientales (modern Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil)

Portugal

Spain

Guaraní

Jesuits

Victory
  • Ratification of the Exchange Treaty.
  • Declaration of the border between Spain and Portugal in South America
  • Treaty of El Pardo.
  • Total abandonment of the eastern missions by the Guarani (Transfer of the Guarani out of the territories ceded to Portugal.).
Seven Years' War
(1756–1763)

Location: Europe, North America, West Indies, South America, West Africa, India, Philippines

 Great Britain

 Prussia
Portugal (from 1762)

Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe

Iroquois Confederacy

Filipino rebels

 France

Austria

Electorate of Saxony
 Russia (until 1762)
Spain (from 1762)

Sweden (1757–62)
Abenaki nation
Mughal Empire (from 1757)

Victory
First Curvelo Conspiracy

(1760–1763)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Conspirators Victory
War of Galangue (1768–1769)[30]Location: Angola Portuguese Empire Galangue Kingdom Victory
Inconfidence of Mariana

(1769)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Inconfidents Victory
Siege of Mazagan (1769)

Location: Morocco

Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Morocco Defeat
First Luso-Ovimbo War

(1774–1778)

Location: Angola

Portuguese Empire Ovimbundu Kingdoms Victory
Inconfidence of Sabará

(1775)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Inconfidents Victory
Second Curvelo Conspiracy

(1776)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Conspirators Victory
Spanish-Portuguese War
(1776–1777)

Location: South America, Río de la Plata Basin (modern Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil)

Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Defeat
Bombardment of Algiers
(1784)

Location: North Africa (Algeria)

Spain
Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Sicily
Order of Saint John
Portugal

Regency of Algiers Victory
Inconfidência Mineira

(1789)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Inconfidents Victory
  • Failed Independence of Minas Gerais.
War of the Pyrenees
(1793–1795)

Location: Iberian Peninsula and Pyrenees

Spain
 Portugal[b]
French Émigrés
France Defeat
Rio de Janeiro Conjuration

(1794–1795)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Conjurates from Rio Victory
  • Failed Independence of Rio de Janeiro
1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates

(1796–1799)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Conjurates from Bahia Victory
  • Failed Independence of Bahia
Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Location: Mediterranean Sea

 Great Britain

Portugal

 Russia[c]

Ottoman Empire

Kingdom of Naples

Hospitaller Malta

France Spain Victory
Conspiracy of the Suassunas

(1800–1801)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Pernambuco rebels Victory
  • Failed Independence of Pernambuco
War of the Oranges
(1801)

Location: Iberian Peninsula, South America (Río de la Plata and Guiana region)

 Portugal Spain

France

Defeat in Europe
Victory in South America
Invasion of Portugal (1807)

Location: Iberian Peninsula

 Portugal French Empire

 Spain

Defeat
Peninsular War
(1808–1814)

Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France

Bourbon Spain

 United Kingdom
 Portugal

French Empire
Bonapartist Spain

Duchy of Warsaw
Kingdom of Italy

Confederation of the Rhine

Swiss Confederation

Victory
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana
(1809)

Location: South America (The Guianas)

Portugal

 United Kingdom

French Empire Victory
Battle of the Tiger's Mouth
(1809–1810)

Location: China (Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area)

Portugal Red Flag Fleet Victory
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812)

Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Uruguay)

Portugal United Provinces of the River Plate
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Inconclusive
War of the Sixth Coalition
(1813–1814)

Location: Europe

Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Sweden
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Sardinia
First French Empire
Napoleonic Italy
Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Warsaw[d]
Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris
War of the Seventh Coalition
(1815)

Location: Europe

Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Sweden
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Sardinia
 Netherlands
First French Empire
Kingdom of Naples
Victory Second Treaty of Paris
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816 - 1820)

Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Uruguay and Argentina)

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Federal League Victory
  • Annexation of the Banda Oriental to the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
Pernambucan Revolt

(1817)

Location: Brazil

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Rebels from Pernambuco

Rebels from Paraíba

Rebels from Potiguares

Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Dissolution of the Comarca das Alagoas in the Pernambucan territory
  • Failed Independence of Pernambuco
Lisbon Conspiration

(1817)

Location: Portugal

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Supremo Conselho Regenerador de Portugal e do Algarve Victory
Oporto Liberal Revolution

(1820)

Location: Portugal

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Liberals Defeat
Martinhada Revolt

(1820)

Location: Portugal

Junta Provisional do Governo Supremo do Reino
  • Moderate liberals
  • Radical liberals
  • Traditionalists
Victory
Liberal Revolution in Bahia and Grão-Pará

(1821)

Location: Brazil

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Captaincy of Bahia

Captaincy of Grão-Pará

Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Increase of the liberal movement in Rio de Janeiro
Constitutionalist revolt of the slaves

(1821–1822)

Location: Brazil

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Minas Gerais slaves Inconclusive
  • Rebels dispersed with the Proclamation of Independence
Brazilian War of Independence

(1822–1824)

Location: Brazil

Portugal Empire of Brazil
European mercenaries
Defeat
Vilafrancada

(1823)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Miguelites Victory
April Revolt

(1824)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Miguelites Victory
Liberal Wars
(1828–1834)

Location: Iberian Peninsula (Portugal)

Liberal (Forces of Queen Maria II and Pedro IV)

Supported by:

Spain (Since 1834)
United Kingdom
France (Since 1830)

Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)[31]

Miguelites (Forces of King Miguel)

Supported by: Spain (Until 1833)

Holy Alliance

Carlists

Liberal Victory
First Carlist War
(1833–1840)

Location: Iberian Peninsula (Spain)

Carlists (Forces of Infante Carlos)

Supported by:
Portugal (until 1834)

Holy Alliance[32]

Miguelites

Liberals (Forces of Queen Isabella II)

Supported by:
France
United Kingdom
Portugal (from 1834)

Liberal Victory
Revolta dos Calcetas

(1835)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Miguelites insurgents Victory
September Revolution

(1836)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Septembrists (radical liberals) Defeat
Marnotas Conspiracy

(1837)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Miguelites insurgents Victory
Revolt of the Marshals

(1837)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Cartista insurgents Victory
Bolama Question

(1838–1870)

Location: West Africa, Guinea-Bissau

Portugal United Kingdom Victory
Torres Novas Revolt

(1844)

Location: Portugal

Portugal Anti-Cabralism insurgents Victory
Patuleia (1846)

Location: Portugal

Forces of Queen Maria II

Quadruple Alliance

Junta in Porto forces Moderate Liberal Victory
Revolt of the Faitiões
(1846)

Location: China (Macau)

Portugal Chinese rebels Victory
Baishaling Incident
(1849)

Location: China (Macau)

Portugal China Victory
Guerras de Cassange

(1850–62)

Location: Angola

Portugal Native peoples Victory
Guerras do Nano

(1855–74)

Location: Angola

Portugal Native peoples Victory
Serpa Pinto Incident[33]

(1889)

Location: Southern Africa (modern Zambia)

Portugal Kololo people Inconclusive
Anglo-Portuguese conflict on Manicaland[34]

(1890–1891)

Location: Southern Africa

Portugal United Kingdom Defeat
2nd Luso-Ovimbo War

(1890–1904)

Location: Angola

Portugal Ovimbundu Kingdoms Victory
31 January 1891 Revolt

(1891)

Location: Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal Republicans Victory
Battle of Mufilo
(1907)

Location: Angola

Portugal Ovambo Victory
Municipal Library Elevator Coup

(1908)

Location: Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal Republicans

Carbonária

Victory
5 October 1910 revolution

(1910)

Location: Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal Republicans

Carbonária

Defeat

First Portuguese Republic (1910–1926)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
East Timorese rebellion
(1911–1912)

Location: East Timor

 Portugal East Timorese rebels Victory
Royalist attack on Chaves

(1912)

Location: Portugal and Galicia (Spain)

Portuguese Government Royalist supporters

Supported by:

Spain

Victory
27 April 1913 Revolt

(1913)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Federação Radical Republicana Victory
World War I
(1914–1918)

Location: Europe, Africa, Asia

 France
United Kingdom
Russia
 United States
China
 Italy
 Japan
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
Hejaz
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Belgium
 Greece
 Portugal
 Brazil
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
Água-Pe Revolt

(1914)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Royalist supporters Victory
May 14 Revolt

(1915)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Republicans Defeat
December 1917 coup d'état

(1917)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Rebels led by Sidónio Pais Defeat
1919 Oporto Counter-Revolution

(1919)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Monarchy of the North Victory
Bloody Night (Lisbon)

(1921)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Rioting members of the Army, Navy, and GNR soldiers Pirric Victory
April 18, 1925 Revolt

(1925)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Portuguese Armed Forces rebels Victory
July 19, 1925 Revolt

(1925)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Portuguese Armed Forces rebels Victory
28 May 1926 coup d'état

(1926)

Location: Portugal

Portuguese Government Portuguese Armed Forces Defeat

Second Portuguese Republic (1933–1974)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
February 1927 Revolt

(1927)

Location: Portugal

Military Dictatorship February 1927 movement Victory
Fifis Revolt

(1927)

Location: Portugal

Military Dictatorship Fascists Victory
Madeira uprising

(1931)

Location: Portugal

Military Dictatorship Supported by:
United Kingdom
Paris League

Republica da Atlantida

Victory
26 Agost 1931 Insurrection

(1931)

Location: Portugal

Military Dictatorship Buda Groups

Paris League

Victory
Milk Revolt

(1936)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Madeira protesters Victory
Spanish Civil War
(1936–1939)

Location: Spain

Spanish Nationalists

Italy
Nazi Germany
Portugal

Spanish Republicans

International Brigades
Soviet Union
Mexico

Victory
1936 Naval Revolt

(1936)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Organização Revolucionária da Armada Victory
Invasion of Timor

(1942–45) [as neutral power of World War II]

Location: East Timor and Indonesia

Allies:  Netherlands United Kingdom United States
Portuguese Timor
 Japan
  • Timorese and Javanese volunteers (Black Columns)
Status Quo Ante Bellum
Mealhada Revolt

(1946)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Left-wing rebels Victory
10 April 1947 Revolt

(1947)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Junta de Libertação Nacional Victory
Integration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(1954)

Location: India

Portugal India Defeat
Viqueque rebellion
(1959)

Location: East Timor

Portugal East Timorese rebels Victory
Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974)

Location: Angola

Portugal MPLA
FNLA
UNITA
FLEC
Military stalemate
MPLA-Coalition Political victory

Alvor Agreement;

Annexation of Portuguese India
(1961)

Location: India

Portugal India Defeat
Beja Revolt

(1961–1962)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Democrat rebels Victory
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963–1974)

Location: Guinea-Bissau

Portugal PAIGC
Guinea (1970 only)
Cuba[36]
Non-combat support:
China[37][38][39]
Soviet Union[40]
Senegal[41]
Libya[42][43]
Algeria[44][45]
Brazil[46]
PAIGC Political victory[47]
Military stalemate[47]
Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979) Location: Rhodesia, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Rhodesia
South Africa
Portugal (1964–1974)
ZANU
FRELIMO
ZAPU
ANC
Stalemate
Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1974) Portugal FRELIMO Military stalemate
FRELIMO Political victory[47]
South African Border War (1966–1990) Location: South West Africa, Angola, Zambia South Africa
Portugal (until 1974)
UNITA
FNLA
SWAPO
SWANU
MPLA
Cuba
ANC
Zambia
Stalemate
  • Withdrawal of foreign forces from Angola
  • Namibian independence from South African rule
Caldas Insurrection

(1974)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo Portuguese Armed Forces rebels Victory
Carnation Revolution

(1974)

Location: Portugal

Estado Novo AF Movement Defeat

Portugal (1974–present)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Insurgency in Azores and Madeira

(1975–1979)

Location: Portugal (Azores and Madeira Archipelagos)

Portugal FLA

FLAMA

Victory
  • FLA broadly gave up armed activity in 1979–1980
  • FLAMA dissolves itself in 1978
Bosnian War
(1994–1995)

Location: Balkans

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatia


United States
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom

Republika Srpska
YPA
Serbian Krajina
Western Bosnia
FR Yugoslavia
Victory
  • Dayton Accords
  • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
  • Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement
  • Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)

Location: Balkans

KLA
AFRK
Albania
Croatia
United States
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Poland
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
FR Yugoslavia Victory
Guinea-Bissau Civil War
(1998–1999)

Location: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
Guinea
France
Portugal
Military rebels
MFDC
United States
Defeat
1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2005)

Location: East Timor

East Timor

INTERFET

UNTAET

Pro-Indonesia militias

Supported by:

Victory
  • Independence of East Timor is seizured
War in Afghanistan
(2001–2014)

Location: Afghanistan

United States
Afghanistan
ISAF
United Kingdom
Azerbaijan
Germany
Denmark
Italy
France
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
El Salvador
Armenia
Georgia
Norway
Sweden
Poland
Estonia
Romania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Hungary
Luxembourg
Portugal
Jordan
Albania
Iceland
Northern Alliance
Taliban

Allied groups


Taliban splinter groups

2001 invasion:
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

al-Qaeda

"Victory"
Operation Active Endeavour

(2001–2016)

Location: Mediterranean Sea

NATO

Non-NATO:

Unspecified terrorist and smuggling groups "Victory"
East Timorese crisis
(2006)

Location: East Timor

Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Portugal
East Timor
FTDL elements Victory
  • Violence ends.
Operation Atalanta

(2008-)

Location: Somalia

European Union (European Union Training Mission in Somalia)

Non EU:

Somali pirates Ongoing
Attack on MV Maersk Phoenix[55]

(2009)

Location: Somalia

Portugal Somali pirates Victory
Central African Republic Civil War (2012-)

Location: Central African Republic

Central African Republic

MINUSCA (since 2014)

Rwanda (since 2020)[56]

Russia (since 2018)[56]

Wagner Group[57]

Black Russians[59]


Formerly:

South Africa (2013)

MISCA (2013–2014) France (2013–2021)[61] EUFOR RCA

(2014–2015)

PRNC

Lord's Resistance Army

Azande Ani Kpi Gbe (since March 2023)[62]
Support:

Defunct groups: RJ (2013–2018)

MNLC (2017–2019) MLCJ (2008–2022) RPRC (2014–2022)

Ongoing
Mali War (2012–2023)

Location: Mali

 France

Mali

Chad

 Spain[66]

Poland

 United Kingdom

 Germany

MINUSMA

Ansar Dine

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

ISIL


Azawad
Mixed Results (end of UN mission)
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (2017–2020)

Location: Mozambique

Mozambique

Rwanda

(from 2021)[67]

Southern African Development Community (from 2021)

Supported by:

Russia[74]

EUTM-Moz

(from 2021)

Uganda[70]

United States

(from 2021)[75][76]

Portugal

(from 2020)[77][78]

United Kingdom[79]

Turkey[80]

Ansar al-Sunna

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[81]

Supported by:

Organized crime[82]

Foreign sympathizers[82]


Bandits[83]
Ongoing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin.
  2. ^ See also: Auxiliary Army to the Crown of Spain (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ See also: Ushakov expedition (in Russian)
  4. ^ Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, though most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon
  5. ^ The only party under Francisco Franco from 1937 onward, a merger of the other factions on the Nationalist side.
  6. ^ a b c d 1936–1937, then merged into FET y de las JONS

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