List of conflicts in Europe

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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.

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BCE

Pre-500 BCE

500–200 BCE

200 BCE onwards

1st–10th century CE

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

11th century

Battle of Hastings (1066)

12th century

Monument of Didgori Battle, Georgia

13th century

Battle of Muret, 1213

14th century

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Battle of Nájera, 1367

15th century

Battle of Formigny, 1450

16th century

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

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

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

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

Hawthorn Ridge mine, 1 July 1916, marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme
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Republican International Brigadiers on a Soviet T-26 tank at the Battle of Belchite, 1937
Stuka dive bombers in the Eastern Front (World War II)
1941–45
East Germany Uprising
Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash during the Second Cod War
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

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

Ongoing conflicts

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, 1 month and 5 days 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

References

  1. ^ – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Urlanis, B.Ts. (1960). Wars and population. p. 55.