List of wars involving the Netherlands
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1560. During the first war after 1560, namely the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648), the set of united provinces that would later become the Dutch Republic proclaimed its independence in 1581.
- United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795)
- 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)
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United Provinces (1581–1795)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Eighty Years' War (1566–1648) |
United Provinces England France |
Spanish Empire | Victory
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Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) |
Dutch Republic * Native allies |
Portugal * Native allies Spanish Empire |
* Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia * Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa and Macau * Both sides claim victory in India
|
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621) |
Dutch Republic | Rebel forces of the Banda Islands | Victory
|
Siege of Batavia (1628–1629) |
Dutch Republic | Mataram Sultanate | Victory
|
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636) |
Dutch Republic | Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang | Victory
|
Lamey Island Massacre (1636) |
Dutch Republic | Taiwanese militia | Victory |
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638) |
Tokugawa shogunate Dutch Republic |
Christian peasant and ronin rebels | Victory
|
Kieft's War (1643–1645) |
Dutch Republic | Lenape warriors and Algonquian allies | Dutch military victory Dutch political failure
|
Battle of Fehmarn (1644) | Sweden Dutch Republic |
Denmark-Norway | Victory |
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538-1640) |
Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Kandy Dutch East India Company (from 1638) |
Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652) |
Dutch Republic Taiwanese aborigines |
Guo Huaiyi's peasant army | Victory |
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) |
Dutch Republic | Commonwealth of England | Defeat |
Peach Tree War (1655) |
Dutch Republic | Susquehannock and allied tribes | Defeat
|
Second Northern War (1655–1660) |
Poland (Poland-Lithuania) Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Russia (1656–58) Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60) Dutch Republic |
Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57) Principality of Transylvania Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)[1] Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia |
Victory
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First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660) |
Dutch Republic | Khoikhoi militia | Victory |
Esopus Wars (1659–1663) |
Dutch settlers Iroquois Confederacy |
Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians Susquehannock and allied tribes |
Victory |
First Tondano War (1661–1664) |
Dutch Republic | Minahasan peoples | Victory |
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) |
Dutch Republic Denmark France |
England Bishopric of Münster |
Victory |
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674) |
Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway |
England France Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne |
Victory
|
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) |
|
Defeat
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Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677) |
Dutch Republic | Khoikhoi militia | Victory |
Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680) |
Mataram Sultanate Dutch East India Company (VOC)
|
Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677) |
Victory |
Nine Years' War (1688–1697) |
Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Swedish Empire (until 1691) Scotland |
France Jacobites |
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Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) |
Phetracha and various Siamese lords Dutch Republic |
Prasat Thong dynasty Kingdom of France |
Victory
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War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) |
Dutch Republic Austrian monarchy Prussia England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Habsburg Spain Portugal |
France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) |
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First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707) |
Dutch Republic | Mataram Sultanate | Victory |
Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) |
Dutch Republic Mataram Sultanate |
Rebel Princes | Victory |
1740 Batavia massacre (1740) |
Dutch Republic Native Indonesians allies |
Chinese Indonesian militia | Military victory Political failure
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Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757) |
Dutch Republic Kingdom of Cochin |
Kingdom of Travancore Maratha Empire Mysore |
Military Stalemate Dutch commercial victory |
Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743) |
Dutch Republic | Joint army of Chinese and Javanese | Victory |
Battle of Penfui (1749) |
Dutch Republic Timorese allies |
Topasses Timorese allies |
Victory |
Third Javanese War of Succession (1749–1757) |
Mataram Sultanate (until 1755) Dutch Republic Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755) Surakarta Sunanate (from 1755) |
Anti-Dutch rebels | Victory
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Cirebon War (1753-1773) | Dutch Republic * Dutch East India Company |
Cirebon Sultanate | Victory |
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) |
United States France Spain Netherlands Mysore |
Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries |
Victory
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First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia | Victory |
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) |
Dutch Republic Kingdom of France |
Great Britain | Defeat
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Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) |
Kingdom of Mysore Kingdom of France Dutch Republic |
East India Company Great Britain |
Stalemate
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Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia | Victory |
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) |
Holy Roman Empire Austria Prussia (until 1795) Great Britain French Royalists Spain (until 1795) Portugal Sardinia (until 1796) Naples and Sicily Other Italian states Dutch Republic |
Kingdom of the French (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) Spain (from 1796) Batavian Republic (from 1795) French satellite states Polish Legions (from 1797) |
Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic
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Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802) |
French Republic Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway |
Austria Russia Great Britain French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Ottoman Empire |
Victory
|
Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1799–1803) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia |
Stalemate
|
War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806) |
French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria Württemberg |
Austrian Empire Russian Empire Naples and Sicily Portugal Great Britain Sweden |
Victory
|
Padri War (1803-1838) |
Adats Netherlands |
Padris | Victory |
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810) |
France Spanish Empire Holland |
Sweden United Kingdom Prussia |
Victory |
Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) |
Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic |
Fante Confederacy | Victory |
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) |
French Empire French satellites: |
Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony[3] Sweden Sicily |
Victory
|
Second Tondano War (1808–1809) |
Holland |
Minahasan militia | Victory |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) |
French Empire French satellites: |
Austria Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers |
Victory
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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) |
Sixth Coalition:
After Pläswitz (June–August 1813) After Leipzig (October 1813)
After January 1814 |
France
Until January 1814 |
Victory
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
Netherlands (1839–present)
- War of succession
- War of conquest (territorial control)
- Religious war (including the European wars of religion)
- Economic war (including colonial wars)
- Revolt or rebellion (political)
Notes
- Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, although most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon.
- Many member states of the Confederation of the Rhine defected after Battle of Leipzig.
References
- Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
- Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
- Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
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- Wies Platje, 297–299
- J.D. Legge, 403
- Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
- Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840.
- Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
- "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_09/20180903_2018-09-RSM-Placemat.pdf
- President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News
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