This is a list of wars involving the Plurinational State of Bolivia and its predecessor states from 1809 to the present.
Battle of Huarina (1547): Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Spanish American wars of independence(1808–1833) Patriot victory Disintegration of Spanish America Diplomatic recognition in 1821 (Portugal), 1822 (US), and 1825 (UK). Spain retained the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico until the Spanish–American War of 1898. Banda Oriental and Spanish Texas become part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and First Mexican Empire respectively. Bolivian War of Independence(1809–1825) Patriots: Bolivia Republiquetas
United Provinces Royalists: Spain Viceroyalty of Peru Patriot victory Independence of Bolivia Invasion of Chiquitos(1825) BoliviaSupported by: United Provinces Mato Grosso Defeat Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos. Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina. Bolivian–Peruvian territorial dispute(1825–1909) Inconclusive Polo–Bustamante Treaty is signed in 1909 Peruvian intervention of Bolivia(1828) Bolivia British legion Upper Peru Peruvian victory Establishment of the Second Republic of Upper Peru. End of Gran Colombian influence in Bolivia. Start the Gran Colombian-Peruvian War. More of 65% of Bolivia occupied by the Peruvian Army Salaverry-Santa Cruz War(1835–1836) Pro-Confederation:(Liberals) Orbegosistas Crucistas Supported by: France Republic of Iquicha Pipiolos Anti-Confederation:(Conservatives) Salaverristas Gamarristas Supported by: Argentina Chile Spain Limeños and Arequipeños Pro-Confederate victory Execution of Felipe Santiago Salaverry Creation of a confederate state Start of the War of the Confederation War of the Confederation(1836–1839) Peru–Bolivian Confederation
Orbegoso government(only in 1838) United Restoration: Chile Peruvian restorers La Fuente government(1837) Gamarra government(1838–1839) Argentine Confederation(since 1837) Chilean–Peruvian restorationist victory Fall and dissolution of the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation Peruvian reunification and restoration of the republics of Peru and Bolivia Exile of Andrés de Santa Cruz Iquicha War of 1839 Through negotiations with Bolivia, Argentina recovers the territories of the provinces of Jujuy and Salta that were occupied during the war War between Argentina and Peru–Bolivian Confederation(1837–1839) Peru–Bolivian Confederation Argentine Confederation Inconclusive Subsequent peace between the Argentine Confederation and Bolivia after the dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation Through negotiations with Bolivia, Argentina recovers the territories of the provinces of Jujuy and Salta that were occupied during the war Peruvian-Bolivian War of 1841-1842(1841–1842) Bolivia Peru Treaty of PunoThe history of the latest time, Ernst Wernicke vol. 1, Berlín, 4.a edición aumentada y mejorada.1872, p. 280.; Gebrüder Paetel Peruvian invasion repelled by Bolivian troops Bolivian invasion repelled by Peruvian troops Status quo ante bellum Pérez Rebellion(1862) General Gregorio Pérez's Rebels Victory Government victory Constitutional Revolution of Sucre(1865–1866) Constitutional Rebels Chincha Islands War(1865–1871) Chile Peru (since 1866) Nominal participation: Ecuador (since 1866) Bolivia (since 1866) Spain Indecisive, both sides claimed victory Indefinite armistice of 1871 Peace treaties between Spain and Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885). Bolivian Civil War of 1870(1870–1871) Rebels Victory Government victory War of the Pacific(1879–1883) Bolivia Chile Chilean Forces victory Bolivia becomes a landlocked country. The Peruvian Civil War started a year later due to the Treaty of Ancon Chilean influence increased until 1885, when Cáceres won the Peruvian civil war. Litoral Department (Antofagasta) occupied by Chile since 1879, ceded by Bolivia to Chile in 1904. Tarapacá Department occupied by Chile since 1879, ceded by Peru to Chile in 1884. Puna de Atacama ceded by Bolivia to Chile and Argentina in 1889 and 1899. Tacna Region occupied by Chile since 1880, returned to Peru in 1929. Arica Province occupied by Chile since 1880, ceded to Chile in 1929. Chiriguano War(1892) Chiriguano Victory Subjugation of the Chiriguano people Bolivian Civil War(1898–1899) Conservatives Liberals Liberal victory Creation of the Federal Government Junta La Paz becomes de facto seat of government Acre War(1899–1903) BoliviaSupported by: United States Supported by: Brazil Brazilian victory Treaty of Petrópolis (between Bolivia and Brazil) (between Brazil and Peru) Polo-Bustamante Treaty (between Peru and Bolivia) Brazilian annexation of Acre Campaign of the Manuripi Region(1910) Peruvian Forces victory Withdrawal of the Bolivian Army. Mandatory recognition by Bolivia of the Polo-Bustamente treaty given in 1909. Peruvian Republic obtains 250,000 km² recognises by Bolivia in the treaty and cedes 400km² to Peru Chaco War(1932–1935) Paraguayan victory Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay World War II(1943–1945) Allies Axis Allied victory Collapse of the German Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War Bolivian National Revolution of 1952(1952) Bolivian Government Republican Socialist Unity Party Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Defeat Resignation of President Mamerto Urriolagoitía Replacement of the oligarchic political order The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement's recognition during elections. Ñancahuazú Guerrilla (1966–1967) Bolivia ELN Bolivian government victory Che Guevara executedTeoponte Guerrilla (1970) ELN (Teoponte)Bolivian government victory
See also Bolivian War of Independence
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