This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include:
United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic Batavian Republic (1795–1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present) For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 For simultaneous wars in the south, see List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states. List of wars involving Belgium (1830–present) List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present)
Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result War of the Second Coalition(1799-1802) French Republic Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics:
Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic Parthenopaean Republic Austria Portugal French Royalists Victory Treaty of Amiens: General French victory Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the Batavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic Third Xhosa-Dutch War(1799–1803) Xhosa militiaKhoikhoi militia Stalemate The Xhosa were allowed to stay in Zuurveld. War of the Third Coalition(1803-1806) French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Bavaria Württemberg Naples and Sicily Portugal Victory Treaty of Pressburg Consolidation of the French Empire Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine Hostilities resume few months later with the formation of a Fourth Coalition against France Padri War(1803-1838) Adats Padris Victory
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result Franco-Swedish War(1805–1810) France Spanish Empire Holland Sweden Victory Ashanti–Fante War(1806–1807) Fante Confederacy Victory War of the Fourth Coalition(1806–1807) French EmpireFrench satellites: Confederation of the Rhine:
SaxonyJoined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806. Polish Legions
Etruria Holland
Swiss Confederation Saxony Sicily Victory Treaties of Tilsit Prussia lost one half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Franco-Russian alliance Promulgation of the Continental System Hostilities resume in 1808 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expanded in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France Second Tondano War(1808–1809) Holland Dutch East Indies Minahasan militia Victory War of the Fifth Coalition(1809) French EmpireFrench satellites: Confederation of the Rhine:
Saxony
Naples Switzerland Holland Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) Sicily Black Brunswickers Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Franco-Austrian Alliance Napoléon marries Marie Louise of Austria Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe resume in 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia and expand in 1813 with the formation of a Sixth Coalition against France
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result War of the Sixth Coalition(1813–1814) Sixth Coalition: (already at war) (already at war) (already at war) (already at war) (3 March) (14 March) (17 March)
After Pläswitz (June–August 1813)
(12 August) (8 Oct.)
After Leipzig (October 1813)
(18 Oct.) (18 Oct.) Baden (mid-November) Principality of the Netherlands (21 Nov.)
After January 1814
Denmark Duchy of Warsaw
Naples Until January 1814
Confederation of the Rhine Denmark–Norway Victory Napoleon abdicates and is captured Future of the Low Countries determined at Congress of Vienna (1814–15)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result Hundred Days(1815) War of the Seventh Coalition Hanover German Confederation Portugal Tuscany French Empire Victory Treaty of Paris: General French defeat Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France Bombardment of Algiers (1816) Regency of Algiers Victory 3000 slaves freed. First expedition to Palembang(1819) Palembang Sultanate Defeat Second expedition to Palembang(1821) Palembang Sultanate Victory Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo(1823) Chinese Indonesian rebels Victory First Bone War(1824–1825) Sulawesian militia Victory Java War(1825-1830) Pro-Dutch Javanese Rebel forces of Prince DiponegoroChinese mercenaries Victory Diponegoro deported to MakassarKatamanso War(1826) Ashanti Empire Victory Belgian Revolution(1830-1831) Belgian rebelsSupported by: France Defeat The main European powers recognized Belgium's de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra(1831) Victory First Sumatran expedition(1832) Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory Dutch–Ahanta War(1837-1839) Ahanta Kingdom Victory Ahanta becomes a Dutch protectorate Second Sumatran expedition(1838) Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Netherlands (1839–present)
ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result Dutch intervention in northern Bali(1846) Buleleng Victory Dutch intervention in Bali(1849-1850) Lombok BulelengJembranaKlungkung Victory Dutch control of Northern Bali. Palembang Highlands Expeditions(1851–1859) Forces of the Sultan of Palembang Victory Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado(1854-1855) Pro-Dutch Indonesians Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels China Victory Nias Expedition(1855-1864) Nias Victory Dutch intervention in Bali(1858) Buleleng rebels Victory Second Bone War(1859–1860) Sulawesian militia Victory Banjarmasin War(1859–1863) Sultanate of Banjarmasin Victory Shimonoseki Campaign(1863–1864) French Empire Chōshū Domain Victory Pasoemah Expedition(1864–1868) South Sumatra Victory Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70(1869-1870) Local rulers Victory Dutch Gold Coast sold to Britain in 1872 Aceh War(1873-1904) Aceh Sultanate Acehnese religious ulamaThai and Chinese mercenaries Victory Imposition of Dutch rule on Aceh. Aceh is annexed into the Dutch East Indies. Batak War(1878-1907) Batak Kingdom Victory Mandor rebellion(1884-1885) Lanfang Republic Qing dynastyDayak and Chinese Indonesian militia Victory Disestablishment of the Lanfang Republic. Jambi uprising(1885) Jambi Victory Edi Expedition(1890) Aceh militia Victory Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem(1894) Eastern Sasak Lombok MataramWestern Sasak Victory Dutch control of Lombok and Karangasem. Pedir Expedition(1897-1898) Aceh militia Victory Siege of the International Legationspart of the Boxer Rebellion(1900) France Yìhéquán Victory Unrest in Java(1900-1907) Peasant rebelsLone-wolf robbersarsonists Victory Merauke uprising(1902) Marind rebels Victory Campaigns against Dayak (Location: Kalimantan)(1902-1907) Dayak rebels Victory Kerinci Expedition(1903) Kerinci Victory Actions on Yapen(1903) Tribes of Yapen Victory Resistance on Tidore(1904) Tidore Victory South Sulawesi expedition(1904-1905) BoneLuwuWajo Victory Dutch intervention in Bali(1906) Badung Tabanan Klungkung Victory Dutch control of southern Bali. Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908(1908) Victory Overthrow of Cipriano Castro Dutch intervention in Bali(1908) Balinese rebels Victory World War II(1940–1945) (from 1943) (from 1944) (from 1944) (from 1944) (until 1943) (from 23 Sep. 1943) (until 1944) (until 1944) (1941-1944) Victory Collapse of the Third 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 Indonesian National Revolution(1945–1949) PDRI TNI Japanese volunteers (from 1946) Supported by: Wies Platje, 297–299J.D. Legge, 403 Indonesian political victoryDutch military victoryFriend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35. Indonesia secured its independence Dutch recognised United States of Indonesia in Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference APRA coup d'état(1950) Legion of the Just Ruler (APRA) Victory Korean War(1950–1953) Ceasefire Communist invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent UN invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent communist invasion of South Korea repelled Operation Trikora(1961–1962) Air and naval support by: Indonesian political victorySoedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.Military stalemate New York AgreementWestern New Guinea ceded to the United Nations. Gulf War(1990–1991) Other Allies Iraq Victory Kuwait regains its independence Operation Krivaja '95(6–11 July 1995) Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia Greek volunteers Russian volunteers Defeat Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre Operation Deliberate Force(30 August – 20 September 1995) Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group Kosovo War(1998–1999) Kosovo Liberation Army Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 NATO intervention KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Bulldozer Revolution in 2000 War in Afghanistan(2001–2021) ISAF Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition IMUOther groups Defeat Fall of Taliban régime in 2001 Osama bin Laden killed Taliban retakes Kabul Return of Taliban régime in 2021 Iraq War(2003–2011) after the fall of Saddam Hussein under Saddam Hussein
Sunni insurgents al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–2006) Islamic State of Iraq (2006–2011) Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah
Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Occupation of southern Iraq Dutch withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011 Operation Ocean Shield(2009–15 December 2016) Operation Atalanta(2009–present) Somali PiratesVictory NATO and EU operations being conducted. Action of 5 April 2010 Task Force Barracuda: sabotage of 5 Somali piracy mother ships Libyan Civil War(2011) Anti-Gaddafi forces several Arab League states Sweden : Armed forces Pro-Gaddafi Militia Foreign mercenariesVictory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control Dutch military intervention against ISIL Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War(2014–2019) Boko Haram
al-Nusra Front Khorasan
Ahrar ash-ShamVictory Operation Inherent Resolve is in play. 2014 Iraqi intervention against ISIL Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
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