List of wars involving Portugal

This is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Portugal since end of the Andalusian rule in 1139.

Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Battle of Ourique (1139)	County of Portugal	Andalusian Muslims of the Almoravids	Victory
1383–85 Portuguese interregnum (1383-1385)	Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Kingdom of England	Crown of Castile Supported by: Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon	Victory Consolidation of Portuguese independence.
Portuguese-Mamluk naval war (1505-1517)	Portugal	Mamluk Sultanate	Victory
Abyssinian–Adal war (1529–1543)	Ethiopian Empire Portuguese Empire (1542-43)	Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire (1542-43)	Victory Withdrawal of the Adal-Ottoman armies from the Ethiopian Highlands after the death of Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi.^[1] Conflict continues between the armies of the Imperial and Amiric successors; Galawdewos and Nur ibn Mujahid.^[2] Continued Ottoman military presence in the region.^[1] Weakening of the Abyssinians and Adalites, which opened the door for The Great Oromo Migrations.
Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668)	Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: France (1641-59)^[3] Kingdom of England (after 1662)	Crown of Spain	Victory Treaty of Lisbon Charles II of Spain recognizes the sovereignty of the House of Braganza over Portugal and its colonial possessions^[4]
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)	Great Britain Prussia Portugal (from 1762) Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Iroquois Confederacy Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe	France Austria Russia (until 1762) Spain (from 1762) Sweden (1757–62) Abenaki nation Mughal Empire (from 1757)	Victory
Spanish-Portuguese War (1776-1777)	Portuguese Empire	Spanish Empire	Defeat First Treaty of San Ildefonso Portugal remains neutral during the American Revolutionary War
Tunisian-Sicilian War (1801-1804)	Kingdom of Sicily Albanian, German, and Greek mercenaries Kingdom of Sardinia (from 1802) Naval support: Portugal United States	Beylik of Tunis Tunisian pirates Regency of Algiers Eyalet of Tripolitania (from 1803) Limited support: Eyalet of Egypt (1802-1803) Morocco (1802-1804)	Victory End of Tunisian attacks on Sicilian ships and impression on sailors. Sicilian occupation of Aryanah and La Goulette until 1808. Sardinian occupation of Bizerte and La Marsa until 1809. 3,560 captured Christian-European slaves released.
Peninsular War (1808-1814)	Bourbon Spain United Kingdom Portugal	France Bonapartist Spain	Victory
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814)	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia	First French Empire Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw^{[lower-alpha 1]}	VictoryTreaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris Bourbon Restoration; Napoleon's exile to Elba Various territorial changes Beginning of the Congress of Vienna Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815)	Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia Netherlands	First French Empire Kingdom of Naples	Victory Second Treaty of Paris End of Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816 - 1820)	United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Banda Oriental Entre Ríos Misiones	Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental to the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
Brazilian War of Independence (1822-1824)	Portugal	Empire of Brazil European mercenaries	Defeat Brazilian independence Territorial unity of the Empire of Brazil Treaty of Rio de Janeiro Portuguese recognition of the Empire of Brazil End of Portuguese influence in the Americas

First Portuguese Republic (1910-1926)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
World War I (1914–1918)	France United Kingdom Russia United States China Italy Japan Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Hejaz Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations

Third Portuguese Republic (1933-1974)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Integration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954)	Portugal	India	Defeat Incorporation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli into India.
Angolan War of Independence (1961-1974)	Portugal	MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC	Portuguese Military victory MPLA-Coalition Political victory Ceasefire and independence after the Carnation revolution: Alvor Agreement; Angolan independence in 1975, start of the Angolan Civil War.^[5]
Annexation of Portuguese India (1961)	Portugal	India	Defeat Incorporation of Goa, Daman, and Diu into India.
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963-1974)	Portugal	PAIGC	PAIGC Political victory^[6] Military stalemate^[7] Independence of Guinea-Bissau.
Mozambican War of Independence (1964-1974)	Portugal	FRELIMO	Portuguese military victory FRELIMO Political victory^[8] Independence of Mozambique

Portugal (1974-present)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Bosnian War (1994-1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	Bosnia and Herzegovina Herzeg-Bosnia Croatia United States Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Turkey United Kingdom	Republika Srpska YPA Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
Kosovo War (1998-1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars	KLA AFRK Albania Croatia United States Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency
War in Afghanistan (2001-2014) Part of the War on Terror	United States Afghanistan ISAF United Kingdom Azerbaijan Germany Denmark Italy France Canada Australia New Zealand El Salvador Armenia Georgia Norway Sweden Poland Estonia Romania Turkey Bulgaria Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Jordan Albania Iceland Northern Alliance	Taliban Islamic Jihad Union Haqqani network Allied groups HIG al-Qaeda IJU^[9] IMU Taliban splinter groups Fidai Mahaz 2001 invasion: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda 055 Brigade	"Victory" American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Commencement of war's 2015–present phase

Notes

↑ Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, though most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon

References

1 2 Henze, Paul B. (2000). Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia. Hurst & Company. p. 89. ISBN 1850655227.
↑ Historical dictionary of Ethiopia By David Hamilton Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky, Chris Prouty pg 171
↑ Treaty of alliance between France and Portugal concluded at Paris, June 1, 1641. Davenport, Frances Gardiner: European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies to 1648. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 9781584774228, pp. 324-328
↑ Birmingham, p.51
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↑ A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)
↑ A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)
↑ A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)
↑ "Central Asian groups split over leadership of global jihad". The Long War Journal. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

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