List of wars involving Austria
This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.
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Margraviate of Austria (976–1156)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
976 | 978 | War of the Three Henries (976–978) | ![]() | ![]() | Bavarian defeat
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1015 | 1015 | Bolesław I's first invasion of the Austria | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1017 | 1017 | Bolesław I's second invasion of the Austria | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1030 | 1031 | Conrad II's invasion of Hungary | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1040 | 1041 | Henry III's invasion of Bohemia | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1042 | 1044 | Henry III's invasion of Hungary | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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29 June 1073 | 27 October 1075 | Saxon Rebellion | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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12 May 1082 | 12 May 1082 | Battle of Mailberg | ![]() | Defeat | |
11 September 1146 | 11 September 1146 | Battle of the Fischa | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1147 | 1149 | Second Crusade | Crusaders:
| Seljuq Sultanate | Defeat |
Duchy of Austria (1156–1453)
Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1458 | 1465 | Inner Austrian War | Albert VI, Archduke of Austria![]() | Victory | |
4 March 1459 | April 1462 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62) | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
26 July 1468 | 27 August 1468 | Waldshuter war | ![]() | Defeat | |
1 February 1469 | October 1469 | Baumkircher feud [de] | Supporters of Andreas Baumkircher [de] | Victory | |
1474 | 5 January 1477 | Burgundian Wars | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
19 August 1477 | 23 December 1482 | War of the Burgundian Succession | ![]() | ![]() | Austrian military victory French diplomatic victory
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1477 | 1488 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
2 February 1478 | 1478 | Carinthian Peasant Revolt | Carinthian Peasants' League | Victory
| |
5 June 1483 | June 1485 | Flemish revolt of 1483–1485 | Flemish rebels | Victory
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June 1486 | 22 July 1489 | Mad War | Rebellious Nobles Supported by: | ![]() | Defeat
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1487 | 1487 | Battle of Calliano (1487) | ![]() | Victory | |
November 1487 | 1492 | Flemish revolt of 1487–1492 | Victory | ||
1490 | 7 November 1491 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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1491 | 1492 | Bread and Cheese Revolt | Bread and Cheese Folk | Victory | |
31 March 1495 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–98 | League of Venice:
| ![]() | Victory |
20 January 1499 | 22 September 1499 | Swabian War | Swabian League![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
1502 | 1543 | Guelders Wars | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1505 | 19 July 1506 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1505–06) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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February 1508 | 4 December 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | 1508–1510: League of Cambrai: 1511–1513: Holy League: 1513–1516: | 1508–1510: 1513–1516: | Defeat |
1515 | 1515 | Slovene peasant revolt of 1515 | Slovenian rebels | Victory | |
1515 | 1523 | Arumer Zwarte Hoop | ![]() | Guelders rebels | Victory |
1521 | 14 January 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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16 April 1520 | 25 October 1521 | Revolt of the Comuneros | ![]() | Comuneros rebels | Victory |
1524 | 1525 | German Peasants' War | ![]() Swabian League | Peasant army | Victory
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22 May 1526 | 10 August 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | 1526–1528:![]() ![]() ![]() 1528–1530: | ![]()
| Victory
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17 December 1526 | 22 July 1533 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1526–1533) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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June 1535 | June 1535 | Conquest of Tunis (1535) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
March 1536 | 18 June 1538 | Italian War of 1536–38 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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May 1536 | 19 June 1547 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1536–1547) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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October 1539 | November 1540 | Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540) | ![]() | Ghent rebels | Victory |
October 1541 | November 1541 | Algiers expedition (1541) | ![]()
| ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
12 July 1542 | 18 September 1544 | Italian War of 1542–46 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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10 July 1546 | 23 May 1547 | Schmalkaldic War | ![]() | Schmalkaldic League | Victory |
January 1547 | July 1547 | The Estates Revolt in Bohemia in 1547 | ![]() | Bohemian rebels | Victory |
1551 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
1551 | 27 November 1562 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1551–1562) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1566 | 17 February 1568 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1566–1568) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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23 May 1568 | 30 January 1648 | Eighty Years' War | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat
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1573 | 1573 | Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt | ![]() | Croatian and Slovenian rebels | Victory |
22 August 1587 | 9 March 1589 | War of the Polish Succession (1587–88) | Supporters of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria | Supporters of Sigismund III Vasa | Defeat |
29 July 1593 | 11 November 1606 | Long Turkish War
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Serbian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bulgarian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Nogai Khanate | Inconclusive |
10 June 1609 | 24 October 1610 | War of the Jülich Succession | ![]() Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Protestant Union | Defeat |
July 1612 | September 1614 | Rappenkrieg | Peasant rebels | Victory
| |
January 1616 | 26 September 1617 | Uskok War | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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23 May 1618 | 24 October 1648 | Thirty Years' War
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| ![]()
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1620 | 1644 | Vlach uprisings in Moravia | ![]() | Moravian Wallachia | Victory |
May 1626 | December 1626 | Upper Austrian peasant war of 1626 | ![]() | Austrian Rebels | Victory
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1626 | 1629 | Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
27 May 1657 | 3 May 1660 | Second Northern War | ![]() (Poland–Lithuania) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive |
12 April 1663 | 10 August 1664 | Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) | ![]() League of the Rhine | ![]() | Austrian military victory Ottoman diplomatic and commercial victory |
1665 | 1666 | Varaždin rebellion | Serbo-Croatian rebels from Slavonian Military Frontier | Victory
| |
1 July 1673 | 26 January 1679 | Franco-Dutch War | ![]() ![]()
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
1680 | 1680 | Peasant Uprising | Czech Peasants | Victory
| |
1683 | 15 August 1684 | War of the Reunions | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
14 July 1683 | 26 January 1699 | Great Turkish War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Albanian rebels Serb rebels Greek rebels ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory |
27 September 1688 | 20 September 1697 | Nine Years' War | Grand Alliance:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Irish Jacobites | Inconclusive |
9 July 1701 | 7 March 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Phillip V confirmed as King of Spain Habsburg territorial gains Austria successfully crushes revolutions in Hungary and Bavaria |
13 April 1716 | 21 July 1718 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
2 August 1718 | 17 February 1720 | War of the Quadruple Alliance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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10 October 1733 | 3 October 1735 | War of the Polish Succession | ![]() | ![]() | Augustus III confirmed as King of Poland
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12 July 1737 | 18 September 1739 | Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
16 December 1740 | 18 October 1748 | War of the Austrian Succession
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (1741–43) (1748) | ![]() (1740–42) (1744–45) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mixed results Austrian defensive victory overall: Pragmatic Sanction recognized, Maria Theresia keeps the Austrian throne and a potential Austrian partition is avoided Austrian defeat in Silesian Wars against Prussia: Habsburg territorial losses
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29 August 1756 | 15 February 1763 | Seven Years' War
| ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Iroquois Confederacy | Military stalemate Status quo ante bellum in Europe |
1774 | 1774 | Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan | Romanian peasants | Victory
| |
July 1778 | 13 May 1779 | War of the Bavarian Succession | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Inconclusive | |
8 October 1784 | 8 October 1784 | Kettle War | ![]() | Inconclusive | |
18 August 1789 | 12 January 1791 | Liège Revolution | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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24 October 1789 | 3 December 1790 | Brabant Revolution | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
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February 1788 | 4 August 1791 | Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
20 April 1792 | 18 April 1797 | War of the First Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other Italian states ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat |
June 1794 | November 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | ![]() ![]() | Victory | |
26 June 1797 | July 1797 | Denisko uprising | Polish rebels | Victory
| |
12 March 1799 | 9 February 1801 | War of the Second Coalition | ![]()
| ![]() | Defeat |
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding the Austro-Hungarian Empire) | Outcome | Emperor | Casualties | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||||
19 June 1875 | 20 October 1878 | Great Eastern Crisis | ![]()
Supported by: | ![]() Supported by: | Victory
| 7,447 casualties | |
1879 | 1880 | Uprising of Sheikh Ubeydullah | ![]() | Kurdish tribes | Victory
| ||
14 November 1885 | 28 November 1885 | Serbo-Bulgarian War | ![]() Support: | ![]() | Defeat | Francis Joseph I (1867–1916), Charles I of Austria (1916–1918) | |
January 1897 | October 1898 | Cretan Revolt of 1897-1898 | ![]() ![]() International Squadron: | ![]() | Victory
| Unknown | |
2 November 1899 | 7 September 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | Eight-Nation Alliance:
| ![]() | Victory | Unknown but very light casualties | |
28 July 1914 | 3 November 1918 | World War I | Central Powers
| Allies:
| Defeat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.
| 1,200,000 to 1,494,200 deaths |
Republic of German-Austria (1918–1919)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding German-Austria) | Outcome | Chancellor | Casualties | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||||
23 November 1918 | 31 July 1919 | Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia | ![]()
| Ceasefire
| Karl Renner | 1,000 casualties |
First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | Chancellor | Casualties | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||||
28 August 1921 | 13 October 1921 | Uprising in West Hungary | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat, Sopron and its area remained in Hungary. | Johannes Schober | 12 killed |
12 February 1934 | 15 February 1934 | Austrian Civil War | ![]() | ![]() | Government victory
| Engelbert Dollfuß | Thousands of casualties |
Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | Chancellor | Casualties | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||||
25 July 1934 | 30 July 1934 | July Putsch | ![]() | ![]() | Government Victory
| † Engelbert Dollfuß (assassinated), Kurt Schuschnigg after the assassination | 200+ killed on both sides (including Engelbert Dollfuß) |
Ostmark Reichsgau of Nazi Germany
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | Chancellor | Casualties | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||||
12 March 1938 | 8 May 1945 | Austrian resistance | ![]() | ![]() Supported by: | Moscow Declarations seizured Austrian independence, but Otto von Habsburg didn't reign Austria. | Adolf Hitler | ? |
17 September 1938 | 16 March 1939 | Undeclared German–Czechoslovak War
| ![]()
| ![]() | Munich Agreement and First Vienna Award
| Adolf Hitler | 22 killed |
1 September 1939 | 8 May 1945 | World War II | Axis
| Allies
| End of German Anschluss and Allied occupation of Austria. | Adolf Hitler | 70–85 million people death |
See also
- History of Austria
- Austrian Armed Forces
- Military history of Austria
- Category:Wars involving the Holy Roman Empire
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
- Adolf Hitler
References
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- ^ Richard Leroy Hill (1995). A Black corps d'élite: an Egyptian Sudanese conscript battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863–1867, and its survivors in subsequent African history. East Lansing, US: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0870133398.
- ^ Walter Klinger (2008). Für Kaiser Max nach Mexiko – Das Österreichische Freiwilligenkorps in Mexiko 1864/67 (in German). Munich: Grin Verlag. ISBN 978-3640141920. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Sondhaus, Lawrence (1994). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918: Navalism, Industrial Development, and the Politics of Dualism. Purdue University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9781557530349.
- ^ Sondhaus 1994, p. 132.
- ^ McTiernan, Mick (2014). A Very Bad Place Indeed For a Soldier. The British involvement in the early stages of the European Intervention in Crete. 1897-1898. King's College London. p. 36.
- ^ Holland, Robert, and Diana Markides, The British and the Hellenes: Struggles For Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1850–1960, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-924996-1, p. 92.
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