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, militarized interstate disputes, 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.

BC

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Battle of Cape Ecnomus, 256 BC

Pre-500 BC

500–200 BC

200 BC onwards

1st–10th century AD

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Revolt of the Batavi, 69
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Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 312
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Battle of the Hellespont, 324

11th century

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Battle of Hastings (1066)

12th century

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Monument of Didgori Battle, Georgia

13th century

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Battle of Muret, 1213

14th century

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

15th century

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Battle of Formigny, 1450

16th century

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Battle of Pavia, 1525
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Siege of Eger, 1552
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, 1572
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Battle of Haarlemmermeer, 1573
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Battle of Gravelines, 1588
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A Burned Village, during the Cudgel War, 1596

17th century

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Relief of Genoa, 1625
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Battle of Rocroi, 1641
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Morning after the Assault on Copenhagen, 1659
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Four Days Battle, 1666
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Louis XIV crosses the Rhine at Lobith, during the Franco-Dutch War, 1672
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Siege of Buda, 1686
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Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue, 1692

18th century

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Battle of Denain, 1712
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Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII of Sweden, after the Siege of Fredriksten, 1718
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Battle of Hohenfriedberg, 1745
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Battle of Fleurus, 1794

19th century

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Napoleon crossing the Alps before the Battle of Marengo, 1800
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Battle of Austerlitz, 1805
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Battle of Waterloo, 1815
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Battle of Malakoff, 1855
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Prussian troops quarter just outside Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871

20th century

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Explosion of the 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
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German Stuka dive bombers in the Eastern Front (World War II) 1941–45
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A Soviet IS-2 tank in Leipzig during the 1953 East Germany Uprising
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Icelandic patrol ship ICGV Odinn and British frigate HMS Scylla clash during the Second Cod War
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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
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UNPROFOR troops on their way up "Sniper Alley" in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War
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A Russian helicopter downed by Chechen militants, during the First Chechen War

21st century

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The Russian army's Vostok Battalion in South Ossetia during the Russo-Georgian War.
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Damaged building during the Russo-Ukrainian War, in Lysychansk, Ukraine on 4 August 2014.
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Battle of Bakhmut, 2023

Ongoing conflicts

More information Conflict, Includes ...
Ongoing conflicts in Europe
Conflict Includes Date started Duration Casualties
Dissident Irish republican campaign 1996 28–29 years -50 killed
Russo-Ukrainian War 20 Feb 2014 11 years, 1 week and 4 days 250,000+ to 285,000 killed, 300,000 to 400,000 wounded, as of February, 2023
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