List of wars involving Austria

This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.

  Austrian victory
  Austrian defeat
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict

Margraviate of Austria (976–1156)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
29 June 1073 27 October 1075 Saxon Rebellion Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Saxony Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
12 May 1082 12 May 1082 Battle of Mailberg Duchy of Bohemia Defeat
11 September 1146 11 September 1146 Battle of the Fischa Duchy of Bavaria Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
1147 1149 Second Crusade Crusaders:

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Jerusalem
County of Tripoli
Principality of Antioch
Kingdom of England
 Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Sicily
Papal States

Seljuq Sultanate

Emirate of Zengids
Abbasid Caliphate
 Fatimid Caliphate

Defeat

Duchy of Austria (1156–1453)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1190 1191 Third Crusade Crusaders:

Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Holy Roman Empire

Ayyubids

Zengids
Seljuk Empire
 Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Sicily

Victory
April 1197 July 1198 Crusade of 1197 Holy Roman Empire Ayyubids Victory
1217 1221 Fifth Crusade Crusaders:

Latin Empire of Constantinople
Kingdom of Cyprus
Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm
Holy Roman Empire
Knights Templar
Teutonic Knights
Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Hungary
County of Holland
Kingdom of France
Papal States

Egyptians:

Ayyubids

Victory
15 June 1246 1 May 1254 Austrian-Hungarian War (1246–1254) Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
July 1260 31 March 1261 War of Styria Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Victory
  • Peace of Vienna
1275 26 August 1278 Habsburg–Přemyslid War Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary (including Cumans and Szeklers)
& mercenaries: Swabians, Styrians, Bavarians etc.
Kingdom of Bohemia
& mercenaries: Brandenburgians, Meissens, Silesians, Poles etc.
Victory
2 July 1298 2 July 1298 Battle of Göllheim Kingdom of Bohemia County of Nassau
Electoral Palatinate
Victory
31 May 1307 31 May 1307 Battle of Lucka Holy Roman Empire Margraviate of Meissen Defeat
28 September 1322 28 September 1322 Battle of Mühldorf Bishop of Passau
Archbishopric of Salzburg
Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
Defeat
1419 1434 Hussite Wars Catholic Church

Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Papal States
Order of Malta
Teutonic Order
Kingdom of England
Serbian Despotate


Moderate Hussites (Utraquists)(1423-1434)

Hussites(1419-1423)

Radical Hussites
(1423-1434)


Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Supported by:
Kingdom of Poland

Victory
2 November 1440 12 June 1446 Old Zürich War Imperial City of Zurich
France
 Old Swiss Confederacy
Vogteien of Appenzell
Victory
  • Peace of Einsiedeln

Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1458 1465 Inner Austrian War Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Victory
4 March 1459 April 1462 Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62) Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
1 February 1469 October 1469 Baumkircher feud Supporters of Andreas Baumkircher Victory
1474 5 January 1477 Burgundian Wars Duchy of Lorraine
 Swiss Confederates
Duchy of Burgundy
 Duchy of Savoy
Victory
19 August 1477 23 December 1482 War of the Burgundian Succession Burgundian Netherlands Kingdom of France
1477 1488 Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
2 February 1478 1478 Carinthian Peasant Revolt Carinthian Peasants' League Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
5 June 1483 June 1485 Flemish revolt of 1483–1485 Flemish rebels Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
June 1486 22 July 1489 Mad War Rebellious Nobles

Supported by:

Kingdom of France Defeat
November 1487 1492 Flemish revolt of 1487–1492 Flemish rebels Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
1490 7 November 1491 Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Victory
31 March 1495 1498 Italian War of 1494–98 League of Venice:

 Papal States
 Republic of Venice
 Kingdom of Naples
Kingdoms of Spain
Duchy of Milan
 Holy Roman Empire
 Republic of Florence
Duchy of Mantua
 Kingdom of England (from 1496)

 Kingdom of France Victory
20 January 1499 22 September 1499 Swabian War Swabian League
Holy Roman Empire
 Old Swiss Confederacy Defeat
1505 19 July 1506 Austrian–Hungarian War (1505–06) Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
  • Treaty of Vienna (1506)
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
1521 14 January 1526 Italian War of 1521–26  Holy Roman Empire

Spain
 England
 Papal States

 France

 Republic of Venice

Victory
  • Treaty of Madrid
1524 1525 German Peasants' War  Holy Roman Empire
Swabian League
Peasant army Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
22 May 1526 10 August 1530 War of the League of Cognac 1526-1528:
 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Duchy of Ferrara

1528-1530:
 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
 Republic of Genoa
Duchy of Ferrara
Duchy of Mantua

1526-1528:
 France

 Papal States
 Republic of Venice
Republic of Florence
 Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Navarre
 Republic of Genoa
Duchy of Milan
1528-1530:
 France  Papal States
 Republic of Venice
Republic of Florence
Duchy of Milan
Kingdom of Navarre

Victory
  • Treaty of Cambrai
17 December 1526 22 July 1533 Ottoman-Habsburg War (1526–1533)  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Papal States
Ottoman Empire Defeat
March 1536 18 June 1538 Italian War of 1536–38  Holy Roman Empire
Spain
 Kingdom of France
Ottoman Empire
Defeat
  • Truce of Nice
May 1536 19 June 1547 Ottoman-Habsburg War (1536–1547)  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Papal States
Ottoman Empire
 France
Defeat
12 July 1542 18 September 1544 Italian War of 1542–46  Holy Roman Empire
Spain
 Kingdom of England
 France

Ottoman Empire
Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Inconclusive
  • Treaty of Crépy
10 July 1546 23 May 1547 Schmalkaldic War Empire of Charles V:
Schmalkaldic League Victory
1551 27 November 1562 Ottoman-Habsburg War (1551–1562)  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Papal States
Ottoman Empire
 France
Defeat
  • Treaty of Frankfurt (1562)
1566 17 February 1568 Ottoman-Habsburg War (1566–1568)  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Papal States
Ottoman Empire Defeat
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  Holy Roman Empire
Transylvania
 Wallachia
 Moldavia
Zaporozhian Host
 Spain
Serbian rebels
 Papal States
 Venice
 Saxony
Tuscany
Persia
Knights of St. Stephen
Bulgarian rebels
Duchy of Ferrara
Duchy of Mantua
 Duchy of Savoy
 Ottoman Empire
Nogai Khanate
Inconclusive
10 June 1609 24 October 1610 War of the Jülich Succession  Holy Roman Empire
Principality of Strasbourg
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Catholic League
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Palatinate-Neuburg
 United Provinces
 Kingdom of France
Protestant Union
Defeat
July 1612 September 1614 Rappenkrieg Peasant rebels Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
January 1616 26 September 1617 Uskok War  Holy Roman Empire

Spain

 Republic of Venice

 Dutch Republic
 England

Defeat
23 May 1618 24 October 1648 Thirty Years' War  Holy Roman Empire

Spain and its possessions
Denmark-Norway (1643-1645)

Sweden

 France
 Bohemia
Denmark-Norway (1625-1629)
 Saxony
 United Provinces
Electorate of the Palatinate
Brunswick-Lüneburg
 England
 Scotland
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels
 Ottoman Empire

27 May 1657 3 May 1660 Second Northern War Poland
(Poland–Lithuania)
Denmark–Norway
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)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
 Wallachia
 Moldavia
Inconclusive
12 April 1663 10 August 1664 Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664)  Holy Roman Empire
League of the Rhine
 Ottoman Empire Austrian military victory
Ottoman diplomatic and commercial victory
1 July 1673 26 January 1679 Franco-Dutch War  Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire

Spain
Denmark-Norway
 England (1678)

 France
 England (1672–74)
Sweden
Münster
Cologne
Defeat
1680 Peasant Uprising Czech Peasants Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
1683 15 August 1684 War of the Reunions  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Republic of Genoa
 Kingdom of France Defeat
14 July 1683 26 January 1699 Great Turkish War  Holy Roman Empire
Tsardom of Russia
Cossack Hetmanate
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Republic of Venice
Albanian rebels
Serb rebels
Greek rebels
 Spain
 Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Victory
27 September 1688 20 September 1697 Nine Years' War Grand Alliance:
 Dutch Republic
 England
 Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Piedmont-Savoy
 Sweden (until 1691)
 Scotland
 France
 Irish Jacobites
Inconclusive
9 July 1701 7 March 1714 War of the Spanish Succession Spain loyal to Archduke Charles
 England
 Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
 Duchy of Savoy
 Prussia
Kingdom of Portugal
Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain
 Kingdom of France
Electorate of Bavaria
Kurucs (Kingdom of Hungary)
Principality of Transylvania

Phillip V confirmed as King of Spain

Habsburg territorial gains

13 April 1716 21 July 1718 Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718  Republic of Venice  Ottoman Empire Victory
2 August 1718 17 February 1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance  Great Britain
 France
 Holy Roman Empire
 Dutch Republic
 Savoy
 Spain Victory
10 October 1733 3 October 1735 War of the Polish Succession Poland loyal to Augustus III

 Russian Empire
 Holy Roman Empire

Poland loyal to Stanisław I

 France
Spain
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Duchy of Parma

Augustus III confirmed as King of Poland

12 July 1737 18 September 1739 Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire Defeat
16 December 1740 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession  Great Britain
Hanover
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Russia
(1741–43) (1748)
 Kingdom of Prussia
(1740–42) (1744–45)
Kingdom of Spain (1740-1746)
 Kingdom of France
Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Naples and Sicily
 Republic of Genoa
Sweden (1741–43)

Pragmatic Sanction recognized

Habsburg territorial losses

29 August 1756 15 February 1763 Seven Years' War  France
Russia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Saxony
 Prussia
 Great Britain
Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Kingdom of Portugal
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy
Military stalemate

Status quo ante bellum in Europe

July 1778 13 May 1779 War of the Bavarian Succession  Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
Inconclusive
18 August 1789 12 January 1791 Liège Revolution Prince-Bishopric of Liège Republic of Liège
United Belgian States
 Kingdom of Prussia
Victory
  • Revolution suppressed
24 October 1789 3 December 1790 Brabant Revolution United Belgian States
Republic of Liège
 Kingdom of Prussia
Victory
  • Revolution suppressed
February 1788 4 August 1791 Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791)  Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire Victory
20 April 1792 18 April 1797 War of the First Coalition  Holy Roman Empire
 Prussia
 Great Britain
French Royalists
 Spain (1793–95)
Portugal
 Sardinia
Naples and Sicily
Other Italian states
 Ottoman Empire
 Dutch Republic
French Republic
 Spain (1796–97)
Defeat
June 1794 November 1794 Kościuszko Uprising  Russian Empire
 Prussia
Polish forces Victory
26 June 1797 July 1797 Denisko uprising Polish rebels Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
12 March 1799 9 February 1801 War of the Second Coalition  Russian Empire

 Great Britain
French Royalists
Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Ottoman Empire

French Republic

 Spain
Denmark-Norway

Defeat

Austrian Empire (1804-1867)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding the Austrian Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
9 August 1805 26 December 1805 War of the Third Coalition  United Kingdom
 Russian Empire
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Naples
Portugal
 Sweden
First French Empire
 Spain
Defeat
10 April 1809 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition  United Kingdom

Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers

First French Empire

French client states

Defeat
24 June 1812 30 January 1813 French invasion of Russia First French Empire
 Prussia
 Russia
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
Austria joins the Coalition
15 August 1813 11 April 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition  Russia
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Sicily
 Sardinia
First French Empire

French client states

Victory
20 March 1815 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Seventh Coalition:

 Russian Empire
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
Hanover
Nassau
Brunswick
 Sweden
 United Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
Switzerland
French Royalists

First French Empire
Naples
Victory
1820 1821 Carbonari uprisings of 1820–1821 Carbonari Victory
1839 1841 Second Egyptian-Ottoman War Ottoman Empire
British Empire
Russian Empire
Egypt
Kingdom of the French

Spanish Empire

Victory
20 February 1846 4 March 1846 Kraków uprising Polish independence movement Victory
15 March 1848 13 August 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848  Russian Empire Hungary Victory
23 March 1848 24 March 1849 First Italian War of Independence Kingdom of Sardinia
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Briefly allied with:
Papal States
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Victory
29 April 1859 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence Kingdom of Sardinia

Second French Empire

Defeat
1 February 1864 30 October 1864 Second Schleswig War  Prussia  Denmark Victory
14 June 1866 23 August 1866 Austro-Prussian War German Confederation:

 Saxony
 Bavaria
 Baden
 Württemberg
 Hanover
Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse-Kassel
Reuss Elder Line
Saxe-Meiningen
Schaumburg-Lippe
Nassau
Free City of Frankfurt

 Prussia

 Italy
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Anhalt
 Brunswick
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Lippe
Schwarzburg
Waldeck
Bremen
Hamburg
Lübeck

Defeat

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding the Austro-Hungarian Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Ottoman Empire Victory
2 November 1899 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion Eight-Nation Alliance:

 Japan
 Russia
 United Kingdom
France
 United States
 Germany
 Italy

Righteous Harmony Society

 Qing Empire

Victory
28 July 1914 3 November 1918 World War I Central Powers

 Germany
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria (1915–18)

Allies:

France
 British Empire
 Russia (1914–17)
 Italy
 United States (1917–18)
 Serbia
and others

Defeat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.

Republic of German-Austria (1918-1919)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding German-Austria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
23 November 1918 31 July 1919 Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia  State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (before unification)

 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (after unification)

Ceasefire
  • In Carinthian plebiscite southeastern Carinthia votes in favour of joining Austria.
  • Territorial changes are coordinated by Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
  • Majority of southeastern Carinthia is ceded to Austria.
  • Meža Valley and Jezersko are ceded to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
28 August 1921 13 October 1921 Uprising in West Hungary Austria
Hungary
Rongyos Gárda
Lajtabánság
Bosnian and Albanian Muslim volunteers
Victory, Sopron and its area remained in Hungary.
12 February 1934 16 February 1934 Austrian Civil War Fatherland Front SDAPÖ

KPÖ

Government victory

Federal State of Austria (1934 - 1938)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
25 July 1934 30 July 1934 July Putsch VF Schutzstaffel (SS)

Austrian Nazi Party

Government Victory
  • Nazi coup d'etat failed
  • Fatherland Front remains in power
  • Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is killed

Modern Austria

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
2001 ongoing War in Afghanistan  Afghanistan

 United States
ISAF

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Fall of Taliban régime

Ongoing Taliban insurgency

See also

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