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.

There are various definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia.

BCE[edit]

Pre-500 BCE[edit]

500–200 BCE[edit]

200 BCE onwards[edit]

1st–10th century CE[edit]

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

11th century[edit]

Battle of Hastings (1066)

12th century[edit]

Monument of Didgori Battle, Georgia

13th century[edit]

Battle of Muret, 1213

14th century[edit]

Battle of Sluys, 1340, from a manuscript
Battle of Nájera, 1367

15th century[edit]

Battle of Formigny, 1450

16th century[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Explosion of the Hawthorn Ridge mine, 1 July 1916, marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
Republican International Brigadiers on a Soviet T-26 tank at the Battle of Belchite, 1937
German Stuka dive bombers in the Eastern Front (World War II) 1941–45
A Soviet IS-2 tank in Leipzig during the 1953 East Germany Uprising
Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash during the Second Cod War
A "Sniper at work" sign in Crossmaglen, a symbol of the 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[edit]

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

Ongoing conflicts[edit]

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, 1 week and 1 day 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Levy, Jack S. (July 15, 2014). War in the Modern Great Power System: 1495--1975. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813163659 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Urlanis, B.Ts. (1960). Wars and population. p. 55.