List of conflicts in Europe

This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.

There are various definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia.

BCE edit

Pre-500 BCE edit

500–200 BCE edit

200 BCE onwards edit

1st–10th century CE edit

 
Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 312
 
Battle of the Hellespont, 324

11th century edit

 
Battle of Hastings (1066)

12th century edit

 
Monument of Didgori Battle, Georgia

13th century edit

 
Battle of Muret, 1213

14th century edit

 
Battle of Sluys, 1340, from a manuscript
 
Battle of Nájera, 1367

15th century edit

 
Battle of Formigny, 1450

16th century edit

 
Battle of Pavia, 1525
 
Siege of Eger, 1552
 
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, 1572
 
Battle of Haarlemmermeer, 1573
 
Battle of Gravelines, 1588
 
A Burned Village, during the Cudgel War, 1596

17th century edit

 
Relief of Genoa, 1625
 
Battle of Rocroi, 1641
 
Morning after the Assault on Copenhagen, 1659
 
Four Days Battle, 1666
 
Louis XIV crosses the Rhine at Lobith, during the Franco-Dutch War, 1672
 
Siege of Buda, 1686
 
Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue, 1692

18th century edit

 
Battle of Denain, 1712
 
Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII of Sweden, after the Siege of Fredriksten, 1718
 
Battle of Hohenfriedberg, 1745
 
Battle of Fleurus, 1794

19th century edit

 
Napoleon crossing the Alps before the Battle of Marengo, 1800
 
Battle of Austerlitz, 1805
 
Battle of Waterloo, 1815
 
Battle of Malakoff, 1855
 
Prussian troops quarter just outside paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871

20th century edit

 
Explosion of the Hawthorn Ridge mine, 1 July 1916, marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
 
Republican International Brigadiers on a Soviet T-26 tank at the Battle of Belchite, 1937
 
German Stuka dive bombers in the Eastern Front (World War II) 1941–45
 
A Soviet IS-2 tank in Leipzig during the 1953 East Germany Uprising
 
Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash during the Second Cod War
 
A "Sniper at work" sign in Crossmaglen, a symbol of the IRA sniper campaign in South Armagh during the last stages of the Northern Ireland Troubles
 
UNPROFOR troops on their way up "Sniper Alley" in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War
 
A Russian helicopter downed by Chechen militants, during the First Chechen War
 
The Russian Army's Vostok Battalion in South Ossetia

21st century edit

 
Damaged building during the Russo-Ukrainian war, in Lysychansk, Ukraine, 4 August 2014

Ongoing conflicts edit

Ongoing conflicts in Europe
Conflict Includes Date started Duration Casualties
Dissident Irish republican campaign 1996 27–28 years Unknown
Russo-Ukrainian War 20 Feb 2014 10 years, 2 months and 1 day 250,000+ to 285,000 killed, 300,000 to 400,000 wounded, as of February, 2023
North Kosovo crisis 31 Jul

2022

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks and 3 days Unknown

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Levy, Jack S. (July 15, 2014). War in the Modern Great Power System: 1495--1975. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813163659 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Urlanis, B.Ts. (1960). Wars and population. p. 55.