List of wars involving Spain

This list details Spain's involvement in wars and armed conflicts, excluding those fought by its predecessor states or within its territory.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Granada War (1482–92) Conclusion of the Reconquista Location: Iberian Peninsula	Catholic Monarchs of Spain Military Orders European crusaders	Emirate of Granada	Victory Granada annexed Treaty of Granada (1491)
First Italian War (1494–1498) Battle of Seminara Location: Italian Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea	League of Venice: Papal States Republic of Venice Kingdom of Naples Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan Holy Roman Empire Republic of Florence Duchy of Mantua Kingdom of England (from 1496)	Kingdom of France Swiss mercenaries Duchy of Milan (before 1495)	Victory Forced French retreat
Spanish conquest of Haiti^[1] (1494–1509) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Hispaniola	Crown of Castile	Taínos	Victory
Conquest of Melilla (1497) Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) Location: North Africa	Castile and Aragon	Wattasid dynasty	Victory
Zayyanid–Iberian conflicts (1415–1543) Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505) Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507) Spanish conquest of Oran (1509) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543) Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535), Spanish–Ottoman wars and Algerian–Moroccan conflictsLocation: North Africa	Castile and Aragon (since 1497) pro-Spain Algerians Kingdom of Portugal (until 1501)	Kingdom of Tlemcen Banu Rashid Minor support: Regency of Algiers Wattasid dynasty	Pyrrhic Victory Portuguese withdrawal from Algeria. Spanish Vassalization of the Kingdom of Tlemcen from Oran consolidated through Abu Abdallah VI, but with constant hostility from Moroccans and Ottomans.
Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501) part of Mudejar revolts Location: Iberian Peninsula	Catholic Monarchs of Spain Kingdom of Granada	Muslims of Granada	Victory Rebellion defeated Mass forced conversions of all Muslims in Granada
Second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) Siege of the Castle of Saint George Location: Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas	Republic of Venice Castile and Aragon	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Venetian strongholds of Modon and Coron fall to the Ottomans Cephalonia and Ithaca to Venice
Second Italian War (1499–1501) Location: Italian Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea	Kingdom of France Papal States Republic of Venice Castile and Aragon	Duchy of Milan Kingdom of Naples	Victory, French victory over Duchy of Milan French control of the Duchy of Milan Spain and France reparts between them the Kingdom of Naples on Treaty of Granada (1500), deposing Frederick of Naples.
Kemal Reis' raids on Western Mediterranean and Atlantic Sea (1501) Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands (1501) Location: Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands	Castile and Aragon Republic of Genoa Venice	Ottoman Empire Supported by: Moriscos	Victory
Third Italian War (1502–1504) Battle of Ruvo Battle of Seminara Battle of Cerignola Battle of Garigliano Campaign of Rosellon Location: Italian Peninsula	Castile and Aragon	Kingdom of France	Victory Peace of Lyon and Treaty of Blois (1504) Louis XII of France ceded Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon Division of Northern and Southern Italy between France and Spain
Guelders Wars (1502–1543) Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540) Location: Low Countries, Frisia	Habsburg: Habsburg Monarchy Habsburg Netherlands Spain County of Holland County of Flanders Duchy of Brabant Duchy of Luxemburg Imperial Frisia (Saxony) (1514–15) Bishopric of Utrecht (1508–28)	Guelders: Duchy of Guelders Groningen & Ommelanden (1514–36) Frisian rebels (1514–23) Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1538–43) Supported by: Kingdom of France County of East Frisia (1514–17) Utrecht rebel groups (1520–28)	Habsburg victory Guelders, Utrecht, Frisia and Groningen annexed Overijssel and Drenthe detached from Utrecht Jülich and East Frisia remain independent
Spanish crusade^[2] (1503–12) Capture of Mers-el-Kébir Battle of Mers-el-Kébir Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera Spanish conquest of Oran Spanish conquest of Tripoli Spanish assault on Djerba Capture of Béjaïa Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) and Zayyanid–Iberian conflicts Location: North Africa (modern Maghreb countries), Mediterranean Sea	Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon	Kingdom of Tlemcen Hafsid dynasty Hafsids of Béjaïa Wattasid dynasty	Victory Start of Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 for the control of Algeria, Tunisia and Mediterranean Sea.
Rebellion of Cordoba^[3]^[4] (1506–08) Location: Córdoba, Spain	Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon	Cordobese rebels	Royalist victory
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–1516) Battle of Ravenna Battle of La Motta part of Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy Location: Western Europe (Italian Peninsula, Iberian Peninsula, Modern France and England)	1508–10: Venice 1510–11: Papal States Venice 1511–13: Holy League: Papal States Venice Spain Holy Roman Empire England Swiss mercenaries 1513–16: Papal States Spain Holy Roman Empire England Duchy of Milan Swiss mercenaries	1508–10: League of Cambrai: Papal States France Holy Roman Empire Spain Duchy of Ferrara 1510–11: France Duchy of Ferrara 1511–13: France Duchy of Ferrara Scotland Florence 1513–16: Venice France Duchy of Ferrara	Defeat
Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico^[1] (1508–1511) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico	Crown of Castile	Taínos	Victory
Sack of Niebla (1508)Location: Iberian Peninsula	Castile and Aragon	Duke of Medina Sidonia	Victory
Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre (1512–1529) Location: Iberian Peninsula	Castile and Aragon	Kingdom of Navarre France	Victory Navarre south of the Pyrenees annexed to Crown of Castile under the Spanish Monarchy. A small portion of Navarre north of the Pyrenees, Lower Navarre, along with the neighbouring Principality of Béarn survived as an independent kingdom, which passed by inheritance to French monarchs.
Spanish conquest of Cuba^[1] (1511–1513) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Cuba	Crown of Castile	Taínos	Victory
Taíno rebellion of 1511 (1511–1518) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico	Crown of Castile	Taínos of Boriken and allies from the Antilles	Victory Tainos are exiled and still fighting outside until 1529.
Spanish conquest of the Maya (1511–1697) Location: Mesoamerica and Central America	Spain	Late Postclassic Maya states	Victory
Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre (1511–1529) Sangüesa insurrection Location: Pyrenees	Spain	Kingdom of Navarre Supported by: France	Castilian-Aragonese victory Navarre south of the Pyrenees is annexed to Spain, while north of the Pyrenees to France.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Spanish casualties
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) Part of Wars of Louis XIV Location: Western Europe, Central Europe, Americas, West Africa, East Indies and India	Kingdom of France New France French East India Company Spain loyal to Philip Crown of Castile Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily New Spain Peru Bavaria (until 1704) Duchy of Mantua (until 1708) Cologne (until 1702) Liège (until 1702) co-belligerent:^[71] Kuruc (Kingdom of Hungary) Principality of Transylvania	Holy Roman Empire: Austria Prussia (from 1702) Hanover Great Britain (formed in 1707)^[72] England (until 1707) Scotland (until 1707) British America British East India Company Dutch Republic Duchy of Savoy (after 1703) Kingdom of Portugal (from 1703) State of Brazil Spain loyal to Charles Crown of Aragon Spanish Netherlands Danish Auxiliary Corps co-belligerent:^[71] Hungarian Royalists Kingdom of Croatia	Political victory for Spain loyal to Philip Military victory for Spain loyal to Charles Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Treaty of Rastatt (1714) Treaty of Baden (1714) Philip is recognised as King of Spain, but once more renounces any claim to the throne of France. Spain and Britain sign the Asiento Spain cedes the Spanish Netherlands, Kingdom of Naples, Duchy of Milan and Sardinia to the Habsburg monarchy, Sicily to the Duchy of Savoy and Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain France recognizes British sovereignty over Rupert's Land and Newfoundland and cedes Acadia and its half of Saint Kitts to Great Britain. The Dutch Republic retains various forts in the Southern Netherlands and annexes a part of Spanish Guelders. Spain cedes the Colony of Sacramento to the Portuguese Empire Catalan constitutions are abolished due to the Nueva Planta decrees as a punishment for the War of the Catalans.
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) Battle of Flint River^[73] Siege of St. Augustine Apalachee massacre Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition Siege of Pensacola Part of War of the Spanish Succession Location: North America	France New France Spain New Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez	England (before 1707)^[74] English America Great Britain (after 1707)^[74] British America Muscogee (Creek) Chickasaw Yamasee Iroquois Confederacy	Defeat France cedes control of Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Saint Kitts to Britain.
Protests and rebellions of the 18th century in the Viceroyalty of Peru (1700s)	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru	Rebellions of peruleros	Pyrrhic victory of the Viceroyalty authorities. Partial reforms are given to appease the rebels, as well as severe punishments for repeat offender leaders, to prevent future insurrections among the local population. Multiple social groups, dissatisfied with the Bourbon Reforms, would continue to rebel under the motto of "Long live the King, death to the bad government" for an improvement of the Spanish state in its compliance with the colonial pact between subject and monarch, longing for the previous "fueros" and local autonomies of the traditional Monarchy of the House of Austria against the thriving Bourbon Absolutism. First notions of anti-colonial political independence in the most radical groups, usually influenced by the Spanish-American Enlightenment.
Battle of the Yi (1702) Location: South America, Yí River (Modern Uruguay)	Spanish Empire Río de la Plata Governorate Guaraní Tribes	Charrúa Tribes	Stalemate 300 Charrúas died during the negotiations Decisive weakening of the Charrúa forces
Second occupation of Sacramento Colony (1705) Part of the War of the Spanish Succession Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Modern Uruguay)	Spanish Empire Peru Río de la Plata Governorate	Portuguese Empire Colonial Brazil	Victory Spaniards occupied Colonia del Sacramento until 1715.
Comanche Wars (1700s–1870s) Part of the Texas–Indian wars Location: North America	Spanish Empire (until 1820) Mexico (since 1821) Republic of Texas (since 1836) Choctaw Republic^[75] United States (since 1845)	Comanche Other Indigenous nations	Defeat
Apache Wars (1700s) Part of Mexican Indian Wars Location: North America	Spanish Empire New Spain	Apache	Defeat
Siege of Oran (1707–1708) Location: North Africa (Algeria)	Kingdom of Spain Spanish Oran	Regency of Algiers Beylik of Mascara	Defeat Algerians conquers Oran.
Pablo Presbere's insurrection (1709–1710) Part of Mexican Indian War and Indigenous rebellion on Mexico and Central America Location: Central America	Spanish Empire New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala	Talamanca Teribe Cabécare	Victory
Huilliche rebellion (1712) Location: South America	Spanish Empire Peru Chiloé	Huilliches of Chiloé	Victory Key encomenderos killed Suppression of the rebellion Encomienda mildened
Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712 (1712–1713) Part of Mexican Indian Wars and Indigenous rebellion on Mexico and Central America Location: Central America	Spanish Empire New Spain Guatemala	Maya communities	Victory
Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18) Location: Peloponnese, Aegean Sea, Ionian Islands, Dalmatia	Republic of Venice Austria (from 1716) Portugal Order of Malta Papal States Spain^[76] Himariotes	Ottoman Empire	Defeat Treaty of Passarowitz Morea ceded back to Ottoman Empire
Spanish-French anti-piracy expedition in the Pacific (1716–28) Location: South Pacific (Cape Horn to Panama)	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Kingdom of France (until 1720)	Pirates from England, Netherlands and France	Victory of the Armada del Mar del Sur.
Basque rebellion of 1718 Location: Basque Country	Spanish Empire	Basques Supported by: Kingdom of France	Defeat of the Spanish state Royal decree of August 21, 1717 is abolished. It negotiated new customs and taxes according to the Fueros of the Basque señoríos, leading to the Capitulation of 1727.
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–20) Spanish conquest of Sardinia Battle of Cape Passaro Battle of Milazzo Capture of Eilean Donan Castle Battle of Glen Shiel Battle of Francavilla Capture of Pensacola Capture of Vigo Battle of Cape St. Vincent Battle of Nassau Villasur expedition Location: Western Europe, Americas	Spain New Spain Spanish Florida Spanish Texas Jacobites	Great Britain British West Indies France New France Holy Roman Empire Austria Viceroyalty of Naples Viceroyalty of Sardignia Dutch Republic Savoy Viceroyalty of Sicily	Defeat Treaty of The Hague: Spain renounces claims to its former Italian possessions. Savoy and Austria swap Sicily for Habsburgs and Sardinia for Savoy.	4,350 killed or wounded^[77]
Jacobite rising of 1719 Part of Jacobite risings and War of the Quadruple Alliance Location: Scotland	Jacobites Spain	Great Britain Dutch Republic	Defeat
Revolt of the Comuneros (Paraguay) (1721–25/1730–35) Location: South America (Paraguay)	Spanish Empire Peru Río de la Plata Paraguay Jesuit Province	Paraguayan comunero rebels	Victory Paraguayans lose their right to vote for their Cabildo.
Mapuche uprising of 1723 Part of Arauco War Location: South America (Araucanía, Chile)	Spanish Empire Peru	Mapuche rebels	Victory Parliament of Negrete (1726)
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–29) Blockade of Porto Bello Siege of Gibraltar Action of 11 March 1727 English Channel Campaign Location: Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel)	Spain	Great Britain	Indecisive Treaty of Seville (1729)	^[b]
Spanish-Algerian War (1732) Location: North Africa (Algeria)	Spain	Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Beylik of Oran	Victory Spanish reconquest of Oran Spanish reconquest of Mers-el-Kébir	30 dead
Swedish invasion of the Esequibo (1732–37) Location: South America, Esequibo	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Venezuela	Swedish Empire	Victory Swedes are expelled by Carlos Francisco Francois Sucre y Pardo (grandfather of Venezuelan independence leader Antonio José de Sucre).
War of the Polish Succession (1733–38) Bourbon conquest of Two Sicilies Battle of Bitonto Siege of Gaeta Siege of Capua Location: Italian Peninsula, Rhineland, Poland-Lithuania	Poland loyal to Stanisław I France Spain Sardinia Duchy of Parma	Poland loyal to Augustus III Russian Empire Habsburg Empire of Austria Saxony Kingdom of Prussia	Victory Treaty of Vienna Augustus III ascends the throne of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Bourbon territorial gains. Both Naples and Sicily were conquered by the Spanish Bourbons. France guaranteed Lorraine following death of Stanisław Leszczyński. The Spanish infant, Charles VII of Sicily, founds the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.	3,000 killed or wounded^[79]
Rebellion of the Pericúes (1734) Location: Mexico	Spanish Empire New Spain Spanish missions in Baja California Indian auxiliaries	Pericúes Cochimíes	Defeat Spaniards retreat from the region until 1737, then establish Presidios.
Neapolitan–Papal War (1735–1738) Location: Central Italy	Kingdom of Naples Spanish Empire	Papal States Supported by: Holy Roman Empire	Victory Is formally De jure recognised the end of Feudal homage from Naples to the Papacy by Papal States and Holy Roman Emperors.
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–37) Location: South America, Río de la Plata Basin (Banda Oriental)	Spanish Empire Peru Río de la Plata	Portuguese Empire State of Brazil	Defeat
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48) Spanish Alarm Battle of Porto Bello (1739) Siege of Fort Mose Siege of St. Augustine (1740) George Anson's voyage around the world Attacks on Fuerteventura in 1740 Action of 8 April 1740 Battle of Cartagena de Indias Invasion of Cuba Action of 14 June 1742 Invasion of Georgia Battle of Bloody Marsh Battle of Gully Hole Creek Battle of La Guaira Battle of Puerto Cabello Battle of Toulon Voyage of the Glorioso Action of 18 March 1748 Battle of Santiago de Cuba Battle of Havana Part of War of the Austrian Succession Location: Americas, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (mostly Caribbean and Mediterranean Sea)	Spanish Empire New Spain Cuba Florida New Granada Venezuela Province	Great Britain British America	Victory Status quo ante bellum British offensive in the Caribbean theatre defeated British invasion of Florida repulsed Spanish invasion of Georgia repulsed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) leading to Treaty of Madrid (1750) The British suffer 20,000 casualties and lose 407 ships (1739–1741)^[80]
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) Italian Theater Expedition to Naples Battle of Campo Santo Battle of Toulon Battle of Villafranca Battle of Velletri Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo Battle of Bassignano Battle of Piacenza Battle of Rottofreddo Siege of Genoa Location: Western Europe, Americas, Atlantic Ocean (mostly Caribbean, Mediterranean Sea and North Sea), Pacific Ocean and India	France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Prussia Spain Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) Sicily and Naples Republic of Genoa (1745–48) Sweden (1741–43) Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42)	Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Hanover Dutch Republic Saxony (1743–45) Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48) Russia (1741–43, 1748)	Victory Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa retains the Austrian throne Prussian control of Silesia confirmed Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla restored to the Spanish Bourbons	3,000 killed or wounded^[81]
Juan Santos Rebellion (1742–1752) Location: Peru	Spanish Empire Spanish Peru	Juan Santos Atahualpa rebel group Asháninka Yanesha Shipibo Piro Quechua	Defeat Spanish missionaries expelled from the Yungas of Peru
Dagohoy rebellion (1744–1829) Location: Philippines	Spanish Empire Spanish Philippines	Dagohoy rebel group Boholano people	Victory Pardoned 19,420 survivors and permitted them to live in new villages at the lowlands
Great Gypsy Round-up (1749) Location: Spain	Spain	Gitanos	Defeat The raid against Gypsi people fails to do a total Cultural genocide, most of the gitanos are released shortly after.
Pima Revolt (1751) Part of Mexican indian war and Indigenous rebellion on Mexico and Central America Location: North America	Spanish Empire New Spain (Spanish Arizona)	Pima Indians	Victory
Action of 28 November 1751 (1751) Location: North Africa	Spain	Regency of Algiers	Victory
Guaraní War (1754–56) Location: South America, Misiones Orientales ( Paraguay-Brazil-Argentina borders)	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Governorate of the Río de la Plata Portuguese Empire State of Brazil	Guaraní Tribes Jesuits Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	Spanish-Portuguese 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.). Subsequent Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal in 1759 and then of the Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish Empire of 1767.
Gipuzkoa revolt of 1755 Part of Crisis of the Ancien Régime in the Southern Basque CountryLocation: Basque Country	Spain	Basques	Defeat of the Spanish government
Mutiny of the Ceclavineros (1755) Location: Spain	Spain	Ceclavín	Defeat Ceclavine smugglers continue with their activities
Seven Years' War (1756–63) Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) Location: Europe, Americas, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia.	France Holy Roman Empire Austria Russia (until 1762) Spanish Empire (from 1762) Sweden (1757–62) Saxony Mughal Empire (from 1757)	Great Britain Prussia Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Iroquois Confederacy Portugal (from 1762) Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe	Defeat Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762) Treaty of Hamburg (1762) Treaty of Paris (1763) Treaty of Hubertusburg (1763) Status quo ante bellum in Europe Transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, and Spain after French-Indian war.	3,000 killed or wounded^[82]
Cisteil Rebellion (1761) Location: Mesoamerica	Spanish Empire New Spain Captaincy General of Yucatán	Maya peoples	Victory
Anglo-Spanish War (1762–63) Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua Battle of Havana Action of 31 May 1762 Spanish invasion of Portugal Battle of Valencia de Alcántara Battle of Manila Battle of Vila Velha Action of 30 October 1762 Battle of Marvão Location: Iberian Peninsula, North America (Florida and French Louisiana), Central America, South America (Río de la Plata), Caribbean (Cuba), East Indies (Philippines)	Spanish Empire New Spain Viceroyalty of Peru France French West Indies New France Abenaki nation	Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Portugal Filipino rebels	Defeat Spain cedes Florida to Britain in exchange for return of Havana. Spain received Louisiana from France.
Silang Revolt (1762–1763) Guagua Revolt Part of Seven Years' War and British occupation of Manila Location: Philippines	Spanish Empire Filipino loyalist	Diego Silang and Gabriela Silang rebel forces Supported by: Great Britain Chinese rebels	Victory
Fantastic War (1762–63) First Cevallos expedition Mojeño War Anglo-Portuguese invasion of the Río de la Plata (1763) Location: Iberian Peninsula and South America (Río de la Plata and Amazon Forest)	Spain Peru New Granada France	Portuguese Empire State of Brazil Great Britain	Stalemate Spanish victory on River Plate. In present-day Uruguay, Spanish captured Colónia do Sacramento and advanced into Rio Grande do Sul. The thesis of the Portuguese Empire prevailed that the Guaporé river should serve as a border between the two Empires in the Amazon Jungle on present-day Bolivia. The Portuguese conquered most of the valley of Rio Negro, expelling the Spaniards from S. Gabriel and S. josé de Maribatanas.
Quito Revolt of 1765 Location: South America (modern Ecuador)	Spain Viceroyalty of New Granada	Quito rebels	Victory
Esquilache Riots (1766) Location: Spain	Spain	Madrid revolters	Compromise The King accept popular demands
Real del Monte riots (1766) Location: Mexico	Spain New Spain	Real del Monte protesters	Compromise The King accept popular demands
Gipuzkoa revolt of 1766 Part of Crisis of the Ancien Régime in the Southern Basque Country Location: Basque Country	Spain Basque señoríos	Basques	Victory of the Spanish government Physiocracy is imposed against Basque Fueros.
Mapuche uprising of 1766 (1766) Part of Arauco War Location: Chile	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Captaincy General of Chile Mapuche allies Pehuenche	Mapuche rebels	Defeat
Louisiana Rebellion (1768) Location: North America	Spanish Empire New Spain Louisiana	Louisiana Creole people	Victory
Manila conflict (1769) Part of North Borneo dispute Location: Southeast Asia	Sultanate of Sulu Spanish Empire Spanish East Indies	Bruneian empire	Defeat Bruneian occupation of Manila
Guajira Rebellion (1769–1776) Location: Venezuela	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Venezuela	Guajiros Taironas Caribes	Indecisive
Communera Revolution of Paraguay (1770) Location: South America, Paraguay	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Río de la Plata	Paraguayan comunero rebels	Victory
Capture of Port Egmont (1770) Location: Atlantic Ocean, Falkland Islands	Spanish Empire Río de la Plata	Great Britain	Victory Start of Falklands Crisis of 1770.
Spanish expeditions to Tahiti (1772–75 )^[83]^[84] Location: Pacific Ocean, Polynesia	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Allied Christianized Tahitians	Pagan Tahitians Spanish and Peruvian mutineers	Victory, but withdrawal due to anti-clerical policies of Charles III and economical problems in Peru to support the stability of the catholic missions.
Mutiny of the Barcelona quintas (1773) Location: Spain, Catalonia	Spain Captain General of Catalonia	Diputación de Cataluña	Stalemate Victory of the Absolutist monarchy and failure to restore the Fueros of the Generalitat and Catalan constitutions Partial victory of the rebels in the deposition of the captain general and to avoid the quintas in Barcelona
Siege of Melilla (1774) Location: North Africa	Spain	Morocco Supported by: Great Britain	Victory	600
Spanish expeditions against Algiers (1775, 1783, 1784) Bombardment of Algiers (1783) Bombardment of Algiers (1784) Location: North Africa (Algeria)	Spain Kingdom of Naples Tuscany Hospitaller Malta Two Sicilies Portugal	Regency of Algiers	Defeat Signed a definitive Peace Treaty with the Ottoman Empire on 1782.^[85]	528 dead (1775)^[c] 26 dead (1783) 53 dead (1784)
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77) Second Ceballos Expedition Location: South America, Río de la Plata Basin	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	Portuguese Empire Brazilian colonial forces	Victory First Treaty of San Ildefonso Portugal remains neutral during the American Revolutionary War
Spanish expedition to Fernando Poo and Annobón (1778–80) Location: Africa, Gulf of Guinea	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	Bubi people loyal to Portuguese rule Spanish mutineers of Jerónimo Martín Great Britain	Defeat The rebels apprehend the highest authority (Lieutenant Colonel Primo de Rivera), passing command to the second in command, Sergeant Martín. The new chief evacuated the colony, directing the survivors to São Tomé, where he was captured by the Portuguese who restored the Ten. Cor. Primo de Rivera in his position. The Spanish city of Concepción is razed by the native Africans. Due to the adversity of the climate, the tropical diseases that decimated the soldiers, the hostility of the nearby British fleet and the fear of an attack by the Bubi population. The Spanish leave the colony after taking possession in the name of Carlos III of Spain of the Territories of the Gulf of Guinea. Later British occupation of Fernando Poo since 1827 to 1843
American Revolutionary War (1775–1782) Spain and the American Revolutionary War Western theater of the American Revolutionary War Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War Anglo-French War (1778–1783) Location: North America, Central America, Atlantic Ocean	United States Spain (since 1779) New Spain Louisiana France (since 1778) Canadian Auxiliaries Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw Dutch Republic Mysore	Great Britain Loyalists of Thirteen Colonies British Canada Iroquois Onondaga Cayuga Seneca Cherokee German Auxiliaries	Victory Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies.
Anglo-Spanish War (1779–83) Part of the American Revolutionary War Europe & Atlantic Armada of 1779 Great Siege of Gibraltar Action of 14 September 1779 Action of 11 November 1779 Action of 20 November 1779 Action of 8 January 1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) Action of 9 August 1780 Action of 25 February 1781 Action of 1 May 1781 Invasion of Minorca (1781) Action of 16 March 1782 Battle of Cape Spartel Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Spanish conquest of West Florida Battle of St. Louis Siege of Pensacola Battle of Arkansas Post Central America Capture of Río Hondo Capture of Cayo Cocina Battle of San Fernando de Omoa Action of 12 December 1779 San Juan Expedition (1780) Battle of Roatán Battle of the Black River West Indies Action of 15 January 1782 Capture of the Bahamas (1782) Action of 17 February 1783 Capture of the Bahamas (1783)	Spain New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala Captaincy General of Cuba Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Captaincy General of Puerto Rico Viceroyalty of New Granada	Great Britain British West Indies	Victory Peace of Paris East Florida, West Florida, the Mosquito Coast, Campeche, the San Andrés archipelago and Menorca recovered by Spain; The Bahamas, the island of Grenada, and Montserrat captured by Spain but returned to Britain. Spanish empire achieves its maximum territorial expansion.	5,000 killed or died of disease
Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II (1780–83) Oruro Rebellion Part of Protests and rebellions of the eighteenth century in the Viceroyalty of Peru Location: South America, Andes (Modern Peru and Bolivia)	Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Peruvian Royalists Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Real Audiencia of Charcas	Túpac Amaru II forces Aymara and Quechua rebels Spanish rebels, mostly peasants, including creoles, mestizos and blacks	Victory	^[d]
Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada) (1781) Location: South America, Colombia	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of New Granada	Comunero rebels of New Granada	Victory
Insurrection of the comuneros of Venezuela (1781) Location: South America, Venezuela	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of New Granada	Comunero rebels of Captaincy General of Venezuela	Victory
Cherokee–American wars [2nd phase post-revolution]^[89] (1783–1795) Part of American Indian Wars Location: North America (United States, Old Southwest)	Spanish Empire New Spain Louisiana Cherokee Co-belligerent: Northwestern Confederacy^[90]	United States	Spanish withdrawal due to Coalition Wars. Defeat of Cherokees Treaty of Tellico
Nootka Crisis (1789–1790) Part of Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest and Russo-Spanish Rivalry in the Pacific Location: North America, Nootka Sound (modern Canada)	Spanish Empire New Spain	Great Britain British North America (The Canadas) Nuu-chah-nulth people Russian Empire Russian Alaska United States	Defeat Nootka Convention
Hispano-Moroccan War (1790–1791) Siege of Ceuta (1790–1791) Bombardment of Tangier (1791) Location: North Africa	Spain	Sultanate of Morocco	Victory
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Battle of Saint-Raphaël Battle of Gonaïves Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Caribbean, Hispaniola	1791–1793 Ex-slaves French royalists Spanish Empire (from 1793) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1793–1798 French royalists Great Britain Spanish Empire (until 1795) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1798–1801 Louverture Loyalists 1802–1804 Ex-slaves United Kingdom	1791–1793 Slave owners Kingdom of France (until 1792) French Republic 1793–1798 French Republic Ex-slaves 1798–1801 Rigaud Loyalists French Republic Polish Legions	Defeat
Huilliche uprising of 1792 Location: Chile	Spanish Empire Governorate of Chiloé	Huilliche people of Futahuillimapu	Victory Parliament of Las Canoas
Algerian conquest of Oran (1792) Location: North Africa (Algeria)	Spanish Empire Spanish Oran	Regency of Algiers	Defeat Spain cedes Oran to Algiers in exchange of economical privileges.
War of the First Coalition (1792–97) Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796 Part of French Revolutionary Wars and French Revolution Location: Europe, Mediterranean Sea	Kingdom of France (until 1792) French First Republic (from 1792) Spain (from 1796) Batavian Republic (from 1795) Sister republic Polish Legions (from 1797)	First Coalition: Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy Prussia (until 1795) Great Britain Army of Condé Spain (until 1795) Dutch Republic (until 1795) Portugal Sardinia (until 1796) Naples Other Italian states	Victory Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio Establishment and survival of the French First Republic French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine and other smaller territories Several French "sister republics" established Hostilities resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France
War of the Pyrenees (1793–95) Battle of Mas Deu Capture of San Pietro and Sant'Antioco Siege of Bellegarde Battle of Perpignan Battle of Peyrestortes Battle of Truillas Battle of Collioure Capture of Fort-Dauphin Battle of Sans Culotte Camp Battle of Boulou Siege of Collioure Battle of the Baztan Valley Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga Battle of Orbaitzeta Battle of the Black Mountain Siege of Roses Action of 14 February 1795 Battle of Bascara Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Pyrenees, Hispaniola	Spain Santo Domingo Portugal French Émigrés	France Saint-Domingue	Defeat Peace of Basel The Spanish give up the colony of Santo Domingo in exchange for recovering the lost peninsular territories Second Treaty of San Ildefonso
French expedition to Sardinia (1792–1793) Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea, Sardinia	Sardinia Spain (since 1793)	France	Spanish-Sardinian victory
Federalist revolts (1793) Siege of Toulon (1793) Part of French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars Location: France	Fédéralistes French Royalists Vendeans Chouans Great Britain Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Sardinia	France Convention montagnarde	Defeat
East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1801) Raid on Manila Macau Incident (1799) Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Asia–Pacific	French Republic French India Spanish Empire Spanish East Indies Batavian Republic Dutch East Indies	Great Britain British East India Company Portugal Coalition forces	Defeat
Insurrection of Negros de Coro (1795) Location: Venezuela	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Venezuela	Slaves and Maroons	Victory
1796 Boca de Nigua slave revolt Location: Hispaniola	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Santo Domingo	Slaves	Victory
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) Part of French Revolutionary Wars Atlantic Action of 25 January 1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent Action of 26 April 1797 Assault on Cádiz Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Action of 16 October 1799 Action of 6–7 April 1800 Ferrol Expedition Action of 5 October 1804 Action of 25 November 1804 Action of 7 December 1804 Battle of Cape Finisterre Battle of Trafalgar Action of 4 April 1808 Mediterranean Action of 13 October 1796 Action of 19 December 1796 Capture of Minorca Action of 15 July 1798 Action of 19 January 1799 Action of 6 February 1799 Action of 7 July 1799 Action of 10 December 1800 Action of 6 May 1801 Algeciras campaign Americas Newfoundland expedition Invasion of Trinidad Battle of San Juan Battle of St. George's Caye Cutting out of the Hermione Battle of Diamond Rock British invasions of the Río de la Plata Action of 23 August 1806	Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty of New Granada Captaincy General of Venezuela Viceroyalty of New Spain Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Captaincy General of Puerto Rico France	Great Britain British America British Honduras Cape Colony	Inconclusive Treaty of Amiens (1802) Belligerence resumed in May 1804 Cessation of hostilities and de facto Anglo-Spanish alliance upon outbreak of the Peninsular War (1808) Trinidad ceded to Britain (1802) Menorca returned to Spain (1802)	7,000 killed or wounded (1796–1802)^[79]
Gual and España conspiracy (1797) Location: Venezuela	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Venezuela	Independentists	Victory
War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Algeciras campaign Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Europe, Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean), Middle East	France Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics: Batavian Republic Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic (until 1799) Parthenopaean Republic (1799)	Second Coalition: Holy Roman Empire Austria Great Britain (until 1801) United Kingdom (from 1801) Russia (until 1801)^[91] Septinsular Republic Portugal Naples Sanfedismo Grand Duchy of Tuscany Order of Saint John (1798) Malta (1798–1800) Ottoman Empire French Royalists United States (Quasi-War) (until 1800)	Victory Treaty of Lunéville, Treaty of Amiens Survival of the French Republic Previous annexations by France confirmed Hostilities resume in 1803 between France and Great Britain; Third Coalition later formed against France
Spanish-Russian War (1799–1801) Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: North Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean Sea	Spain	Russia	Inconclusive Treaty of Paris (1801)	0
Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor (1800) Part of Quasi-WarLocation: Hispaniola	France Saint-Domingue Spain Santo Domingo	United States	Defeat
War of the Oranges (1801) Portuguese conquest of the Eastern Missions Part of French Revolutionary Wars Location: Iberian Peninsula (mostly Portugal) and South America (mostly Brazil and Río de la Plata)	France French Guiana Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	Portugal State of Brazil	Victory Treaty of Badajoz Question of Olivença Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession France territorial guarantees in Trinidad, Port Mahon (Menorca) and Malta, as well as lands north of Brazil
War of the Third Coalition (1803–06) Trafalgar campaign Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Europe, Mediterranean Sea and West Indies	French Empire Etruria Batavian Republic Napoleonic Italy Spain Electorate of Bavaria Württemberg	Third Coalition: Holy Roman Empire Russian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Sweden French counter-revolutionaries French royalists	Victory Treaty of Pressburg Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine Hostilities resume few months later with the formation of a Fourth Coalition against France
Caribbean campaign of 1803–1810 Battle of Diamond Rock Battle of Palo Hincado Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Caribbean	United Kingdom British America Portugal State of Brazil Spain (since 1808) Santo Domingo Cuba Puerto Rico	French Empire French Antilles Spain (until 1808) Santo Domingo Cuba Puerto Rico Batavian Republic Dutch West Indies Denmark–Norway (since 1808) Danish West Indies	Coalition Victory West Indies were in total control of British and Spanish naval forces.
Zamakolada (1804–1807) Location: Basque Country	Spain Lordship of Biscay	Basques	Military victory Occupation of Biscay by the Spanish Army, centralising administration of the region against Fuero.Political Compromise: Abolition of the project for a new port on Biscay, in benefice of Bilbao monopoly. Abolition of project of conscription for Basques to serve on Napoleonic Wars.
Franco-Swedish War (1805–10) Siege of Stralsund (1807) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Northern Europe	French Empire Holland Denmark–Norway (1808–1809) Spain (until 1808) Division of the North Russian Empire (since 1808)	Sweden Swedish Pomerania United Kingdom Prussia Austria Saxony Russian Empire (until 1807)	Spanish retreat of the conflict due to Peninsular War. Evacuation of La Romana's division French victory Treaty of Paris (1810)
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–07) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Europe	French Empire Spanish Empire Etruria Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Württemberg Saxony (after 11 December 1806) Italy Naples Holland Switzerland Polish Legions	Fourth Coalition: Prussia Russian Empire United Kingdom Saxony (until 11 December 1806) Sweden Sicily	Victory Treaties of Tilsit Prussia loses half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Saxony joins the Confederation of the Rhine Franco-Russian alliance Creation of the Continental System Hostilities resume later in 1807 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expanded in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France
British invasions of the River Plate (1806–1807) 1st Battle of Buenos Aires Battle of Perdriel Battle of Cardal Battle of Montevideo (1807) Battle of Colonia del Sacramento (1807) Action of 2 June 1807 Battle of San Pedro (1807) Battle of Miserere 2nd Battle of Buenos Aires Part of Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) and Napoleonic Wars Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Modern Argentina and Uruguay)	Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Buenos Aires Intendency Montevideo Government	United Kingdom Cape Colony	Spanish-Rioplatense Victory
Invasion of Portugal (1807) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Iberian Peninsula	French Empire Spain	Portugal	Victory Franco-Spanish occupation of Portugal Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil Start of French occupation of Spain
English Wars (Scandinavia) (1807–1814) Part of Napoleonic Wars and Gunboat War Location: Northern Europe	Denmark–Norway Supported by: French Empire Spain (until 1808)	United Kingdom Supported by: Sweden	Spanish retreat of the conflict after Evacuation of La Romana's division. Start of "Huéscar-Danish War". Anglo-Swedish Victory
Tumult of Aranjuez (1808) Location: Spain	Spanish Government (Manuel Godoy)	Rebels led by Ferdinand VII	Defeat Fall of Godoy and abdication of Charles IV of Spain. French intervention on Spain.
Peninsular War (1808–14) Part of Napoleonic Wars Battle of Évora Dos de Mayo Uprising Combat of El Bruch Battle of Alcolea Bridge Battle of Cabezón Battle of Gerona Evacuation of the La Romana Division First siege of Zaragoza Second siege of Gerona Battle of Medina de Rioseco Battle of Valencia Capture of the Rosily Squadron Battle of Bailén Battle of Valmaseda Battle of Burgos Siege of Roses Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros Battle of Tudela Battle of Somosierra Battle of Cardadeu Battle of Molins de Rey Second Siege of Zaragoza Battle of Castellón Battle of Mansilla Battle of Villafranca Battle of Puente Sanpayo Battle of Uclés Battle of Miajadas Battle of Los Yébenes Battle of Ciudad Real Battle of Medellín Battle of Talavera Battle of Arzobispo Battle of Almonacid Battle of Puerto de Baños Battle of Tamames Battle of Ocaña Battle of Carpio Battle of Alba de Tormes Siege of Cádiz Battle of Valls Third Siege of Gerona Battle of Alcañiz Battle of María Battle of Belchite Battle of Mollet Battle of Vich Battle of Manresa Siege of Lérida Siege of Mequinenza Battle of La Bisbal Siege of Tortosa Battle of Pla Siege of Tarragona (1811) Battle of Montserrat Siege of Figueras Battle of Cervera Battle of Saguntum Siege of Valencia Battle of Altafulla Battle of Castalla (1812) Battle of Castalla Siege of Tarragona (1813) Siege of Astorga Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Siege of Cádiz Battle of Fuengirola Battle of Baza Battle of Barrosa Battle of Zújar Battle of Bornos (1811) Battle of Bornos (1812) Battle of the Gebora Battle of Albuera Battle of Usagre Battle of Arlabán (1811) Battle of Cogorderos Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos Siege of Tarifa Battle of Arlabán (1812) Battle of Salamanca Siege of Burgos Battle of Tordesillas Battle of San Millan-Osma Battle of Vitoria Battle of Tolosa Battle of the Pyrenees Battle of Sorauren Battle of San Marcial Battle of the Bidassoa Siege of Pamplona Battle of Nivelle Battle of the Nive Battle of Garris Battle of Toulouse Battle of Bayonne Location: Iberian Peninsula, Southern France	Bourbon Spain Cortes of Cádiz United Kingdom Portugal	French Empire Bonapartist Spain Afrancesado Duchy of Warsaw Italy Naples Holland Confederation of the Rhine Swiss Confederation	Victory Treaty of Valençay Treaty of Paris	300,000 military deaths 200,000 civilian deaths^[92]
Spanish American revolts against Bonapartist rule (1808–10) Part of Napoleonic WarsLocation: Latin America	Supreme Central Junta Spanish American Royalists Supported by: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Spanish American Juntas Supported by: United Kingdom	Spain under Joseph Bonaparte Supported by: French Empire	Pyrrhic victory Start of Spanish American wars of independence.
Conjuration of the Mantuanos (1808) Location: Venezuela	Supreme Central Junta Captaincy General of Venezuela	Mantuanos (autonomists or separatist) Supported by: United Kingdom Bonapartists	Victory
Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo (1808–09) Battle of Palo Hincado Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Caribbean, Hispaniola	Spain United Kingdom	French Empire	Victory
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Europe, Atlantic Ocean	Fifth Coalition: Austria Hungary Tyrol United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers	France Confederation of the Rhine Bavaria Saxony Württemberg Westphalia Italy Duchy of Warsaw Naples Switzerland Holland	Defeat Treaty of Schönbrunn Franco-Austrian Alliance Napoleon marries Marie Louise of Austria Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe resume in 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia and expand in 1813 with the formation of a Sixth Coalition against France
Bolivian War of Independence (1809–25) Battle of Cotagaita Battle of Suipacha Battle of Huaqui Battle of Pequereque Battle of Vilcapugio Action of Tambo Nuevo Battle of Ayohuma Battle of Sipe-Sipe Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Bolivia, Southern Peru, Argentine Northwest)	Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Real Audiencia of Charcas Viceroyalty of Peru Peruvian Royalists Royalists	United Provinces of the River Plate Republiquetas Republic of Peru (since 1821) Gran Colombia (since 1824)	Defeat Independence of Bolivia and instauration of Criollo nationalism.
Ecuadorian War of Independence (1809–22) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Ecuador)	Spain Viceroyalty of New Granada Real Audiencia of Quito Viceroyalty of Peru Governorate of Guayaquil Peruvian Royalists Royalists	Independentist Armies Government Junta of Quito Free Province of Guayaquil Gran Colombia Republic of Peru	Defeat Independence of Ecuador from Spain
Mexican War of Independence (1810–21) Battle of Monte de las Cruces Battle of Calderón Bridge Battle of Puerto de Piñones Battle of Zacatecas Battle of El Veladero Battle of El Maguey Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana Battle of Zitácuaro Battle of Tecualoya Battle of Tenancingo Siege of Cuautla Battle of Izúcar Siege of Huajuapan de León Battle of Tenango del Valle Battle of Escamela Battle of Zitlala Capture of Orizaba Capture of Oaxaca Battle of Rosillo Creek Siege of Acapulco Battle of La Chincúa Battle of Alazan Creek Battle of Medina Battle of Lomas de Santa María Battle of Puruarán Battle of Temalaca Battle of Azcapotzalco Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: North America (Mexico) and Central America	Spain New Spain Mexican royalists	Insurgents Army of the Three Guarantees (1821)	Defeat First Mexican Empire gains independence from Spain
Argentine War of Independence (1810–18) Battle of Campichuelo Battle of Paraguarí Battle of San Nicolás Battle of Tacuarí Battle of Tucumán Siege of Montevideo Battle of Cerrito Battle of San Lorenzo Battle of Salta Battle of Martín García Battle of Buceo Battle of Yavi Crossing of the Andes Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile)	Royalists Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty of Peru Peruvian Royalists	Patriots United Provinces of the River Plate Chilean exiles Supported by: United Kingdom^[93]	Defeat Argentine victory and emancipation from Spanish colonial rule Slavery partially abolished
Chilean War of Independence (1810–26) Battle of Yerbas Buenas Battle of San Carlos Siege of Chillán Battle of El Roble First Battle of Talca Battle of El Quilo Battle of Membrillar First Battle of Cancha Rayada Battle of Quechereguas Battle of Las Tres Acequias Battle of Rancagua Battle of Chacabuco Battle of Curapalihue Second Battle of Cancha Rayada Battle of Maipú Battle of Píleo Battle of Tarpellanca Capture of Valdivia Battle of Agüi Battle of El Toro Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Chile and Neuquén Basin, Argentina), South Pacific	Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of Peru Captaincy General of Chile Governorate of Chiloé Chilean and Chilota royalists Peruvian Royalists Mapuche allies	Chile United Provinces Mapuche allies Supported by: United Kingdom^[93]	Defeat Chilean emancipation from Spanish colonial rule
US Occupation of West Florida (1810) Location: West Florida	Kingdom of Spain Spanish Florida	United States	Stalemate
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) Part of Napoleonic Wars and Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America, Banda Oriental (Uruguay)	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata	United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves United Provinces	Inconclusive
Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–23) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Venezuela and Colombia), Caribbean Sea	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of New Granada Captaincy General of Venezuela	Venezuela Gran Colombia New Granada Haiti British Legions	Defeat Venezuelan independence
Peruvian War of Independence (1811–26) Callao affair Battle of Zepita Battle of Junín Battle of Ayacucho Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: South America (Peru, Western Bolivia, Southern Ecuador)	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Real Audiencia of Charcas Real Audiencia of Quito Peruvian Royalists	United Liberating Army United Army (Argentine-Chilean) Gran Colombia Republic of Peru Peruvian patriots British Legions (from 1824)	Defeat Peru becomes independent of the Spanish monarchy. End of mainland South American war of independence.
Creole nationalists Revolts in Central America against Spanish rule (1811–20s) 1811 Independence Movement Belén Conjuration 1811-1812 Nicaragua Movements 1814 Independence Movement Location: Central America	Kingdom of Spain New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala	Central American revolutionaries First Mexican Empire (since 1821)	Inconclusive Militar defeat of Central American revolutionaries. Treason of pro-Mexican Gabino Gaínza to consolidate Central American secession. Mexican annexation from 1822, starting another independentist campaign without Spanish participation.
Huánuco rebellion (1812) Part of Peruvian War of Independence Location: South America, Peru	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Peruvian Royalists	Huánuco rebels	Victory
Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition (1812) Part of Mexican War of Independence Location: North America (modern southwestern United States)	Spain Viceroyalty of New Spain	Republican Army of the North Filibuster	Victory
French invasion of Russia (1812) Part of the Napoleonic Wars Location: Eastern Europe	French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Napoleonic Italy Naples Confederation of the Rhine Baden Bavaria Berg Saxony Westphalia Bonapartist Spain Swiss Confederation Allies: Austria Prussia Denmark–Norway	Russian Empire	Defeat Destruction of French Allied Army Start of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Anglo-American war (1812–1815) Gulf Theater 1813–1815 Battle of Pensacola Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: North America, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean	United Kingdom British North America (The Canadas) Tecumseh's Confederacy Kingdom of Spain (from 1813) Spanish Florida	United States Choctaw Nation Cherokee Nation Creek Allies	Inconclusive Treaty of Ghent Spain loses West Florida to the United States.
Aponte conspiracy (1812) Part of Slave Revolts in North America and Age of Revolution Location: Cuba	Kingdom of Spain Spanish Cuba	Slave conspirators	Victory
Mendoza and Mojarra conspiracy (1812) Part of Slave Revolts in North America and Age of RevolutionLocation: Dominican Republic	Kingdom of Spain Santo Domingo	Slave conspirators Supported by: Haiti	Victory
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Campaign in south-west France (1814) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Europe	Russia Prussia Austria United Kingdom Sweden Spain Portugal Sicily Sardinia	French Empire Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw Denmark–Norway Confederation of the Rhine United States (War of 1812)	Victory
Cuzco Rebellion of 1814 (1814) Part of Peruvian War of Independence Location: South America, Peru	Kingdom of Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Peruvian Royalists	Government Junta of Cuzco Supported by: United Provinces	Victory
Spanish-Russian Skirmishes on California and Alaska^[94] (1814–15) Spanish raid on Tarasov's ship (1814)^[95]^[96] Part of Russo-Spanish Rivalry in the Pacific Location: North Pacific Ocean (near Aleutian Islands and Pacific Northwest)Location: North Pacific Ocean (near Aleutian Islands and Pacific Northwest)	Spain New Spain Colonial California Indian auxiliaries	Russian Empire Russian-America Fort Ross Aleuts Kodiaks United States	Victory Spaniards capture baidarkas (navys) of the Russian-American Company and expel them from expanding in California. Spaniards takes as prisoners the Russians, and its native allies, on the mission of San Pedro and Mission Santa Barbara until 1819. Some of them defected from Russians and stayed in the Spanish missions in California. Possible martyrdom of Saint Peter the Aleut.^[97]^[96]
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) Part of Napoleonic Wars Location: Western Europe	Seventh Coalition: United Kingdom Prussia Austrian Empire Russian Empire Hanover Nassau Brunswick Sweden Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Switzerland French Kingdom	French Empire Kingdom of Naples	Victory Second Treaty of Paris End of Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe
Spanish reconquest of New Granada (1815–16) Part of Colombian War of Independence Location: South America, (Colombia) and Caribbean Sea	Kingdom of Spain	United Provinces of New Granada	Victory Reconquest of New Granada by the Spanish monarchy
Seminole Wars (1817–18) Location: Florida	Seminole Kingdom of Spain Spanish Florida	United States	Defeat Spain cedes Spanish Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 The United States forcibly relocates Seminole in northern Florida to a reservation in the center of the peninsula in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823
Amelia Island affair (1817) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: Florida	Kingdom of Spain Spanish Florida United States	Republic of the Floridas Venezuela	No victor United States annexation of Florida.
Guerra a muerte (1819–32) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: Chile	Kingdom of Spain Captaincy General of Chile Mapuche allies Lafkenches Wenches Pehuenches Boroans	Chile	Defeat
Rebellion of Rafael de Riego (1820) part of Revolutions during the 1820s Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain	Liberal Rebels of Rafael del Riego Supported by: United Provinces of the River Plate	Defeat Victory for the Spanish veinteañistas and the River Plate agents. End of Sexenio Absolutista. Cancellation of the gran expedición de Ultramar and withdrawal of Spanish European support to the royalists from Spanish American wars of independence.
Totonicapán Uprising of 1820 Part of Independence of Central America and Indigenous rebellion on Mexico and Central America Location: Central America, Guatemala	Spanish Empire Captaincy General of Guatemala	K'iche of Totonicapán	Victory
Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico (1821–29) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: Mexico	Spanish Empire	Mexico	Defeat Spain recognizes the independence of the United Mexican States in 1836
Dominican War of Independence (1821–22) Location: Hispaniola	Spanish Empire	Republic of Spanish Haiti Haiti	Political defeat, Militarily inconclusive due to Haitian Invasion of Santo Domingo.
Royalist War (1822–23) part of Revolutions during the 1820s Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Royalists forces Spanish absolutists Ultras/Apostolics (traditionalists) Supported by: Quintuple Alliance^[98]	Junta Provisional Consultiva Liberals (constitucionals) forces Doceañista/Moderados (liberal conservatives) Exaltados (radical liberals)	Absolutist victory End of the Trienio Liberal Intervention of France.
French invasion of Spain (1823) Location: Spain	Kingdom of France Armée de la Foi	Partisans of the Cortes	Royalist victory Start of Ominous Decade A part of the French army would remain occupying Spain until 1828 to save the Counter-revolutionary regime. Scandal of the Spanish Marketers in France.
Novales Revolt (1823) Part of Philippine revolts against SpainLocation: Philippines	Kingdom of Spain Philippines	Filipino and Hispanic American Rebels	Royalist Victory Death of Mariano Fernández de Folgueras (royalist), Andrés Novales (liberal) and other persons. Expulsion of Luis Rodríguez-Varela and other liberal conspirators.
Chilean conquest of Chiloé (1824–26) Part of Spanish American wars of independence Location: Chile, Chiloé Island	Kingdom of Spain Governorate of Chiloé	Chile	Defeat. End of Spanish presence in South America.
Capture of the sloop Anne (1825) Part of West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States Location: Caribbean	Tri-national anti-piracy alliance Denmark Danish West Indies Spain Puerto Rico United States	Roberto Cofresí's pirates	Victory
War of the Aggrieved (1827) Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Spanish absolutists (moderate royalists) Supported by: Kingdom of France	Cuerpo de Voluntarios Realistas rebel forces Ultra-royalits/Apostolics (traditionalists)	Victory The Agraviados, who rose up against the "reformist" Enlightened absolutism government that supposedly had King Ferdinand VII "kidnapped", lay down their arms when Ferdinand VII had to go to Catalonia to demonstrate that he enjoyed full freedom.
Portuguese Civil War (1828–34) Part of Revolutions of 1830 Location: Portugal	Liberal Forces of Queen Maria II and Pedro IV Supported by: Spain (Since 1834) United Kingdom France (Since 1830) Belgian volunteers (1832–1834)^[99]	Traditionalist Forces of King Miguel Supported by: Spain (Until 1833) Papal States Russia	Liberal victory Concession of Evoramonte: Constitutional monarchy is restored Dom Miguel renounces all his claims to the throne and goes into exile.
First Carlist War (1833–1839) Part of Carlist Wars Part of Revolutions of 1830 Location: Spain	Christinos: Forces of Queen Isabella II Supported by: United Kingdom French Kingdom Forces of Queen Maria II	Carlists: Forces of Infante Carlos Forces of King Miguel Supported by: Portugal (until 1834) Holy Alliance^[100]	Liberal victory British mediated Convention of Vergara.	125,000 dead^[101]^[e]
Riot of La Granja de San Ildefonso (1835) Location: Spain	Forces of Queen Isabella II Moderate Party	Progresivists	Defeat End of Estamento de los Procuradores and reinstauration of Constitution of 1812 in sustition of Spanish Royal Statute of 1834.
Second Egyptian-Ottoman War (1839–1841) Part of Oriental Crisis of 1840 Location: Levant	Eyalet of Egypt Kingdom of France Kingdom of Spain	Ottoman Empire British Empire Austrian Empire Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia	Defeat Egypt renounces claim on Syria, Britain recognizes Muhammad Ali and his descendants as the legitimate rulers of Egypt.
Bullanges Revolt (1835–1843) Anti-clerical riots of 1835 Octubrada Bombardment of Barcelona (1842) JamánciaLocation: Catalonia and Basque Country	Carlist Kingdom of Spain (until 1840) Isabelline Kingdom of Spain	Catalan Bullanges (Radical-liberals) Revolutionary Junta of Barcelona	Victory of moderate liberals. Abolition of Protectionism in the Spanish economy to benefit Foreign trade against Local Catalan industry. Increasement of the Centralisation of the Government.
Revolt of the indigenous Benga against their king Bonkoro I (1843–1858) Location: Africa, Gulf of Guinea	Spain Benga people, from Corisco Bay, loyal to Bonkoro I and under Spanish protectorate	Benga people rebels led by Imunga	Stalemate The throne of the ndowés (Kingdom of Corisco) remains separated into two branches (Cabo San Juan and the north of the Corisco island) since 1843. Bonkoro I flee to Cape san juan and complies the arrangement with Juan José Lerena y Barry (Treaty of Tika) of establishing a Spanish protectorate. His son, king Bonkoro II recognized Spanish sovereignty over Cabo San Juan, including several towns that had not been ceded by his father, such as Corisco and Elobey. Imunga proclaims himself as king Munga I of Kombe people, then reigned in Corisco between the years 1848 and 1858, date on which he received the support of the first Spanish governor, Carlos de Chacón y Michelena, who appointed him lieutenant governor of Corisco, transforming also in a Spanish protectorate. In 1906 the two parts of the kingdom (Cabo San Juan and northern Corisco) were reunited under the kingdom of Santiago Uganda.
Second Carlist War (1846–49) Part of Carlist Wars and Revolutions of 1848 Location: Spain	Spain	Carlist insurgents	Liberal victory	10,000 dead^[101]
Patuleia (1846) part of Revolution of Maria da Fonte Location: Portugal	Forces of Queen Maria II Cartista (conservative liberals) Quadruple Alliance Spain United Kingdom	Junta in Porto forces Septembrists (radical liberals) Miguelist (traditionalists)	Victory Convention of Gramido
Solís Uprising (1846) Location: Galicia (Spain)	Spanish Government	Provincialistas Rebels led by Colonel Miguel Solís y Cuetos	Victory Revolt suppressed
Italian Revolution of 1848^[102] (1848–49) part of Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states and Unification of Italy Location: Italy	Austrian Empire^[103] Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Grand Duchy of Tuscany Kingdom of Two Sicilies Papal States Spain (1849) French Republic (1849)	Kingdom of Sicily Provisional Government of Milan Republic of San Marco Roman Republic Supported by: Kingdom of Sardinia^[103]	Victory Papal rule restored in Rome
Spanish expedition to Balanguingui (1848) Location: Philippines (Sulu Sea)	Spain Philippines	Moro Pirates	Victory
Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Location: Cuba	Spain Cuba	Filibusters	Victory
Spanish Revolution of 1854 Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Moderate Party	Rebel troops Democratic Party Progressive Party	Rebel victory of Leopoldo O'Donnell and Baldomero Espartero. End of Década moderada and start of Bienio progresista. Expulsion of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies from Spain.
Carlist Insurrection of 1855 Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Liberals	Carlist insurgents	Victory of the government
Cibaenian Revolution (1848–49)Location: Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic Liberals Supported by: Conservatives Kingdom of Spain	Revolutionary Government of Cibao	Victory
El Arahal insurrection (1857) Location: Spain (Seville)	Kingdom of Spain	Peasant rebels Republicans Freemasonry	Victory of the government
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–62) Siege of Tourane Siege of Đà Nẵng Siege of Saigon Battle of Ky Hoa Capture of Mỹ Tho Capture of Biên Hòa Capture of Vĩnh Long Location: Southern Vietnam	Spain Philippines French Empire	Đại Nam	Victory Treaty of Saigon: Cochinchina becomes a French colony.
Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60) Battle of Castillejos Battle of Tétouan Location: North Africa (Morocco)	Spain	Morocco	Victory Treaty of Wad-Ras: Morocco recognises Spanish sovereignty over Sidi Ifni and Western Sahara. Morocco pays 400 million reales as war reparations	1,152 killed^[104] 2,888 died of disease^[104]
Carlist Landing of 1860 Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Liberals	Carlist insurgents	Victory of the government
Post-Unification Italian Brigandage (1861–1865) Borges Expedition Acinello Battle Location: Southern Italy	Brigandage Bourbon legitimists in Southern Italy Italian Gangs Carlist partisans from Bourbon Spain Supported by Papal States Spain	Kingdom of Italy Supported by: French Empire	Defeat Francis II of the Two Sicilies isn't restored to the throne. José Borges is arrested and fusiled by House of Savoy.
Franco-Mexican War (1861–67) Location: Mexico	French Empire Mexican Empire Supported by: Austrian Empire Spain (until 1862) United Kingdom (until 1862) Belgium Eyalet of Egypt Confederate exiles Polish exiles	Mexican republicans Supported by: United States	Withdrawal Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire French withdrawal Execution of Emperor Maximilian I, Miguel Miramon, and Tomas Mejia.
Loja uprising (1861) Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain	Socialists	Victory of the government
Dominican Restoration War (1863–65) Battle of Monte Cristi Location: Hispaniola, Dominican Republic	Spain Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Dominican annexationists) Captaincy General of Puerto Rico Captaincy General of Cuba	Dominican Republic	Defeat Restoration of Dominican sovereignty	10,888 killed or wounded 30,000 died of disease
Chincha Islands War (1864–66) Battle of Papudo Battle of Abtao Capture of the Paquete de Maule Valparaíso bombardment Battle of Callao Action of 22 August 1866 Location: Peru and Chile Coasts	Spain	Chile Peru Nominal participation: Ecuador Bolivia	Indecisive, both sides claimed victory The state of war is maintained between the belligerent parties until the signing of an indefinite armistice in 1871. Peace treaties between Spain and Perú (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).	300^[104]
Glorious Revolution (1868) Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Moderate Party	Revolutionaries Liberal Union Progressive Party Democratic Party	Defeat Expulsion of Isabella II and Establishment of a Provisional Government Start of Sexenio Democrático

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Spanish casualties
Ten Years' War (1868–78) Battle of Pino de Baire Battle of Las Guasimas Location: Cuba	Spain Captaincy General of Cuba	Cuban rebels Supported by: Hispanic American Volunteers	Victory Pact of Zanjón	90,000 dead^[101]
Grito de Lares (1868) Battle of El Pepino (1868) Location: Puerto Rico	Spain Captaincy General of Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico rebels	Victory
Carlist insurrection of 1869 [es] Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Liberals	Carlist insurgents	Government victory
Carlist insurrection of 1870 [es] Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain Liberals	Carlist insurgents	Government victory
Cavite mutiny (1872) Location: Philippines	Spain Captaincy General of the Philippines	Filipino mutineers	Victory
Third Carlist War (1872–76) Part of Carlist Wars Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain (1872–73) I Republic (1873–74) Kingdom of Spain (1875–76)	Carlist insurgents	Royal Victory	50,000 dead^[101]
Cantonal rebellion (1872–74) Location: Spain	I Republic	Canton of Cartagena Cantonalist	Victory of the Republican Government
Petroleum Revolution (1873) Location: Spain	I Republic Alcoy City Hall	Committee of Public Health Spanish Regional Federation of the IWA	Victory of the Republican Government
Little War (1879–1880) Location: Cuba	Spain	Cuban rebels	Victory
Carolines Question (1885) Location: Western Pacific Ocean (Caroline islands and Palau)	Spain Spanish East Indies	Germany German New Guinea	Victory
Spanish-Oulad conflict (1887–1898)^[105]^[106] Álvarez Pérez, del Draa Expedition Cervera-Rizzo-Quiroga Expedition Location: Western Sahara and Mauritania	Spain Spanish Sahara Pro-Spanish tribes Oulad Bou Sbaa	Anti-Spanish tribes Oulad Delim	Defeat Spanish Africanist temporally retreat of Villa Cisneros. Spain renounces territorial expansion (on Adrar Plateau) in favour of France.
Jerez uprising (1892) Location: Spain	Spain	Anarchist peasants	Victory of the Spanish State
Verduleras' Mutiny [es] (1892) Location: Spain	Spain	Madrid verduleras	Victory and revolt repressed
Gamazada (1893–1894) Sanrokada The night of the Sagasta shootingLocation: Basque Country	Spain	Basques Supported by: Carlist	Defeat of the Spanish government Fueros of Navarre aren't abolished by liberals.
First Melillan campaign (1893–1894) Location: North Africa	Spain	Kingdom of Morocco	Victory Treaty of Fez: Morocco pays war reparations of 20 million pesetas and pledges to pacify northern provinces. Melilla hinterlands ceded to Spain.
Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Action of 25 April 1898 First Battle of Cárdenas Battle of Cárdenas Battle of Cienfuegos Battle of Guantánamo Bay Action of 13 June 1898 Battle of Las Guasimas First Battle of Manzanillo Battle of Tayacoba Battle of the Aguadores Battle of El Caney Battle of San Juan Hill Second Battle of Manzanillo Battle of Santiago de Cuba Siege of Santiago Third Battle of Manzanillo Battle of Nipe Bay Battle of Rio Manimani Part of Spanish–American War Location: Cuba	Spain Captaincy General of Cuba	Cuban rebels United States	Defeat American Intervention; Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government during Spanish–American War (1898). Treaty of Paris Protectorate over Cuba Cuban independence	45,100 dead^[101]
Philippine Revolution (1896–1898) Cry of Pugad Lawin Battle of Manila Battle of Sambat Cry of Tarlac Battle of Pasong Tamo Battle of San Juan del Monte Battle of San Mateo and Montalban 1896 Manila mutiny Battle of San Francisco de Malabon Battle of Noveleta Kawit revolt Cry of Nueva Ecija Battle of Imus Battle of San Francisco de Malabon Battle of Talisay Battles of Batangas Battle of Binakayan–Dalahican Battle of Pateros Battle of Kakarong de Sili Battle of Zapote Bridge Battle of Perez Dasmariñas Retreat to Montalban Battle of Aliaga Raid at Paombong Battle of Tres de Abril Battle of Camalig Battle of Calamba Battle of Alapan Siege of Baler Battle of Tayabas Battle of Manila Siege of Masbate Negros Revolution Battle of Barrio Yoting Battle of Sapong Hills Siege of Zamboanga Part of Spanish–American War Location: Philippines	Spain Philippines loyalists Guardia Civil	Katipunan Revolutionaries 1896–1897 Tagalog Republic 1897 Republic of Biak-na-Bato (until 1897) Filipino rebels (1898) United States (1898)	Peace Treaty (1897) Signing of Pact of Biak-na-Bato. Defeat (1898) Resumption of hostilities during Spanish–American War. Expulsion of the Spanish colonial government. Establishment of First Philippine Republic with Emilio Aguinaldo as the first President (1899) Outbreak of the Philippine–American War (1899).
Intentona de Yauco (1897) Location: Puerto Rico	Spain Captaincy General of Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican rebels	Victory
Spanish–American War (1898) Puerto Rico campaign Capture of Guam Part of Banana Wars Location: Caribbean and Philippine Sea	Spain Captaincy General of Puerto Rico Captaincy General of Cuba Spanish East Indies	United States	Defeat Treaty of Paris (1898): USA gains Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippines. German–Spanish Treaty (1899): Spain sells its last colonies to German Empire. End of Spanish Empire in America, Asia and Oceania	1,000 killed 800 wounded 15,000 died of disease 30,000 captured
1898 Guinean rebellion led by Sas-Ebuera [es] (1898) Location: Bight of Biafra, Bioko Island (Modern Equatorial Guinea)	Spain Spanish Guinea	Bubis rebels	Victory
1900 Carlist Sublevation (1900) Location: Spain (near Badalona)	Kingdom of Spain	Carlist insurgents	Alfonsist Victory
Siege of the International Legations (1900) Part of Boxer Rebellion Location: China, Peking	Eight-Nation Alliance France British Empire Australia New Zealand India Russia Japan Germany United States Italy Austria-Hungary Netherlands Belgium Spain Mutual Protection of Southeast China	Qing dynasty Yìhéquán	Victory Boxer Protocol
Venezuelan Crisis of 1902–1903 (1902–1903) Location: Venezuela and Caribbean Sea	United Kingdom Germany Italy Support: Spain Mexico Belgium Netherlands Denmark	Venezuela Support: Argentina United States	Compromise European fleet withdraws after Washington Protocols.
1906 Carlist insurrection Location: Spain ( Valls, Calella, Rajadell)	Kingdom of Spain	Carlist insurgents	Alfonsist Victory
French conquest of Morocco (1907–1934) Bombardment of Casablanca Chaouia campaign Ma al-'Aynayn and Ahmed al-Hiba uprising Wayaha Uld Ali Uld Cheij raids^[107] Part of Scramble for Africa Location: Maghreb (Morocco and Western Sahara)	France French Algeria Spain	Morocco Chaouia tribes Zaian Confederation Various other tribes	Victory Partition of Morocco into French and Spanish zones
Second Melillan campaign (1909–1910) Part of Spanish-Moroccan conflicts and Scramble for Africa Location: North America	Spain	Rif tribes	Victory Melilla territory extended to Cape Three Forks and the Bḥar Ameẓẓyan lagoon
Tragic Week (1909) Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain	Anarchists Socialists Republicans Freemasons	Victory of the Spanish government
Bubi uprising of 1910 [es] (1910) Location: Bight of Biafra, Bioko Island (Modern Equatorial Guinea)	Spain Spanish Guinea	Bubis rebels	Victory Colonial forces pressured King Malabo to influence local chiefs and prevent further confrontation
Agadir Crisis (1911) Moroccan Rebellion Location: North Africa (Morocco)	France Spain British Empire	Morocco Germany	Military Victory Spain occupy Larache and Ksar el-Kebir. Diplomatic Failure Due to Morocco–Congo Treaty, a Franco-Spanish Treaty was concluded on 27 November 1912, slightly revising the previous Franco-Spanish boundaries in Morocco, in favour to France.
Mutiny on the frigate Numancia [es] (1911) Location: North Africa (Tangier)	Government	Frigate Numancia mutiners and republicans	Victory of the monarchical Government
Kert campaign (1911–1912) Part of Spanish-Moroccan conflicts and Scramble for Africa Location: North Africa (Morocco)	Spain	Riffian tribes	Victory Consolidation of the Spanish-controlled territory in Kelaïa east of the Kert River
Royalist attack on Chaves (1912) Location: Iberian Peninsula (Galicia and Portugal)	Royalist supporters Supported by: Spain	Portugal	Defeat Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Cabral Couceiro runs to Galicia, Spain. Then proclaim the Monarchy of the North years later.
Spanish liberal state crisis (1917–1923) 1917 Spanish general strike Pistolerismo Bolshevik triennium Faeneras rebellion [es] Canadenca strike 1919 Spanish general strike Tarancón mutiny [es] part of Revolutions of 1917–1923 and Background of the Spanish Civil War Location: Spain	Government Conservative Party Armed Forces Defense Councils Spanish police Somatén Employers Paramilitary militia Defensa Ciudadana [es] Unión Ciudadana [es] Sindicatos Libres Carlists	Spanish workers' movement UGT PSOE CNT Anarchist action groups Marxists action groups	Stalemate Left-wing and Syndicalist movements fails in their attempts to make a Socialist Revolution, but the demands of working classes (Social question) are attended by Regenerationist reformers with laws about Workers' Retirement, Eight-hour working day, Sunday Rest, etc. Institutions like the Ministry of Labour are also made. The Reign of Alfonso XIII enters on the Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera after 1923 Spanish coup d'état, ending Caciquism and political oligarchy. Thus making a crisis on the Spanish Conservatism due to conflicts between Ciervists, Datists and Maurists after the crisis in the turnist system between Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, as also heterogeneous influence from Catholic social teaching, Maurrassisme, Integralismo Lusitano and Fascist Italy to solve Social question by their own way. Ascension of Carlism (Traditionalist) as a mass movement in reactionary circles, due to crisis on liberal monarchists (Alfonsism) and the right-wing after authoritarian politics. Apparition of Spanish fascists [es].
Río Muni Punishment Expedition (1918) [es] Location: Africa, Guinea region (Modern Equatorial Guinea)	Spain Spanish Guinea	Fang people Mawomo	Victory Colonial Guard of Spanish Guinea will do military campaigns to subdue the indigenous Fang people in Río Muni until 1929.
Spanish conquest of Continental Guinea^[108]^[109]^[110] (1920s–1930s) Location: Africa, Guinea region (Modern Equatorial Guinea)	Spain Spanish Guinea Askari	Fang people Osumu Bubi people	Victory Spanish presence was consolidated in Río Muni, establishing missions, plantations and military posts throughout the interior of the Guinean territory. Ángel Barrera, and then Miguel Núñez de Prado, were replaced after denounciation of abuse against indigenous peoples (which were raided and put to forced labor in the Prestaciones). The General Government, under pressure from the General Directorate of Morocco and Colonies, passed a law in 1929 that punished abusers.
Rif War (1920–1926) Location: North Africa (Morocco)	Spain Spanish protectorate in Morocco France French protectorate in Morocco	Republic of the Rif	Victory Debellation of the Republic of the Rif	18,000 killed or died of disease 5,000 wounded or missing
Anarchist uprising in Berane (1924)Location: Basque Country	Kingdom of Spain	Anarchists	Victory
Jaca uprising (1930) Location: Spain	Kingdom of Spain	Spanish republicans	Victory

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Spanish casualties
Anarchist insurrections against Spanish Republic (1932–37) Alt Llobregat insurrection (1932) Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 Casas Viejas incident Anarchist insurrection of December 1933 Anarchist revolt in Labastida [es] (1933) Bujalance incidents [es](1933) May Days (1937) Spanish political violence during 1931-1936 [es] and Spanish Civil War Location: Spain	Spanish Republic Generalitat of Catalonia Communist Party of Spain Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia Supported by Soviet Union	CNT-FAI FIJL Friends of Durruti Group POUM Confederal militias Anarchist commune (1937) Regional Defence Council of Aragon Popular Executive Committee of Valencia Sovereign Council of Asturias and León Santander Defense Council Gijón War Committee Junta de Seguretat Interior de Catalunya Madrid Defense Council	1° Victory of the Spanish State and repression of Spanish Anarchists. Divission between moderates which wanted to collaborate with Spanish Republic (Treintists and Possibilists of the Syndicalist Party) and Radicals opposed to the State (Faístas). 2° Truce between Anarchists and Republicans during Spanish Revolution of 1936. 3° Anarchists, Anarcho-Syndicalists Libertarian socialist and Libertarian Communism are defeated by Marxists Communists, Leninists and Stalinists during the internal conflict between left-wing groups during Spanish Civil War.
Communists revolts during Spanish Republic (1932) La Villa de Don Fadrique Revolt [es] Villalpande incident [es] Part of Spanish political violence during 1931-1936 [es]	Spanish Republic	Communist Party of Spain	Victory of the Spanish moderate left
Military reactions against Spanish Republic (1932) Sanjurjada Part of Background of the Spanish Civil War	Spanish Republic	Monarchical and Right-Wing rebel forces CEDA Renovación Española Requetés/CT Decurias [es] Spanish Military Union	Victory of the Spanish Republic
Revolution of 1934 Asturian miners' strike of 1934 Events of 6 October Part of Spanish political violence during 1931-1936 [es] Location: Spain	Spanish Republic	Asturian Workers Alliance PSOE UGT CNT Militias Catalan State Mossos d'Esquadra Escamots	Victory The Spanish Republican government effectively eliminates the rebellions in Asturias and Catalonia.
Extremaduran peasant rebellion [es] (1936) Location: Spain (Extremadura)	Spanish Republic	UGT National Federation of Land Workers [es]	Peasant victory	0
Spanish Civil War (1936–39) (See Category:Battles of the Spanish Civil War for battles) Locations: Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Guinea	Republicans People's Army Popular Front UGT CNT-FAI POUM^[f] Generalitat de Catalunya Euzko Gudarostea^[g] International Brigades Foreign volunteers Soviet Union	Nationalists FET y de las JONS^[h] FE de las JONS^[i] Requetés/CT^[i] CEDA^[i] Spanish Renovation^[i] Army of Africa Viriatos Foreign volunteers Italy Germany	Nationalist victory End of the Second Spanish Republic Establishment of the Spanish State under the rule of Francisco Franco Post-war Francoist mass killings and repression Spanish Maquis continue irregular warfare sporadically until 1965	500,000–1,000,000 dead
1936 uprising in Spanish Guinea (1936) Part of Spanish Civil War Location: Spanish Guinea	Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain	Nationalist victory Hispanicization of the zone and legally unification of Fernando Poo and Río Muni with the rest of Spain. Gradual Emancipation of the natives.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Spanish casualties
Spanish Maquis (1939–1965) Invasion of Val d'Aran Location: Spain	Francoist Spain Supported by: Nazi Germany (1939–1945) Fascist Italy (1939–1943) United States (after 1953)	Republican Partisans Supported by: French Resistance (1940–1944) Italian Resistance (1943–1945) Soviet Union (until 1956)	Francoist Victory. Decline and eventual extinction of Maquis activity
Carlist-Falangist internal conflict and conspiracies inner Francoist Regime (1939-1950s) May 1941 Crisis [es] Begoña Bombing August 1942 Crisis [es] Location: Spain	Francoist Spain FET y de las JONS	Requetés/CT Supported by: Vatican City United Kingdom Anti-Francoist Falangists [es] Supported by: Nazi Germany	Government victory Fall of Ramón Serrano Suñer (pro-falangist) and Valentín Galarza (pro-carlist) on Franco's regime. End of Fascistization [es] politics and First Francoism. Fascistization [es] Repression of both National-syndicalist and Traditionalist-monarchists.
Spanish occupation of Tangier (1940–1945) Location: North Africa (Morocco)	Spain Spanish protectorate in Morocco	Tangier International Zone	Inconclusive Spanish withdrawal after the end of World War II
Eastern Front (World War II) (1941–1945) Volunteers only Siege of Leningrad Battle of Krasny Bor Location: Europe	Axis powers Germany Romania (until 1944) Italy (until 1943) Hungary Axis puppet states Slovakia Croatia Co-belligerents Finland (until 1944) Bulgaria (until 1944) Spain Spanish Volunteers Blue Division (until 1944)	Allies Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia (from 1943) Yugoslavia (from 1944) Tuva (until 1944) Former Axis powers or co-belligerents Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944) Aerial and naval only United States United Kingdom Free France (1943–45) Volunteers Exiled Spanish Republic Volunteers La Nueve	Soviet-allied victory	22,700
Ifni War (1957–1958) Siege of Sidi Ifni Battle of Edchera Operation Écouvillon Location: North Africa (Morocco and Western Sahara)	Spain Ifni Spanish Sahara France Colonial Mauritania	Morocco Liberation Army Allied Sahrawi tribes	Victory Treaty of Angra de Cintra	190 dead
Basque conflict (1959–1975) Location: Spain (Basque Country)	Spain	Euskadi Ta Askatasuna	Inconclusive ETA continued its terrorist activities during the Spanish transition to democracy period and the subsequent Spanish Democracy pursuant to the 1978 Constitution
Pro-Moroccan Guerrilla Warfare against Spanish North-Africa^[111] (1968–1975) 1975 Hausa Post Attack [es] Attack against Ceuta (1975) [es] Location: Africa (Western Sahara and Plazas de soberanía)	Spain Spanish Sahara Ceuta Melilla	FLU (Frente de Liberación y Unidad) MOREHOB (Mouvement révolutionnaire des hommes bleus) [fr] Supported by: Morocco	Victory Successful repression against Greater Morocco aspirations until Moroccan direct intervention. Moroccan apologies for the terrorism against Spain in 1976.^[112]
Zemla Intifada (1970)^[113] Part of Western Sahara conflict Location: Africa, Western Sahara	Spain Spanish Sahara	Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab	Victory Repression and end of the Harakat Tahrir movement.
Western Sahara Revolt (1973–75) Part of Western Sahara conflict Location: Africa, Western Sahara	Spain Spanish Sahara Djema'a Sahrawi National Union Party	Polisario Front of National Liberation Deserters from Tropas Nómadas Limited Support: Algeria Libyan Arab Republic	Inconclusive Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Spanish unilateral withdrawal from the Sahara pursuant to the 1975 tripartite Madrid Accords. The Polisario Front continued the struggle for self-determination against Mauritania and Morocco, beginning the Western Sahara War.
Anti-Spanish Terrorist Warfare in Western Sahara^[114] (1974–75) Attack on the Tifariti Government Post (1974) [es] Assassination of Ahmed Ould Brahim Ould Bachir (1975) [es] Kidnapping of Antonio Martin Hernandez (1975) [es] The hijacking of the Mahbes and Smara patrols (1975) [es] Location: Western Sahara, Canary Islands and Mauritania	Spain Spanish Sahara	Polisario Front Pro-Moroccan Sahrawi nationalists FLU (Frente de Liberación y Unidad)	Inconclusive, mostly defeat
Green March (1975) Part of Western Sahara conflict Location: Africa(Western Sahara and Morocco)	Spain Spanish Sahara	Morocco Supported by: Mauritania	Inconclusive Operation Golondrina: Spanish withdrawal.^[115] Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara and start of Western Sahara War.

List of wars involving Spain

Catholic Monarchy

Habsburg Spain

Bourbon Spain

Restoration

Second Spanish Republic

Francoist Spain

Modern

See also

Notes

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Basque conflict (1975–2011) Location: Basque Country region (Spain and France)	Spain France Supported by: European Union United Kingdom United States Canada	Euskadi Ta Askatasuna	Victory ETA declares definitive cessation of its terrorist activities.
Anti-Spanish Terrorist Warfare in Western Sahara^[114]^[116] (1975–1987) Fos Bucraa attack (1976) [es] Attack on the fishing vessel Cruz del Mar (1978) [es] Attack on the fishing boat Junquito (1985) [es] Attack on the Tagomago patrol car (1985) [es] Location: Western Sahara, Canary Islands and Morocco	Spain Morocco	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Polisario Front	Stalemate Spain broke relationships with Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1985 to 1986, then Polisario Front are forced to stop raiding Spaniards.^[117]
As Encrobas Conflict (1975–2007) Location: Spain (Galicia)	Spain	Peasant revolters	Inconclusive Most of the residents abandoned their homes.
Búnker's Confrontations (1975–early 1980s) Operation Gladio Operation Reconquista [es] (1976) Montejurra massacre (1976) 1977 Atocha massacre Operation Galaxia (1978) 1981 Spanish coup attempt 1982 Spanish coup attempt 1985 Spanish coup attempt Part of Far-right terrorism in Spain and Cold War Location: Spain	Spain Opposition to Francoism Democratic Junta of Spain Limited Support: European Union Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (1976–1978)	Neo-Francoists Warriors of Christ The King Fuerza Nueva Spanish Basque Battalion Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance Spanish Armed Groups	Democratic victory Spanish transition to democracy success
War of the Fleas (1976–1979) Location: Canary Islands	Spain	Canary Islands Independence Movement Fuerzas Armadas Guanches Destacamentos Armados Canarios Limited Support: Algeria Libya	Victory Fuerzas Armadas Guanches dissolve
Bonito War [es] (1990s) Location: Atlantic Ocean	Spain	United Kingdom France Ireland	Inconclusive The efforts of all the governments involved managed to end the tension between the fleets, but there would still be protests from the Spanish fishing fleet.
Gulf War (1991) Location: Persian Gulf (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria Other Allies	Ba'athist Iraq	Victory Kuwait regains its independence
Turbot War (1994–1996) Location: Grand Banks of Newfoundland and English Channel	Spain European Union	Canada	Defeat Canadian Position Recognized In 1996, Canada agrees not to apply its laws to Spanish fishing vessels with criteria of extraterritoriality.
Kosovo War (1998–99) part of Yugoslav Wars Location: Balkans (Kosovo and Albania)	KLA NATO	Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Battle of Sabzak Resolute Support Mission Operation Harekate Yolo Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Estaca Operation Ontur Part of the war on terror Location: Afghanistan	Afghanistan ISAF	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Defeat Fall of Taliban regime Osama bin Laden killed Renewed Taliban offensive in 2021 Taliban forces capture Kabul on 15 August 2021
Operation Active Endeavour (2001–2016) Part of the war on terror	NATO Non-NATO: Georgia Israel^[118] Morocco New Zealand^[119] Russia (2006) Ukraine Bulgaria (until 2004) Estonia (until 2004) Latvia (until 2004) Lithuania (until 2004) Romania (until 2004) Slovakia (until 2004) Slovenia (until 2004) Albania (until 2009) Croatia (until 2009)	Unspecified terrorist and smuggling groups	"Victory" Continued by Operation Sea Guardian
Perejil Island crisis (2002) Location: North Africa, Perejil Island	Spain	Morocco	Victory Moroccan soldiers removed by Spanish military
Iraq War (2003–04) Operation Falconer 2003 Latifiya ambush 2004 Iraq spring fighting Battle of Nayaf Plus Ultra Brigade actions Multinational Division Central-South Part of Iraqi conflict Location: Middle East (Iraq)	MNF–I United States United Kingdom Poland Denmark Australia (2003–09) Italy (2003–06) Spain (2003–04) Dominican Republic (2003–04) Honduras (2003–04) Nicaragua (2003–04) El Salvador (2003–09) Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Iraqi Kurdistan	Iraq under Saddam Hussein Various insurgents	Coalition victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Deployment in Najaf Spanish withdrawal in 2004, escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal in 2011
Attacks over UN peacekeeping mission during Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2006–present) International incidents during the 2006 Lebanon War 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli attack on Ramyah UNIFIL post Part of Israeli–Lebanese conflict Location: Middle East (Southern Lebanon)	UNIFIL	Israel Hezbollah	Ongoing
Operation Atalanta (2008–) Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño Tribal Kat Operation [es] Part of counter-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa	European Union (European Union Training Mission in Somalia) Non EU: Colombia Iceland Liechtenstein Montenegro New Zealand Norway Serbia Switzerland United Kingdom	Somali pirates	Ongoing
Libyan intervention (2011) Operation Unified Protector Part of Libyan Civil War Location: North Africa, Libya	Many NATO members acting under UN mandate and Anti-Gaddafi forces several Arab League states Sweden	Pro-Gaddafi forces	Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control
2012 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera incident (2012) Location: North Africa, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera	Spain	Morocco	Victory Moroccan activists arrested

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