List of conflicts in South America

This is a list of conflicts in South America.

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16th century

• 1529: Battle of Chimborazo War between Atahualpa and Huascar.
• 1532: Pizarro captures and ransoms the Incan ruler Atahualpa at Cajamarca starting the Spanish conquest of Peru.
• 1557–1575: French-Portuguese conflict over France Antarctique, a French colony in Rio de Janeiro.
• 1591: Thomas Cavendish, a British corsair, occupied Santos
• 16th c.- 19th c.: War of Arauco.

17th century

*1762: War of bananas.

This did not happen until 1762: The war of bananas.

18th century

• 1754–1757: Spanish-Portuguese invasion of the Jesuit-sponsored "Guarani Nation"
• 1779–1782: Rebellion of Tupac Shakur

19th century

• 1809: Portuguese invasion of French Guiana.
• 1810s and 1820s: Spanish American wars of independence.
• 1810-1815 The Boner Parade Conflict

• 1810-1818 Argentine War of Independence
• 1810-1818 Chilean War of Independence
• 1811-1823 Venezuelan War of Independence
• 1812-1821 Peruvian War of Independence

• 1821–1825 Brazilian War of Independence
• 1820–1828: The Argentina–Brazil War over the status of future Uruguay occurs.
• 1828–1829: Gran Colombia – Peru War.
• 1829–1830: Chilean Civil War of 1829.
• 1835–1845: Republican revolt against the Empire of Brazil is put down in the War of Tatters.
• 1836–1839: War of the Confederation between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and Chile.
• 1839–1851: Uruguayan Civil War
• 1851–1852: Platine War
• 1859–1863: Federal War in Venezuela.
• 1860–1862: Colombian Civil War
• 1864–1865: The Uruguayan War
• 1864–1866: The Chincha Islands War between Spain and former colonies Peru and Chile occurs.
• 1864–1870: The War of the Triple Alliance occurs.
• 1879–1884: Bolivia and Peru fight Chile in the War of the Pacific.
• 1891: Chilean Civil War.
• 1899–1902: Colombian Thousand Days War.

20th century

• 1912–1916: Contestado War, a rebellion in Brazil, fails.
• 1932–1933: Colombia-Peru War
• 1932–1935: The Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay is fought.
• 1941–1942: The Ecuadorian-Peruvian war occurs.
• 1947: The Colorado Party gains the upper hand in the Paraguayan Civil War.
• 1948: Costa Rican Civil War.
• 1948–1958: La Violencia in Colombia.
• 1964–present: the Colombian Armed Conflict between the government and guerrilla insurgencies devastates the country.
• 1976–1983: The Dirty War in Argentina.
• 1981: Ecuador and Peru clash again in the Paquisha Incident.
• 1980–present: The Peruvian Armed Conflict fought between the Shining Path insurgents and the Peruvian government.
• 1982: The Falklands War occurs.
• 1995: Ecuador and Peru dispute territory in the Cenepa War.

21st century

• 2008 Andean diplomatic crisis

See also

• List of conflicts in North America
• Revolutions of Brazil