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 (1581–1795)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Eighty Years' War
(15661648)
 United Provinces
 England
 France
Spanish Empire Victory
Dutch–Portuguese War
(16011661)
 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
  • Dutch forces occupy the Banda Islands.
Siege of Batavia
(16281629)
 Dutch Republic  Mataram Sultanate Victory
  • The Mataram siege repelled
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa
(16351636)
 Dutch Republic Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang Victory
  • Increased Dutch area of control
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
  • Because of the continuing threat by the Algonquians, numerous Dutch settlers returned to the Netherlands, and growth of the colony slowed.
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

 Kingdom of Kotte

Victory
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion
(1652)
 Dutch Republic
Taiwanese aborigines
Guo Huaiyi's peasant army Victory
First Anglo-Dutch War
(16521654)
 Dutch Republic  Commonwealth of England Defeat
Peach Tree War
(1655)
 Dutch Republic Susquehannock and allied tribes Defeat
  • Outlying Dutch settlements ordered to garrison at Fort Amsterdam
  • Staten Island abandoned but eventually retaken and equipped with better defenses.
Second Northern War
(16551660)
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
First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
(16591660)
 Dutch Republic Khoikhoi militia Victory
Esopus Wars
(16591663)
Dutch settlers
Iroquois Confederacy
Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians
Susquehannock and allied tribes
Victory
First Tondano War
(16611664)
 Dutch Republic Minahasan peoples Victory
Second Anglo-Dutch War
(16651667)
 Dutch Republic
Denmark
 France
 England
Bishopric of Münster
Victory
Third Anglo-Dutch War
(16721674)
 Dutch Republic
Denmark-Norway
 England
 France
Bishopric of Münster
Electorate of Cologne
Victory
Franco-Dutch War
(1672-1678)
Defeat
Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
(16731677)
 Dutch Republic Khoikhoi militia Victory
Trunajaya rebellion
(1674–1680)
Mataram Sultanate

Dutch East India Company (VOC)

  • VOC's Indonesian allies
Rebel forces
Makassarese itinerant fighters

Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677)

Victory
Nine Years' War
(16881697)
 Dutch Republic
 England
 Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire
 Duchy of Savoy
Swedish Empire (until 1691)
 Scotland
 France
Jacobites
Siamese revolution of 1688
(1688)
Phetracha and various Siamese lords
 Dutch Republic
Prasat Thong dynasty
 Kingdom of France
Victory
War of the Spanish Succession
(17011714)
 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)
First Javanese War of Succession
(17041707)
 Dutch Republic  Mataram Sultanate Victory
Second Javanese War of Succession
(17191723)
 Dutch Republic
 Mataram Sultanate
Rebel Princes Victory
1740 Batavia massacre
(1740)
 Dutch Republic
Native Indonesians allies
Chinese Indonesian militia Military victory
Political failure
Travancore–Dutch War
(17411757)
 Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Cochin
Kingdom of Travancore
Maratha Empire
Mysore
Military Stalemate
Dutch commercial victory
Java War (1741–43)
(17411743)
 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
(17491757)
Mataram Sultanate
(until 1755)
 Dutch Republic
Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755)
Surakarta Sunanate
(from 1755)
Anti-Dutch rebels Victory
Cirebon War (1753-1773)  Dutch Republic
* Dutch East India Company
Cirebon Sultanate Victory
American Revolutionary War
(17751783)
 United States
France
Spain
 Netherlands

Mysore
Oneida
Tuscarora
Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw

 Great Britain
Loyalists
German Auxiliaries

Iroquois
Onondaga
Mohawk
Cayuga
Seneca
Cherokee

Victory
First Xhosa-Dutch War
(17791781)
 Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
(17801784)
 Dutch Republic
 Kingdom of France
 Great Britain Defeat
Second Anglo-Mysore War
(17801784)
 Kingdom of Mysore
 Kingdom of France
 Dutch Republic
East India Company
 Great Britain
Stalemate
  • Status quo ante bellum
  • Treaty of Mangalore
Second Xhosa-Dutch War
(17891793)
 Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory
War of the First Coalition
(17921797)
 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

Batavian Republic (1795–1806)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
War of the Second Coalition
(1799-1802)
French Republic
 Spain
Polish Legions
Denmark–Norway

French client republics:

Austria
 Russia
 Great Britain
French Royalists
Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Ottoman Empire
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
(17991803)
 Dutch Republic Xhosa militia
Khoikhoi militia
Stalemate
  • The Xhosa were allowed to stay in Zuurveld.
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

Treaty of Pressburg

Padri War
(1803-1838)
Adats
 Netherlands
Padris Victory

Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
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

Treaties of Tilsit

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

Treaty of Schönbrunn

Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
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
  • Napoleon abdicates and is captured
  • Future of the Low Countries determined at Congress of Vienna (1814–15)

United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Hundred Days
(1815)

War of the Seventh Coalition

 United Kingdom
 Prussia
Hanover
German Confederation
 Austria
 Russia
 Sweden
 Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Tuscany
French Empire
 Kingdom of Naples
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)
 United Kingdom
 United Netherlands
Regency of Algiers Victory
  • 3000 slaves freed.
First expedition to Palembang
(1819)
 Dutch Empire Palembang Sultanate Defeat
Second expedition to Palembang
(1821)
 Dutch Empire Palembang Sultanate Victory
Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo
(1823)
 Dutch Empire Chinese Indonesian rebels Victory
First Bone War
(1824–1825)
 Dutch Empire Sulawesian militia Victory
Java War
(1825-1830)
 Dutch Empire
Pro-Dutch Javanese
Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro
Chinese mercenaries
Victory
Belgian Revolution
(1830-1831)
 Dutch Empire Belgian rebels
Supported 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)
 Dutch Empire  Aceh Sultanate Victory
First Sumatran expedition
(1832)
 United States
 Dutch Empire
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Dutch–Ahanta War
(1837-1839)
 Dutch Empire Ahanta Kingdom Victory
  • Ahanta becomes a Dutch protectorate
Second Sumatran expedition
(1838)
 United States
 Dutch Empire
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory

Netherlands (1839–present)

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Dutch intervention in northern Bali
(1846)
 Dutch Empire Buleleng Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali
(1849-1850)
 Dutch Empire
Lombok
Buleleng
Jembrana
Klungkung
Victory
  • Dutch control of Northern Bali.
Palembang Highlands Expeditions
(1851–1859)
 Dutch Empire Forces of the Sultan of Palembang Victory
Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado
(1854-1855)
 Dutch Empire
Pro-Dutch Indonesians
Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels
China
Victory
Nias Expedition
(1855-1864)
 Dutch Empire Nias Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali
(1858)
 Dutch Empire Buleleng Regency rebels Victory
Second Bone War
(1859–1860)
 Dutch Empire Sulawesian militia Victory
Banjarmasin War
(1859–1863)
 Dutch Empire Sultanate of Banjarmasin Victory
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)
 Dutch Empire
 British Empire
French Empire
 United States
Chōshū Domain Victory
Pasoemah Expedition
(1864–1868)
 Dutch Empire South Sumatra Victory
Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70
(1869-1870)
 Dutch Empire Local rulers Victory
  • Dutch Gold Coast sold to Britain in 1872
Aceh War
(1873-1904)
 Dutch Empire Aceh Sultanate
Acehnese religious ulama
Thai and Chinese mercenaries
Victory
Batak War
(1878-1907)
 Dutch Empire

Batak Kingdom

Victory
Mandor rebellion
(1884-1885)
 Dutch Empire Lanfang Republic
Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia
Victory
Jambi uprising
(1885)
 Dutch Empire Jambi Victory
Edi Expedition
(1890)
 Dutch Empire Aceh militia Victory
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem
(1894)
 Dutch Empire
Eastern Sasak
Lombok Mataram
Western Sasak
Victory
Pedir Expedition
(1897-1898)
 Dutch Empire Aceh militia Victory
Siege of the International Legations
part of the Boxer Rebellion
(1900)
 British Empire
 United States
France
 Russia
 Germany
 Italy
 Austria-Hungary
 Japan
 Belgium
 Dutch Empire
 Spain
 Qing Dynasty
Yìhéquán
Victory
Unrest in Java[4]
(1900-1907)
 Dutch Empire Peasant rebels
Lone-wolf robbers
arsonists
Victory
Merauke uprising[4]
(1902)
 Dutch Empire Marind rebels Victory
Campaigns against Dayak[4] (Location: Kalimantan)
(1902-1907)
 Dutch Empire Dayak rebels Victory
Kerinci Expedition
(1903)
 Dutch Empire Kerinci Victory
Actions on Yapen[4]
(1903)
 Dutch Empire Tribes of Yapen Victory
Resistance on Tidore[4]
(1904)
 Dutch Empire Tidore Victory
South Sulawesi expedition
(1904-1905)
 Dutch Empire Bone
Luwu
Wajo
Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1906)
(1906)
 Dutch Empire Badung
Tabanan
Klungkung
Victory
  • Dutch control of southern Bali.
Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908
(1908)
 Dutch Empire  Venezuela Victory
Dutch intervention in Bali (1908)
(1908)
 Dutch Empire Balinese rebels Victory
World War II
(19401945)
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Denmark
 Norway
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Czechoslovakia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Ethiopia

 Italy (from 1943)
 Romania (from 1944)
 Bulgaria (from 1944)
 Finland (from 1944)

 Germany
 Japan
 Italy (until 1943)

 Italian Social Republic
(from 23 Sep. 1943)
 Hungary
 Romania (until 1944)
 Bulgaria (until 1944)
 Finland (until 1944)
 Thailand
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
 Croatia
 Slovakia

Victory
Indonesian National Revolution
(19401949)
 Dutch Empire  Indonesia

Japanese volunteers (from 1946)
Supported by:
 Soviet Union[5][6]

Indonesian political victory
Dutch Millitary Victory
[7]
APRA coup d'état
(1950)
 Indonesia
 Netherlands
Legion of Ratu Adil (APRA) Victory
Korean War
(19501953)
 South Korea
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
 United Nations
 North Korea
 China
 Soviet Union
Ceasefire
  • Communist invasions of South Korea repelled
  • Subsequent UN invasion of North Korea repelled
  • Subsequent communist invasion of South Korea repelled
Operation Trikora
(19611962)
 Dutch Empire  Indonesia
Air and naval support by:
 Soviet Union
Indonesian political victory[8][9]
Military stalemate
[10][8]
Gulf War
(19901991)
 Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Egypt
 Syria
 Netherlands
Other Allies
Iraq Victory
  • Kuwait regains its independence
Operation Krivaja '95
(6–11 July 1995)
 Netherlands  Republika Srpska
Serb Volunteer Guard
Scorpions paramilitary unit

UNA-UNSO
Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia
Greek volunteers
Russian volunteers

Defeat
Operation Deliberate Force
(30 August – 20 September 1995)
 NATO
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 Turkey
 Republika Srpska 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
(19981999)
Kosovo Liberation Army
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
 France
 Canada
 Denmark
 Germany
 Italy
 FR Yugoslavia Victory
War in Afghanistan
(2001present)[11]
 Afghanistan
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Italy
 France
 Denmark
 Poland
 Romania
 Turkey
 Australia
 Spain
ISAF
Taliban
al-Qaeda
Haqqani network
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin
United Tajik Opposition
IMU
Other groups
Ongoing
Iraq War
(20032011)
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein
 Australia
 Poland
 Netherlands
 Denmark
 Iraqi Kurdistan
 Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Sunni insurgents


Shia insurgents

Victory
  • Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq
  • Occupation of southern Iraq
  • Dutch withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011
Operation Ocean Shield
(2009December 15th 2016) [13]
Operation Atalanta
(2009present)
 EU
 NATO
 Netherlands
Somali Pirates Victory
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Anti-Gaddafi forces
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Denmark
 Netherlands
 Italy
 Canada
several Arab League states
Sweden
 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Victory
Dutch military intervention against ISIL
Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War
(20142019)
 Netherlands  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Boko Haram

al-Nusra Front
Khorasan


Ahrar ash-Sham

Victory
Mali War
(20172019)
 Mali
MINUSMA
al-Qaeda Ongoing
  • Dutch withdrawal 2019
EMASoH
(2020)
 EU
 France
 Netherlands
 Denmark
Iran Ongoing
  • France led EU operations being conducted.
  • Dutch withdrawal in June 2020
First Bone WarSecond expedition to PalembangFirst expedition to PalembangInvasion of Java (1811)Invasion of the Spice IslandsJava campaign of 1806–07Battle of BlaauwbergBattle of PenfuiSiamese revolution of 1688Siamese revolution of 1688Esopus WarsKieft's WarJava WarBombardment of Algiers (1816)Ashanti–Fante WarBattle of SurinameAmerican Revolutionary WarTravancore–Dutch WarPeach Tree WarDutch pacification campaign on FormosaExpedition to the West Coast of BorneoXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsJava War (1741–1743)Khoikhoi–Dutch WarsKhoikhoi–Dutch WarsGuo Huaiyi rebellionShimabara RebellionSiege of BataviaPadri War1740 Batavia massacreSinhalese–Portuguese WarDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsHundred DaysFrench invasion of RussiaKettle WarJavanese Wars of SuccessionTrunajaya rebellionDutch–Portuguese WarWar of the Sixth CoalitionWar of the Fifth CoalitionFlanders campaignWar of the First CoalitionWar of the Austrian SuccessionNine Years' WarFirst Anglo-Dutch WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Spanish War (1635–1659)Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)War of the Fourth CoalitionWar of the Third CoalitionPatriottentijdWar of the Quadruple AllianceThird Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Dutch WarThirty Years' WarSecond Northern WarSecond Northern WarWar of the Second CoalitionSecond Anglo-Mysore WarFourth Anglo-Dutch WarWar of the Spanish SuccessionWar of DevolutionFirst Anglo-Dutch WarFirst Anglo-Dutch WarEighty Years' War

Sovereign Principality of the United NetherlandsFirst French EmpireKingdom of Holland

Dutch RepublicHabsburg Netherlands
Mali WarSouth Sulawesi expeditions of 1905Mandor rebellionDutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70Second Bone WarDutch–Ahanta WarJava WarLibyan Civil War (2011)Operation TrikoraDutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908Boxer RebellionXhosa WarsBanjarmasin WarXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsOperation AtalantaMakassar UprisingDutch intervention in Bali (1906)Shimonoseki campaignDutch intervention in northern Bali (1848)Padri WarOperation Ocean ShieldInvasion of AmbonDutch intervention in Bali (1908)Dutch intervention in Lombok and KarangasemDutch intervention in Bali (1849)Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)Kosovo WarAPRA coup d'état

Edi ExpeditionNias ExpeditionSecond Sumatran expeditionFirst Sumatran expeditionDutch military intervention against ISILIraq War Gulf WarIndonesian National RevolutionPedir ExpeditionJambi uprisingPalembang Highlands ExpeditionsDutch expedition on the west coast of SumatraWar in Afghanistan (2001–present)Bosnian WarKorean WarWorld War IIAceh WarPasoemah ExpeditionExpedition against the Chinese in MontradoBelgian RevolutionKingdom of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands

  •   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

  1. 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.
  2. Many member states of the Confederation of the Rhine defected after Battle of Leipzig.

References

  1. Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
  2. Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
  3. Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
  4. Hagen, Piet (2018-05-10). "Opstanden, expedities en oorlogen". Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (in Dutch). Singel Uitgeverijen. ISBN 9789029524209.
  5. Wies Platje, 297–299
  6. J.D. Legge, 403
  7. Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
  8. Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840.
  9. Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
  10. "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  11. https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_09/20180903_2018-09-RSM-Placemat.pdf
  12. President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News
  13. https://www.nato.int
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