List of wars involving Brazil
Appearance
This is a list of wars, rebellions and conflicts involving Brazil from the colonial period to the present day.
Colonial Brazil
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Iguape War (1534–1536) |
Portuguese Empire |
Spanish invaders | 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
|
Tupinambá Revolt (1618) |
Portugal under Philip of Spain |
Tupinambá people | Victory
|
Dutch invasions of Brazil (1624–1654) |
Portuguese Empire |
Dutch Republic | Victory |
Acclamation of Amador Bueno (1641) |
Portuguese Empire |
Nativists | Victory
|
Cachaça Revolt (1660–1661) |
Portuguese Empire |
Rio de Janeiro rebels | Victory
|
Conjuration of Our Father (1666) |
Portuguese Empire |
Pernambuco rebels | Victory
|
Barbarians' War (1683–1713) |
Portuguese Empire |
Confederação dos Cariris | Victory
|
Beckman Revolt (1684) |
Portuguese Empire |
Maranhão rebels | Victory
|
Mura War (18th century) |
Portuguese Empire |
Mura people | Victory
|
War of the Emboabas (1707–1709) |
"Emboabas" of Portugal | Bandeirantes | Victory
|
Mascate War (1710–1711) |
Portuguese Empire |
Vila de Olinda | Victory
|
Salt Revolt (1710–1720) |
Portuguese Empire |
São Paulo rebels | Victory
|
Mandu Ladino Revolt (1712–1719) |
Portuguese Empire |
Tupi people | Victory
|
Vila Rica Revolt (1720) |
Portuguese Empire |
Supporters of Filipe dos Santos | 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
|
Inconfidência Mineira (1789) |
Portuguese Empire |
Inconfidentes | Victory
|
Rio de Janeiro Conjuration (1794–1795) |
Portuguese Empire |
Conjurated from Rio | Victory
|
1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates (1796–1799) |
Portuguese Empire |
Conjurated from Bahia | Victory
|
Conspiracy of Suassuna (1800–1801) |
Portuguese Empire |
Pernambuco rebels | Victory
|
War of the Oranges (1801) |
Portuguese Empire |
Spanish Empire First French Republic |
Victory
|
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana (1809) |
Portuguese Empire |
First French Empire | Victory
|
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) |
Portuguese Empire |
United Provinces | Inconclusive
|
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | King |
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Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820) |
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Federal League Entre Ríos Misiones |
Victory
|
|
Pernambucan revolt (1817) |
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Captaincy of Pernambuco | Victory
| |
Liberal Revolution in Bahia and Grão-Pará (1821) |
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Captaincy of Bahia Captaincy of Grão-Pará |
Victory
|
Empire of Brazil
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Emperor |
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Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1824) |
Empire of Brazil | Portugal | Victory
|
|
Confederation of the Equator (1824) |
Empire of Brazil | Confederates | Victory
| |
Cisplatine War (1825–1828) |
Empire of Brazil | United Provinces Thirty-Three Orientals |
Stalemate
| |
Revolt of the Mercenaries (1828) |
Empire of Brazil Kingdom of France British Empire |
Irish mercenaries German mercenaries |
Victory
| |
War of Cabanos (1832–1835) |
Empire of Brazil | Rebels | Victory
|
(on behalf of Pedro II) |
Cabanagem Revolt (1835–1840) |
Empire of Brazil | Rebels | Victory
| |
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845) |
Empire of Brazil | Riograndense Republic Juliana Republic |
Victory
| |
Sabinada (1837–1838) |
Empire of Brazil | Bahia Republic | Victory
| |
Balaiada Revolt (1838–1841) |
Empire of Brazil | Rebels | Victory
| |
Liberal Rebellions (1842) |
Empire of Brazil | Liberal rebels | Victory
|
|
Praieira Revolt (1848–1849) |
Empire of Brazil | Praieiros | Victory
| |
Paranagua War (1850) |
Empire of Brazil | British Empire | Compromise
| |
Platine War (1851–1852) |
Empire of Brazil Uruguay Entre Ríos Corrientes Unitarians |
Argentina Federalists Blancos |
Victory
| |
Christie Question (1862–1865) |
Empire of Brazil | British Empire | Compromise
| |
Uruguayan War (1864–1865) |
Empire of Brazil Colorados Unitarians |
Uruguay Blancos Federalists |
Victory
| |
Paraguayan War (1864–1870) |
Empire of Brazil Argentina Uruguay |
Paraguay | Victory
|
First Brazilian Republic
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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Federalist Revolution (1893–1895) |
Brazil | Federalists National Party |
Victory
|
|
Revolta da Armada (1893-1894) |
Brazil | Navy mutineers | Victory
| |
French intrusion in Amapá (1895) |
Brazil | France | Victory
|
|
War of Canudos (1896–1897) |
Brazil | Canudos | Victory
| |
Acre War (1899–1903) |
Acre Brazil |
Bolivia United States |
Victory
|
|
Contestado War (1912–1916) |
Brazil | Rebels | Victory
|
|
World War I (1917–1918) |
France British Empire Russian Empire |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
|
Tenente Revolts (1922–1927) |
Brazil | Tenentismo | Victory
|
|
Brazilian Revolution of 1930 (1930) |
Brazil | New State | Regime change
|
Vargas Era
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932) |
Brazil | São Paulo Maracaju Frente Única Gaúcha |
Victory | |
World War II (1942–1945)[2] |
Soviet Union United States British Empire China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Norway Czechoslovakia India Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mongolia Mexico |
Germany Empire of Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Thailand Iraq |
Victory
|
Fourth Brazilian Republic
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lobster War (1961–1963) |
Brazil | France | Political victory (bloodless conflict)
|
Brazilian military government
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
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Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) |
Loyalists United States Brazil Honduras Paraguay Nicaragua |
Constitutionalists | Victory
|
|
Araguaia Guerrilla War (1967–1974) |
Brazil | PCdoB |
Victory
|
Sixth Brazilian Republic
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President |
---|---|---|---|---|
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)
- 2006 São Paulo violence outbreak
- 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis
Peacekeeping operations
- International Force for East Timor
- 2004 Haitian coup d'état
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
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.
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