List of conflicts in Europe
This is a list of conflicts in Europe ordered chronologically, including wars between European states, civil wars within European states, wars between a European state and a non-European state that took place within Europe, militarized interstate disputes, and global conflicts in which Europe was a theatre of war.
There are various definitions of Europe and in particular, there is a significant dispute about the eastern and southeastern boundaries, specifically about how to define the countries of the former Soviet Union. This list is based on a wide definition that includes much of the interface between Europe and Western Asia.
BC
Pre-500 BC
- c. 5000 BC Talheim Death Pit
- c. 5000 BC Massacre of Schletz
- c. 5000 BC Massacre at Kilianstädten
- c. 1300 BC Tollense valley battlefield
- c. 1200 BC Trojan War
- c. 1104–900 BC Dorian invasion
- c. 753–351 BC Roman–Etruscan Wars
- c. 753–494 BC Roman–Sabine wars
- 743–724 BC First Messenian War
- 710–650 BC Lelantine War
- circa 700–601 BC Alban war with Rome
- 685–668 BC Second Messenian War
- 669–668 BC Sparta–Argos War
- 600–265 BC Greek–Punic Wars
- 595–585 BC First Sacred War
- 560 BC Second Arcadian War
- 540 BC Battle of Alalia
- 538–522 BC Polycrates wars
500–200 BC
- 509–396 BC Early Italian campaigns
- 500–499 BC Persian invasion of Naxos'
- 499–493 BC Ionian Revolt
- 492–490 BC First Persian invasion of Greece
- 482–479 BC Second Persian invasion of Greece
- 480–307 BC Sicilian Wars
- 460–445 BC First Peloponnesian War
- 449–448 BC Second Sacred War
- 440–439 BC Samian War
- 431–404 BC Second Peloponnesian War
- 404–403 BC Phyle Campaign
- 395–387 BC Corinthian War
- 390–387 BC Celtic invasion of Italia
- 378–371 BC Boeotian War
- 378–362 BC Theban-Spartan War
- 357–355 BC Social War
- 356–346 BC Third Sacred War
- 346-344 BC Foreign War
- 335 BC Alexander's Balkan campaign
- 323–322 BC Lamian War
- 280–275 BC Pyrrhic War
- 272 BC Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese
- 267–261 BC Chremonidean War
- 264–241 BC First Punic War
- 229– 222 BC Cleomenean War
- 229–228 BC First Illyrian War
- 220–216 BC Lyttian War
- 220–217 BC Social War
- 220–219 BC Second Illyrian War
- 218–201 BC Second Punic War
- 214–205 BC First Macedonian War
200 BC—1st Century AD
- 200–197 BC Second Macedonian War
- 195 BC Laconian War
- 191–189 BC Aetolian War
- 171–168 BC Third Macedonian War
- 146 BC Achaean War
- 135–132 BC First Servile War
- 113–101 BC Cimbrian War
- 113 BC – 476 AD Germanic Wars
- 104–100 BC Second Servile War
- 91–87 BC Social War
- 87 BC Bellum Octavianum
- 85 BC Colchis uprising against Pontus
- 80–72 BC Sertorian War
- 82–81 BC Sulla's civil war
- 77 BC Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
- 73–71 BC Third Servile War
- 73–63 BC Roman Expansion in Syria & Judea
- 65–63 BC Pompey's campaign in Caucasus
- 63–62 BC Second Catilinarian conspiracy
- 55–54 BC Caesar's invasions of Britain
- 58–51 BC Gallic Wars
- 49–45 BC Caesar's Civil War
- 42–36 BC Bellum Siculum
- 43 BC Battle of Mutina
- 43–42 BC Liberators' civil war
- 41–40 BC Perusine War
- 32–30 BC Final War of the Roman Republic
- 29–19 BC Cantabrian Wars
- 12 BC - 16 AD Early Germanic campaigns
1st–10th century AD
- 6–9 Bellum Batonianum
- 21 Revolt of Sacrovir
- 49–96 Roman conquest of Britain
- 51 Armenian–Iberian war
- 60–61 Boudica's uprising
- 69 Year of the Four Emperors
- 69–70 Revolt of the Batavi
- 86–88 Domitian's Dacian War
- 101–106 Trajan's Dacian Wars
- 166–180 Marcomannic Wars
- 193 Year of the Five Emperors
- 208–210 Roman invasion of Caledonia
- 235–284 Crisis of the Third Century
- 238 Year of the Six Emperors
- 267–269 Gothic War
- 274 Battle of Châlons
- 284–285 Roman civil war
- 306–324 Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
- 350–353 Roman civil war
- 356–378 Roman-Alamanni War
- 360–361 Roman civil war
- 367–368 Great Conspiracy
- 367–369 Gothic War
- 376–382 Gothic War
- 387–388 Roman civil war
- 394 Roman civil war
- 395-398 Revolt of Alaric I
- 398 Stilicho's Pictish War
- 401–403 Gothic War
- 405–406 War of Radagaisus
- 406 Vandal-Frankish war
- 406–413 Roman civil war
- *409–411 Gerontian Revolt
- *411–413 Revolt of Jovinus
- *412-413 War of Heraclianus
- 409–418 Gothic War
- 409–417: Bagaudae Revolt, uprising in the Loire valley and Brittany
- 416–418 Gothic War in Spain
- 420 Battle of the Nervasos Mountains
- 422 Battle of Tarraco
- 424–425 Roman civil war
- 425–426: Gothic revolt of Theodoric I
- 428: Frankish War
- 430: Gothic revolt of Anaolsus
- 430-431 Aetius campaign in the Alps
- 431-432: Frankish War
- 432 Roman civil war of 432
- 435-436: Burgundian Revolt of Gunther - Flavius Aetius defects the Burgundians.
- 435–437: Bagaudae uprising under Tibatto in Gaul suppressed by Flavius Aetius.
- 436-439: Gothic War
- 436–437 Hunnic-Burgundian War
- 439-443 Vandal War
- 441-453 Attila's invasion of the Roman Empire
- 455 Vandalic Sack of Rome
- 456 Gothic War in Spain
- 457-458 Gothic War
- 461-468 Vandal War
- 461–476 Gothic War
- 486 Battle of Soissons
- 492-508 Franco-Visigothic Wars
- 526–532 Iberian War
- 533-534 Vandalic War
- 535–554 Gothic War
- 542–562 Lazic War
- 582–602 Maurice's Balkan campaigns
- c. 600–793 Frisian–Frankish wars
- 650–799 Arab–Khazar wars
- 680–1355 Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
- *680 Battle of Ongal
- 695–717 Twenty Years' Anarchy
- 708 Byzantine–Bulgarian battle of Anchialus
- 711–718 Umayyad conquest of Hispania
- 715–718 Frankish Civil War
- 717–718 Second Siege of Constantinople
- 722–1492 Reconquista
- *719–759 Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- 735–737 Marwan ibn Muhammad's invasion of Georgia
- 759 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of the Rishki Pass
- 772–804 Saxon Wars
- 792 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of Marcellae
- 798 Sack of Lisbon
- c. 800/862–973 Hungarian invasions of Europe
- 809 Siege of Serdica
- 811 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of Vărbitsa Pass
- 813 Byzantine-Bulgarian battle of Versinikia
- 830s Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'
- 839–1330 Bulgarian–Serb Wars
- *839–842 Bulgarian–Serb War
- *853 Bulgarian–Serb War
- *917–924 Bulgarian–Serb wars of 917–924
- 854–1000 Croatian–Bulgarian wars
- *854 Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854
- *926 Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 926
- *998 Siege of Zadar
- 860 Rus'–Byzantine War
- 865–878 Invasion of the Great Heathen Army
- 880–1380 Bulgarian–Hungarian wars
- *896 Battle of Southern Buh
- 894–896 Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896
- 902–911 Muslim conquest of Majorca
- 907 Rus'–Byzantine War
- 913–927 Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927
- *917 Battle of Achelous
- 914 Arab-Georgian War
- 939 Battle of Andernach
- 941 Rus'–Byzantine War
- 955 Battle of Recknitz
- 963–967 Polish–Veletian War
- 967/968–971 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
- 980 Battle of Tara
- 982 Battle of Stilo
- 983 Great Slav Rising
- 986 Battle of the Gates of Trajan
- 986 Battle of Fyrisvellir
11th century
- 1000 Battle of Svolder
- 1002–1018 German–Polish War
- 1014–1208 Byzantine–Georgian wars
- 1014 Battle of Clontarf
- 1014 Battle of Kleidion
- 1015–1016 Pisan–Genoese expeditions to Sardinia
- 1015–1016 Cnut's invasion of England
- 1018 Battle of Vlaardingen
- 1018 Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
- 1024 Battle of Listven
- 1024 Rus'–Byzantine War
- c. 1037–1047 Miecław's Rebellion
- 1040-1041 Bulgarian Uprising of Peter Delyan
- 1043 Rus'–Byzantine War
- 1044 Battle of Ménfő
- 1046 Vata pagan uprising
- 1048–1064 Invasion of Denmark
- 1050–1185 Byzantine–Norman wars
- 1051-1052 German-Hungarian War
- 1057 Battle of Petroe
- 1060 Battle of the Theben Pass
- 1063 German invasion of Hungary
- 1065–1067 War of the Three Sanchos
- 1066 Norwegian invasion of England
- 1066–1088 Norman conquest of England
- 1067–1194 Norman invasion of Wales
- 1067 Battle on the Nemiga River
- 1068 Pecheneg invasion of Hungary
- 1068 Battle of the Alta River
- 1072 Bulgarian Uprising of Georgi Voyteh
- 1073–1075 Saxon Rebellion
- 1074 Battle of Kemej
- 1074 Battle of Mogyoród
- 1075 Revolt of the Earls
- 1077–1088 Great Saxon Revolt
- 1078 Battle of Kalavrye
- 1088 Rebellion of 1088
- 1091 Hungarian occupation of Croatia
- 1093 Battle of Schmilau
- 1093 Battle of the Stugna River
- 1094 Battle of Cuarte
- 1097 Battle of Gvozd Mountain
- 1099–1204 Georgian–Seljuk wars
12th century
- 1109 Battle of Głogów
- 1115 Battle of Welfesholz
- 1119 Battle of Bremule
- 1121 Battle of Didgori
- 1126 Battle of Chlumec
- 1125–1186 Guelphs and Ghibellines
- 1127–1129 Byzantine-Hungarian War
- 1130–1137 Luso–Leonese War
- 1130–1240 Civil war era in Norway
- 1135–1153 The Anarchy
- 1142–1445 Swedish–Novgorodian Wars
- 1144–1162 Baussenque Wars
- 1146 Battle of the Fischa
- 1159–1345 Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines
- 1162–1165 Luso–Leonese War
- 1164 Battle of Verchen
- 1167 Battle of Sirmium
- 1167–1169 Luso–Leonese War
- 1169–1175 Norman invasion of Ireland
- 1173–1174 Revolt of 1173–74
- 1185–1204 Uprising of Asen and Peter
- 1196–1197 Castilian–Leonese War
- 1198 Battle of Gisors
- 1198–1290 Livonian Crusade
- 1198–1215 German throne dispute
13th century
- 1201 Battle of Stellau
- 1202 Siege of Zadar
- 1202–1214 Anglo-French War
- 1204–1261 Nicaean–Latin wars
- 1205 Battle of Serres
- 1205 Battle of Zawichost
- 1205 Battle of Adrianople
- 1206 Battle of Rodosto
- 1206 Battle of Rusion
- 1207 Battle of Messinopolis
- 1208 Battle of Beroia
- 1208 Battle of Philippopolis
- 1208–1227 Conquest of Estonia
- 1209–1229 Albigensian Crusade
- 1211 Welsh uprising of 1211
- 1215–1217 First Barons' War
- 1216–1392 Guelphs and Ghibellines
- 1216–1222 War of Succession of Champagne
- 1220–1264 Age of the Sturlungs
- 1223–1241 Mongol invasion of Europe
- 1224 Siege of La Rochelle
- 1227 Battle of Bornhöved
- 1228–1230 War of the Keys
- 1230 Battle of Klokotnitsa
- 1231–1233 Friso-Drentic War
- 1234–1238 Georgian-Mongol War
- 1235 Siege of Constantinople
- 1236–1238 First war against Swantopolk II
- 1239–1245 Teltow War
- 1241–1242 First Mongol invasion of Hungary
- 1242–1243 Mongol invasion of Bulgaria and Serbia
- 1242 Saintonge War
- 1242–1249 Prussian uprisings
- 1246–1282 War of the Babenberg Succession
- 1256–1258 War of the Euboeote Succession
- 1256–1381 Venetian–Genoese Wars
- 1256–1422 Friso-Hollandic Wars
- 1257–1259 Rebellion of Arbanon
- 1260 Battle of Kressenbrunn
- 1260–1274 Prussian uprisings
- 1262–1266 Scottish–Norwegian War
- 1264–1267 Second Barons' War
- 1264–1265 Hungarian Civil War
- 1269–1272 Civil war in Pomerelia
- 1274–1281 Byzantine-Angevin war
- 1275–1276 The war against Valdemar Birgersson
- 1276–1278 6000-mark war
- 1276 War of Navarra
- 1277–1280 Uprising of Ivaylo
- 1277-1283 Conquest of Wales by Edward I
- 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld
- 1282 Cumanic uprising in Hungary
- 1282–1302 War of the Sicilian Vespers
- 1283–1289 War of the Limburg Succession
- 1284–1285 Aragonese Crusade
- 1285–1286 Second Mongol invasion of Hungary
- 1288–1295 War of the Outlaws
- 1296–1357 Wars of Scottish Independence
- 1297–1305 Franco-Flemish War
- 1298 Battle of Göllheim