This list details Spain's involvement in wars and armed conflicts, excluding those fought by its predecessor states or within its territory.
Catholic Monarchy ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsGranada War(1482–92) Conclusion of the Reconquista Location: Iberian Peninsula Catholic Monarchs of Spain Military Orders European crusaders Emirate of GranadaVictory Granada annexed Treaty of Granada (1491)First Italian War(1494–1498) Battle of Seminara Location: Italian Peninsula, Mediterranean SeaLeague of Venice: Kingdoms of Spain Duchy of Milan Duchy of Mantua (from 1496) Swiss mercenaries Duchy of Milan (before 1495)Victory Forced French retreatSpanish conquest of Haiti(1494–1509)Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, HispaniolaTaínosVictoryConquest of Melilla(1497) Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) Location: North Africa Castile and AragonWattasid dynastyVictoryZayyanid–Iberian conflicts (1415–1543)
Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) Capture of Mers-el-Kébir (1505) Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507) Spanish conquest of Oran (1509) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535) Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543) Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535), Spanish–Ottoman wars and Algerian–Moroccan conflictsLocation: North Africa Castile and Aragon (since 1497) pro-Spain Algerians
Kingdom of Portugal (until 1501) Kingdom of Tlemcen Banu Rashid
Minor support:
Regency of Algiers Wattasid dynastyPyrrhic Victory
Portuguese withdrawal from Algeria. Spanish Vassalization of the Kingdom of Tlemcen from Oran consolidated through Abu Abdallah VI, but with instability and hostility from Algiers, Ottomans.Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501) part of Mudejar revolts
Location: Iberian Peninsula Catholic Monarchs of Spain Kingdom of Granada Muslims of GranadaVictory Rebellion defeated Mass forced conversions of all Muslims in GranadaSecond Ottoman–Venetian War(1499–1503) Siege of the Castle of Saint George Location: Adriatic, Ionian and Aegean Seas Castile and AragonDefeat Venetian strongholds of Modon and Coron fall to the Ottomans Cephalonia and Ithaca to VeniceSecond Italian War(1499–1501) Location: Italian Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea
Castile and Aragon Duchy of Milan Victory, French victory over Duchy of Milan French control of the Duchy of Milan Spain and France reparts between them the Kingdom of Naples on Treaty of Granada (1500), deposing Frederick of Naples.Kemal Reis' raids on Western Mediterranean and Atlantic Sea (1501) Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands (1501)
Location: Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands Castile and Aragon Republic of Genoa Supported by: MoriscosVictoryThird Italian War(1502–1504) Battle of Ruvo Battle of Seminara Battle of Cerignola Battle of Garigliano Campaign of Rosellon Location: Italian Peninsula Castile and AragonVictory Peace of Lyon and Treaty of Blois (1504) Louis XII of France ceded Naples to Ferdinand II of Aragon Division of Northern and Southern Italy between France and SpainGuelders Wars (1502–1543) Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540)
Location: Low Countries, FrisiaHabsburg:
Habsburg Netherlands
Spain
County of Holland
County of Flanders
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Luxemburg Imperial Frisia (Saxony) (1514–15) Bishopric of Utrecht (1508–28)Guelders: Duchy of Guelders
Groningen & Ommelanden (1514–36)
Frisian rebels (1514–23)
Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1538–43)
Supported by:
Kingdom of France County of East Frisia (1514–17) Utrecht rebel groups (1520–28)Habsburg victory Guelders, Utrecht, Frisia and Groningen annexed Overijssel and Drenthe detached from Utrecht Jülich and East Frisia remain independentSpanish crusade(1503–12) Capture of Mers-el-Kébir Battle of Mers-el-Kébir Conquest of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera Spanish conquest of Oran Spanish conquest of Tripoli Spanish assault on Djerba Capture of Béjaïa Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) and Zayyanid–Iberian conflicts Location: North Africa (modern Maghreb countries), Mediterranean Sea Crown of AragonKingdom of Tlemcen Hafsid dynasty Hafsids of Béjaïa Wattasid dynastyVictory Start of Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 for the control of Algeria, Tunisia and Mediterranean Sea.Rebellion of CordobaEdwards, The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs, pp. 288–289 (1506–08)
Location: Córdoba, Spain Crown of AragonCordobese rebelsRoyalist victoryWar of the League of Cambrai(1508–1516) Battle of Ravenna Battle of La Motta part of Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy Location: Western Europe (Italian Peninsula, Iberian Peninsula, Modern France and England)1508–10:1510–11:1511–13:Holy League: Spain Swiss mercenaries1513–16: Spain Duchy of Milan Swiss mercenaries1508–10:League of Cambrai: Spain Duchy of Ferrara1510–11: Duchy of Ferrara1511–13: Duchy of Ferrara
1513–16: Duchy of FerraraDefeatSpanish conquest of Puerto Rico(1508–1511) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Puerto RicoTaínosVictorySack of Niebla (1508)Location: Iberian Peninsula Castile and AragonDuke of Medina SidoniaVictorySpanish conquest of Iberian Navarre (1512–1529) Location: Iberian Peninsula Castile and AragonVictory Navarre south of the Pyrenees annexed to Crown of Castile under the Spanish Monarchy. A small portion of Navarre north of the Pyrenees, Lower Navarre, along with the neighbouring Principality of Béarn survived as an independent kingdom, which passed by inheritance to French monarchs.Spanish conquest of Cuba(1511–1513) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, CubaTaínosVictoryTaíno rebellion of 1511(1511–1518) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Puerto RicoTaínos of Boriken and allies from the AntillesVictory Tainos are exiled and still fighting outside until 1529.Spanish conquest of the Maya (1511–1697)
Location: Mesoamerica and Central America SpainLate Postclassic Maya statesVictorySpanish conquest of Iberian Navarre (1511–1529)
Sangüesa insurrection
Location: Pyrenees Spain Kingdom of Navarre Supported by:Castilian-Aragonese victory Navarre south of the Pyrenees is annexed to Spain, while north of the Pyrenees to France.
Habsburg Spain ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results Algiers expedition (1516) Algiers expedition (1519) Capture of Peñón of Algiers Battle of Formentera Siege of Coron (1533–1534) Conquest of Tunis (1534) Conquest of Tunis (1535) Sack of Mahón Siege of Castelnuovo Battle of Preveza Battle of Girolata Algiers expedition Siege of Nice Battle of Alborán Sack of Cullera Siege of Tripoli (1551) Capture of Béjaïa (1555) Siege of Oran (1556) Raid of the Balearic islands (1558) Expedition to Mostaganem (1558) Battle of Djerba Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir Great Siege of Malta Capture of Tunis (1569) Battle of Lepanto Conquest of Tunis (1574) Location: Mediterranean Sea, Southern Europe, North Africa Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily
Supported by:
Holy Roman Empire
Malta Republic of Florence Hafsid Kingdom Ottoman Egypt Ottoman Libya Ottoman Tunisia Ottoman Algeria Supported by:Ottoman victory in North Africa, strategic balance in the MediterraneanSpanish-Algerian war (1516–1518) Capture of Algiers Algiers expedition Battle of Oued Djer Expedition to the Moulouya Siege of Tlemcen Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) and Spanish–Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 Location: North Africa Spanish Oran
Kingdom of Tlemcen Regency of Algiers Kingdom of KukuHispano-Zayyanid Victory Khayr al-Din renounced the title of Sultan of Algiers. Then contacted Selim I, offering his allegiance as Beylerbey and obtained Ottoman assistance for the next year.Portuguese invasion of Couto Misto (1517–1518)
Part of Portuguese-Galician border conflicts Location: Portugal–Spain border Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Galicia Couto Misto Kingdom of PortugalDefeat
The village of Pena, situated between Santiago de Rubiás and Vilar, was burned by a Portuguese raiding forceSpanish-Ottoman War (1518–1519) Fall of Tlemcen Algiers expedition Spanish assault on Djerba Part of Spanish campaigns in the Maghreb (1497–1535) and Spanish-Ottoman Wars of 1515–1577 Location: North Africa Spanish Oran
Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Kuku Regency of AlgiersStalemate: Hayreddin Barbarossa recaptured Tlemcen in December 1518 and is made Beylerbey in 1521. King of Kuku annexes Algiers and reigns there for several years.Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire(1519–21) The Night of Sorrows Fall of Tenochtitlan Location: Mesoamerica (Modern Mexico) Spanish conquistadores Indian auxiliaries Tlaxcala CempoalaVictory Aztec empire is annexed to Spanish EmpireRevolt of the Brotherhoods(1519–23) Brotherhoods of Mallorca
Location: Iberian Peninsula Empire of Charles V Kingdom of Valencia Kingdom of MajorcaGermaniesRoyalist victoryRevolt of the Comuneros(1520–21) Battle of Villalar Location: Iberian Peninsula (Crown of Castile) Empire of Charles VCastilian rebelsRoyalist victoryGipuzkoa revolt of 1520–21 Location: Iberian Peninsula (Basque Country) Empire of Charles VBasque rebelsRoyalist victoryIndigenous Rebellion of 1520 part of conquest of Venezuela Location: South America Spanish conquistadorescaribes, tagares and aruacasDefeat Spaniards retreat and punish Antonio Flores for killing an indigenous Cacique.Italian War of 1521–1526(1521–1526) Battle of Pampluna Battle of Noain-Esquiroz Battle of Noáin Battle of Bicocca Siege of Genoa Battle of Sesia Italian campaign of 1524–1525 Battle of Pavia Location: Western Europe (Italian Peninsula, Iberian Peninsula, Modern France and Low Countries) Spain (1521–1523 and 1525–1526) Swiss mercenaries
(1524–1525)
Marquisate of SaluzzoHabsburg Victory Capture of Francois I of FranceGreen Banner Mutiny (1521)
Location: Iberian Peninsula, Seville Kingdom of SevilleAndalusian rebelsGovernment victoryBattle of Mactan (1521) Part of Magellan expedition Location: Asia, Philippine Islands SpainRajahnate of CebuKedatuan of MactanDefeat Visayan kingdom of Mactan Island forces kills Magellan.1521 Santo Domingo Slave Revolt (1521) Location: Americas, Caribbean Sea, Hispaniola SpainAfrican slavesVictoryMoluccas issue (1521–1529) Magellan expedition Loaísa expedition Saavedra expedition
Location: Asia, Maluku Islands (modern Indonesia) Spain Spanish East Indies Portuguese Empire Portuguese MalaccaStalemate Treaty of ZaragozaTidore-Ternate conflicts (1521–1667) Spanish Jailolo-Portuguese Ternate war of 1533 Spanish conquest of the Moluccas Location: Asia, Maluku Islands and Philippine IslandsSultanate of TidoreSupported by: Spain Spanish East Indies Ternatean supporters of Spanish rule (since 1606)
Jailolo Sultanate (until 1536)
Sultanate of Bacan (1521–1557; 1583–1609) Sultanate of Ternate Jailolo Sultanate (since 1551) Supported by:
Portuguese Empire (until 1605) Portuguese India Portuguese Malacca Portuguese Macau Portuguese Indonesian colonies
Dutch Empire (since 1605) Dutch East Indies Sultanate of Bacan (1557–1583; 1609–1667)StalemateSpanish conquest of the Tarascan empire (1522–1530)
Location: Mesoamerica (ModernMexico) New Spain
Indian auxiliaries Purépecha EmpireVictory Incorporation of the territory into the Viceroyalty of New SpainSpanish conquest of Chiapas(1523–1695) Location: Mesoamerica (ModernMexico) New Spain
Indian auxiliariesZoque peopleChiapaneca people Independent Maya, including: Lakandon Chʼol people Tojolabal people Tzotzil people Spanish conquest of Yucatán(1523–1547) Location: Mesoamerica (ModernMexico) New Spain
Indian auxiliariesMayan tribesVictorySpanish conquest of Guatemala(1524–1667)
Spanish conquest of the Kingdom of Q'umarkaj
Location: Central America New Spain
Indian auxiliariesIndependent indigenous kingdoms and city-statesVictorySpanish conquest of El Salvador(1524–1539) Location: Central America New Spain
Indian auxiliariesIndigenous peoples of El Salvador, including: Chʼortiʼ Maya people Lenca people Mangue people Matagalpa people