This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.
Date Name of Conflict AlliesEnemies Outcome170Battle of CarnuntumRoman Empire Marcomanni QuadiGermanic victory10/12 August 943Battle of Wels (part of Hungarian invasions of Europe)East Francia Duchy of Bavaria March of CarinthiaPrincipality of HungaryBavarian–Carantanian victory
Margraviate of Austria (976–1156)
Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies976978War of the Three Henries (976–978) Holy Roman Empire Duchy of BavariaBavarian defeat Birth of Austria, Leopold I becomes Margrave of Austria10151015Bolesław I's first invasion of the Austria Holy Roman Empire Duchy of PolandVictory Polish invasion of Austria fails10171017Bolesław I's second invasion of the Austria Holy Roman Empire Duchy of PolandVictory Polish invasion of Austria fails10301031Conrad II's invasion of Hungary Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of HungaryDefeat10401041Henry III's invasion of Bohemia Holy Roman Empire Duchy of BohemiaVictory10421044Henry III's invasion of Hungary Holy Roman Empire Peter Orseolo's Hungary Samuel Aba's HungaryVictory Battle of Ménfő Peter Orseolo reinstated as king of Hungary29 June 107327 October 1075Saxon Rebellion Holy Roman Empire Duchy of SaxonyVictory Rebellion suppressed12 May 108212 May 1082Battle of Mailberg Margraviate of Austria County of Bogen Duchy of BohemiaDefeat11 September 114611 September 1146Battle of the Fischa Duchy of Bavaria March of Austria Kingdom of HungaryDefeat11471150Second CrusadeDefeat Lisbon captured by the Portuguese Tarragona and Tortosa captured by the Catalans
Duchy of Austria (1156–1453) Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents OutcomeNotable battles Allies Enemies11 May 11892 September 1192Third CrusadeVictory Treaty of Ramla22 September 11971 July 1198Crusade of 1197Kingdom of Cyprus Duchy of Brabant Duchy of Austria Landgraviate of Thuringia County Palatine of the Rhine Duchy of Merania Bishopric of Passau Bishopric of Hildesheim Bishopric of Halberstadt County of GoriziaAyyubidsVictory Beirut restored to the Kingdom of Jerusalem Jaffa Re-Captured by the Ayyubids after the Third Crusade Crusader Failure to Re-Capture JerusalemJuly 1209April 12, 1229Albigensian Crusade Viscounty of Béziers and Albi
County of Foix Viscounty of Carcassonne Kingdom of EnglandVictory Treaty of Paris12171221Fifth CrusadeCrusaders: Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of France Kingdom of Germany Levant: Kingdom of Jerusalem Kingdom of Cyprus Latin Empire Military orders: Knights Templar Teutonic Order Knights HospitallerMuslim forces: Ayyubid SultanateDefeat Ayyubid victory12171274Prussian CrusadeCrusaders: Teutonic Order Order of Dobrin Duchy of Masovia Kingdom of Poland Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Silesia Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Margraviate of Brandenburg Margraviate of Meissen Margraviate of Lusatia Landgraviate of Thuringia Duchy of Austria Margraviate of Moravia Duchy of Saxony Principality of Anhalt County of Mark County of Jülich Burgraviate of Magdeburg County of Regenstein County of Schwarzburg County of Habsburg Duchy of Pomerania (turned) Duchy of Pomerelia Duchy of Gdańsk Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo Duchy of Lubiszewo Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia Order of Calatrava other guest crusaders, especially from the HREBaltic pagans: Prussians Bartians Galindians Natangians Nadruvians Pomesanians Pogesanians Sambians Warmians Yotvingians (Sudovians) Skalvians Allies of Prussians: Grand Duchy of Lithuania Duchy of PomeraniaVictory Teutonic Knights gain control of Prussia12411242Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire Golden HordeVictory15 June 124615 June 1246Austrian-Hungarian War (1246–1254)Duchy of AustriaKingdom of HungaryVictory July 126031 March 1261War of StyriaVictory Peace of Vienna26 August 127826 August 1278Habsburg–Přemyslid WarMercenaries: March of Brandenburg Duchy of Styria March of Meissen Lesser Poland Greater PolandVictory12911474/1511Swiss-Habsburg war Holy Roman EmpireDefeat
Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy Shift of the center of power of the Habsburg possessions to the east, in Austria2 July 12982 July 1298Battle of GöllheimDuchy of AustriaKingdom of BohemiaCounty of NassauElectoral PalatinateVictory31 May 130731 May 1307Battle of LuckaHoly Roman EmpireMargraviate of MeissenDefeat9 November 13139 November 1313Battle of GammelsdorfDuchy of AustriaDuchy of BavariaDefeat15 November 131515 November 1315Battle of MorgartenDuchy of AustriaForest Cantons (Swiss Confederacy): Schwyz Uri UnterwaldenDefeat28 September 132228 September 1322Battle of MühldorfDuchy of AustriaDuchy of CarinthiaPrince-Archbishopric of SalzburgBishopric of PassauDuchy of (Upper) BavariaKingdom of BohemiaBurgraviate of NurembergDefeat Capture of Frederick of Habsburg9 July 13639 July 1369 Archbishopric of Salzburg Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria Commune of MilanVictory9 July 13869 July 1386Battle of SempachDuchy of AustriaOld Swiss Confederacy Lucerne Uri Schwyz UnterwaldenDefeat9 April 13889 April 1388Battle of Näfels Duchy of Austria Old Swiss Confederacy
SchwyzDefeat14011429Appenzell WarsAbbey of Saint Gall Diocese of Konstanz Diocese of Augsburg Counts of Toggenburg Knights of Saint GeorgeApenzell St. Gallen Canton of SchwyzStalemate
Apenzell joins Old Swiss Confederacy30 July 141930 May 1434Hussite Wars Crusaders and Catholic loyalists:Hungary-Croatia Cumans Holy Roman Empire (also German Kingdom) Bohemian Crown Landfrieden of Plzeň Bohemian Catholic nobility and cities German Bohemians Moravia Olomouc Silesian duchies Oels Nysa Oława Świdnica
Żagań Wrocław Troppau Upper Lusatia Lower Lusatia Egerland Kladsko Meissen Saxony Austria Palatinate Brandenburg Bavaria-Landshut Trier Cologne Mainz Thuringia Hesse Würzburg Brunswick-Lüneburg Swabian cities Free imperial cities Various mercenaries and crusaders Teutonic OrderOrder of RhodesPapal StatesEnglandSerbiaPolandAllies:Moderate Hussite faction Praguers Bohemian Hussite nobility
Split taborite group:Radical Picards/Neo-Adamites Bohemia & Moravia:Hussite movementHussite Bohemia Taborites Praguers Orebites Union of Žatec and Louny Bohemian Hussite nobility and cities Moravian Hussites Moravian Hussite nobility
Radical Hussite faction Taborites Orebites Orphans Allies:LithuaniaSupported by:Poland
Polish–Hussite invasion of Prussia (1433):PolandPomerania-StolpOrphans as mercenaries
Poland:Polish HussitesVictory
Compromise between moderate Hussites and the Catholic Church; both join forces to fight the radical Hussites The moderate Hussites are recognized by the Catholic Church and allowed to practice their own rite The radical Hussites are defeated, and their rites forbidden Sigismund of Luxembourg becomes King of Bohemia The Basel Compacts, signed by Emperor Sigismund and Catholic and Hussite representatives, effectively end the Hussite Wars Battle of Waidhofen (1431)2 November 144012 June 1446Old Zürich WarImperial City of ZurichHabsburg Further AustriaFranceOld Swiss Confederacy: Canton of Bern Canton of Lucerne Canton of Uri Canton of Schwyz Canton of Unterwalden Canton of Glarus Canton of Zug Vogteien of AppenzellVictory Settled by the Peace of Einsiedeln, 13 July 1450, Zurich re-admitted to the Confederation Southern Zurich littoral (March and Höfe) lost to Schwyz; Kyburg lost to the Habsburgs (until 1452) War of the Babenberg Succession:
Battle of Kressenbrunn - 1260 Battle on the Marchfeld - 1278
Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804) Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) OutcomeNotable battles Allies Enemies14581465Inner Austrian WarAlbert VI, Archduke of Austria Kingdom of BohemiaVictory4 March 1459April 1462Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62)Kingdom of HungaryDefeat26 July 146827 August 1468Waldshuter warDefeat1 February 1469October 1469Supporters of Victory14745 January 1477Burgundian WarsUpper AlsaceBurgundian StateVictory Extinction of Valois Burgundy and division between Valois France and Habsburg heirs19 August 147723 December 1482War of the Burgundian SuccessionBurgundy-Habsburg: Valois-Orléans: Defeat Treaty of Arras (1482) France annexes several Burgundian territories, including the two Burgundies and Picardian counties.14771488Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88)Holy Roman EmpireKingdom of HungaryDefeat The Black Army captures Vienna Siege of Hainburg – 1482 Battle of Leitzersdorf – 1484 Siege of Vienna (1485) Siege of Retz – 1486 Siege of Wiener Neustadt (1486 - 1487)2 February 14781478Carinthian Peasant RevoltCarinthian Peasants LeagueVictory Rebellion suppressed5 June 1483June 1485Flemish revolt of 1483–1485Flemish rebelsVictory Rebellion suppressedJune 148622 July 1489Mad WarRebellious nobles Lorraine Brittany Albret Orange Angoulême Supported by: Holy Roman Empire England CastileFranceDefeat Treaty of Frankfurt (1489)14871487Battle of Calliano (1487) Bishopric of Trent County of Tyrol Republic of VeniceVictoryNovember 14871492Flemish revolt of 1487–1492Victory14907 November 1491Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of HungaryVictory Peace of Pressburg (1491)14911492Bread and Cheese RevoltBread and Cheese Folk Victory14941495Italian War of 1494–14951494:1495:League of Venice Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan (1496–98) Margraviate of Mantua Swiss mercenaries Duchy of Milan (before 1495) Duchy of Ferrara (officially neutral)Victory20 January 149922 September 1499Swabian War Swabian League
Forces of the Three Leagues of the GrisonsDefeatPeace of Basel Swiss Confederacy exempt from the resolutions of the Imperial Diet of Worms (1495) Battle of Hard - 1499 Battle of Frastanz - 149915021543 Guelders WarsHabsburg NetherlandsDuchy of GueldersVictory The Duchy of Guelders is incorporated into the Seventeen Provinces150519 July 1506Austrian–Hungarian War (1505–06) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of HungaryVictory Treaty of Vienna (1506)February 15084 December 1516War of the League of Cambrai1508–1510: League of Cambrai: 1511–1513: Holy League: 1513–1516:1508–1510: 1513–1516:Defeat15151515Slovene peasant revolt of 1515Slovenian rebelsVictory15151523Arumer Zwarte HoopHabsburg NetherlandsArumer Zwarte Hoop Charles II, Duke of GueldersVictory152114 January 1526Italian War of 1521–26 Spain (1521–1523 and 1525–1526) Swiss mercenaries
(1524–1525) Marquisate of SaluzzoVictory Capture of Francis I of France at the Battle of Pavia Treaty of Rome (1525) Treaty of Madrid (1526)16 April 152025 October 1521Revolt of the ComunerosRoyalist CastiliansComuneros rebelsVictory15241525German Peasants' WarPeasants' armyVictory Suppression of revolt and execution of its participants, as well as a major influence on the Anabaptist movement22 May 152610 August 1530War of the League of CognacPro-Habsburg:League of Cognac:Victory Treaty of Cambrai (1529) End of the Florentine Republic (1530) Transformation of Florence into a hereditary monarchy by Pope Clement VII (1532)17 December 152622 July 1533Ottoman-Habsburg War (1526–1533)Holy Roman Empire Archduchy of Austria Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Styria Duchy of Carniola Royal HungaryKingdom of CroatiaSpanish EmpirePapal StatesOttoman EmpireJohn Szapolyai's Hungarian kingdomKingdom of FranceDefeat Hungary was divided into larger Ottoman and smaller Habsburg spheres of influence, as well as a semi-independent Hungarian vassal state of Transylvania. Siege of Vienna (1529) Battle of Leobersdorf (1532)June 1535June 1535Conquest of Tunis (1535) Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily
County of Flanders Kingdom of Portugal Papal States Republic of Genoa Knights of Malta Ottoman EmpireVictory