List of wars involving Brazil
This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states from the colonial period to the present day.
Colonial Brazil (1500–1815)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Iguape War (1534–1536) | Portuguese Empire
| Spanish Invaders Carijó people Guainás people | Victory
|
Tamoyo Confederation (1554–1567) | Portuguese Empire
| Tupinambá people | Victory
|
Aimoré War (1555–1673) | Portuguese Empire
| Aimoré people | Victory
|
French Invasions of Brazil (1555–1736) | Portuguese Empire
| Kingdom of France | Victory
|
Palmares War (early 17th century–1695) | Portuguese Empire
| Quilombo dos Palmares | Victory
|
Cumã Revolt (1617–1621) | Portuguese Empire
| Tupinambá people | Victory
|
Tupinambás Uprising (1618) | Portugal | Tupinambá people | Victory
|
Dutch invasions of Brazil (1624–1654) | Portuguese Empire | Dutch Republic | Victory
|
Barbarians' War (1683–1713) | Portuguese Empire | Confederation of the Cariris | Victory
|
Mura War (18th century) | Portuguese Empire | Mura people | Victory
|
War of the Emboabas (1707–1709) | Portuguese settlers | Bandeirantes | Victory
|
Mascate War (1710–1711) | Portuguese Empire | Vila de Olinda | Victory
|
Mandu Ladino Revolt (1712–1719) | Portuguese Empire | Tupi people | Victory
|
Manaó War (1723–1728) | Portuguese Empire | Manaó people | Victory
|
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737) | Portuguese Empire | Spanish Empire | Victory
|
Guaraní War (1750–1756) | Portuguese Empire | Guarani people | Victory
|
Fantastic War (1762–1763) | Portuguese Empire | Spanish Empire Kingdom of France | Inconclusive
|
Spanish–Portuguese War of 1776 (1776–1777) | Portuguese Empire | Spanish Empire | Inconclusive |
War of the Oranges (1801) | Portuguese Empire | Spanish Empire France | Victory
|
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana (1809) | Portuguese Empire | French Empire | Victory
|
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) | Portuguese Empire | United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | Inconclusive
|
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | King |
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Luso–Brazilian conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820) | U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Supported by: | Federal League
| Victory
| |
Pernambuco Revolt (1817) | U.K. of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Pernambuco rebels | Victory
|
Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Emperor |
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Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825) | Brazil | Portugal | Victory
| |
Confederation of the Equator (1824) | Brazil | Confederates | Victory
| |
Invasion of Chiquitos (1825) | Brazil | Bolivia | Compromise
| |
Cisplatine War (1825–1828) | Brazil | United Provinces Thirty-Three Orientals | Stalemate
| |
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845) | Brazil | Piratini Republic Juliana Republic Supported by: Colorados Unitarians | Victory
| |
Sabinada (1837–1838) | Brazil | Bahia Republic | Victory
| |
Platine War (1851–1852) | Brazil Uruguay Entre Ríos Corrientes Unitarians Supported by: France Bolivia United Kingdom Paraguay | Argentina Federalists Blancos | Victory
| |
Uruguayan War (1864–1865) | Brazil Colorados Unitarians Argentina | Uruguay Blancos Federalists | Victory
| |
Paraguayan War (1864–1870) | Brazil Argentina Uruguay | Paraguay | Victory |
First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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Trinidad Conflict (1893–1895) | Brazil Portugal | Principality of Trinidad United Kingdom | Victory | |
French intrusion in Amapá (1895) | Brazil | France | Victory
| |
Acre War (1899–1903) | Acre Brazil | Bolivia Supported by: United States | Victory | |
World War I (1917–1918) | France United Kingdom Russia United States Italy Brazil | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria | Victory |
Vargas Era (1930–1945)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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World War II (1942–1945)[2] | United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Brazil | Germany Japan Italy | Victory
|
Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) | Dominican Loyalists United States Brazil Paraguay Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador | Dominican Constitutionalists | Victory
|
Sixth Brazilian Republic (1985–present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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Operation Traira (1991) | Brazil Colombia | FARC | Victory
|
Other conflicts (slave revolts, mutinies)
- Confederation of the Equator (1824)
- Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt (1828)
- Malê Revolt (1835)
- Brazilian Naval Revolt (1893–1894)
Peacekeeping operations
- International Force for East Timor
- 2004 Haitian coup d'état
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
See also
References
- ^ Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
- ^ Brazilian participation in World War II was limited to the Italian Campaign, lasting from 1943 to 1945; Hence Brazil was not involved in the Asian and Pacific theatre.
Bibliography
- Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.