This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.
France Antarctique
Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1558) Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567) - 1567 - Portuguese colonial campaigns Battle of São Vicente - 1583 - Pre-Anglo-Spanish War
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Battle of São Vicente (1583) Capture of Recife (1595)
Dutch–Portuguese War
Capture of Salvador (1624) Recapture of Salvador (1625) Siege of Recife (1630) Battle of Abrolhos (1631) Siege of Salvador (1638) Action of 12–17 January 1640 Battle of Tabocas (1645) First Battle of Guararapes (1648) Second Battle of Guararapes (1649) Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)
War of the Spanish Succession
Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1711)
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultKing Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental(1816–1820) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Misiones Corrientes Santa Fe Córdoba Luso-Brazilian victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultEmperor Brazilian War of Independence(1822–1825) Independentists (from 7 September 1822) Loyalists Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Brazil Independentist victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro Confederation of the Equator(1824) Confederation of the Equator Loyalist victory Cisplatine War(1825–1828) Preliminary Peace Convention Cisplatina becomes independent as Uruguay Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' revolt(1828) Empire of Brazil Irish and German Mercenary Rebels Empire of Brazil victory Revolt suppressed Cabanagem(1835–1840) Empire of Brazil Cabanos Empire of Brazil victory Ragamuffin War(1835–1845) Imperial victory The Juliana Republic and the Riograndense Republic are dissolved and reintegrated into the Empire. Sabinada(1837–1838) Bahia Republic Government victory Reincorporation of Bahia into Brazil. Platine War(1851–1852) Defence Government
Co-belligerent: Supported by: Cerrito Government Brazilian-led allied victory Buenos Aires clout over the Platine region ends Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts Uruguayan War(1864–1865) Brazilian–Colorado victory Start of the Paraguayan War Paraguayan War(1864–1870) Allied victory Treaty of the Triple Alliance ended Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty between Brazil and Paraguay Machaín-Irigoyen Treaty between Argentina and Paraguay Free navigation in the Platine region Allied occupation of Paraguay Paraguay permanently lost its claims to lands amounting to almost 40% of its prewar claimed territories. Brazil definitively gained the disputed territories north of the Apa River, now part of Mato Grosso do Sul state. Argentina definitively gained the disputed Misiones Province and all the disputed lands south of the Pilcomayo River now constituting Formosa Province.
Brazilian Republic (1889–) ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultPresident Federalist Revolution(1893–1895) Government victory Trinidad Conflict (1893-1897) Brazilian government Supported by: Portugal Principality of Trinidad United KingdomGovernment Victory Brazil Stabilishes Sovereignty over Trinidad and Martim Vaz ArchipelagoManhuassu Conflict (1896) Brazilian governmentManhuassu RepublicGovernment victory Serafim Escapes to Espirito Santo War of Canudos(1896–1897) Brazil Brazilian Army Police Corps Canudos inhabitants Jagunços Civil militia Government victory Movement squashed Settlements destroyed and survivors massacred Acre War(1899–1903) Supported by: Brazil BoliviaSupported by: United States Brazilian victory Treaty of Petrópolis (between Bolivia and Brazil) (between Brazil and Peru) Polo-Bustamante Treaty (between Peru and Bolivia) Brazilian annexation of Acre Contestado War(1912–1916) Brazilian Army
Police Rebels Government victory First World War(1914–1918) Allied Powers:
and others Central Powers: and others Allied Powers victory Partition of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Partition of German territories, all of their colonies lost, Bulgaria lost Thrace and smaller border areas Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East, such as Poland, Yugoslavia, Weimar Germany, Soviet Russia and Soviet Union, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Hejaz, and Yemen Constitutionalist Revolution(1932) Federal government Brazilian Army Army Aviation Brazilian Navy Marine Corps Naval Aviation Loyalists Police Corps Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro Paraná Constitutionalists São Paulo São Paulo Police 2nd Army Maracaju Gaúcho United Front Government and loyalist victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934 Second World War(1939–1945) Allies Braziland others Axisand others Allied victory Dominican Civil War(1965) Loyalist faction Constitutionalist faction Dominican Revolutionary Party Social Christian Revolutionary Party Loyalist victory Ceasefire declared Formation of the provisional government for new elections Deposition of Juan Bosch of the presidency ratified Organization of presidential elections in 1966 under international supervision Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president Establishment of the Fourth Dominican Republic on July 1, 1966 Araguaia Guerrilla War(1966–1975) Brazilian military government Communist Party of Brazil Brazilian military government victory
See also Military history of Brazil
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