List of wars involving Brazil

This is a list of wars, rebellions and conflicts involving Brazil from the colonial period to the present day.

Colonial Brazil

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Iguape War
(1534–1536)
Portuguese Empire Spanish invaders Victory
Tamoyo Confederation
(1554–1567)
Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
  • Native resistance annihilated.
Aimoré War
(1555–1673)
Portuguese Empire Aimoré people Victory
  • Resistance annihilated.
French invasions of Brazil
(1555–1736)
Portuguese Empire

Captaincy of Pernambuco

 Kingdom of France Victory
  • Expulsion of French troops.
Siege of Piratininga
(1555–1736)
Portuguese Empire

Captaincy of Pernambuco

Guarulho people
Guaianá people
Carijó people
Victory
  • Expulsion of the invaders.
Looting of Recife
(1595)
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of England Defeat
  • Looting of the Port of Recife.
Palmares War
(early 17th century–1695)
Portuguese Empire

Captaincy of Pernambuco
Bandeirantes

Quilombo dos Palmares Victory
  • Destruction of mocambos.
Cummean revolt
(1617-1621)
Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory
  • Controlled rebellion.
Tupinambá Revolt
(1618)
Portugal under Philip of Spain Tupinambá people Victory
  • Massacre of indigenous.
Dutch invasions of Brazil
(1624–1654)
Portuguese Empire

Captaincy of Pernambuco

Dutch Republic Victory
Acclamation of Amador Bueno
(1641)
Portuguese Empire Nativists Victory
  • Failure in forming a kingdom.
  • Amador Bueno swears loyalty to John IV.
Cachaça Revolt
(1660–1661)
Portuguese Empire Rio de Janeiro rebels Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
Conjuration of Our Father
(1666)
Portuguese Empire Pernambuco rebels Victory
Barbarians' War
(1683–1713)
Portuguese Empire Confederação dos Cariris Victory
  • Resistance defeated.
Beckman Revolt
(1684)
Portuguese Empire Maranhão rebels Victory
  • Rebels defeated.
Mura War
(18th century)
Portuguese Empire Mura people Victory
  • Indigenous resistance defeated.
War of the Emboabas
(1707–1709)
"Emboabas" of Portugal Bandeirantes Victory
  • Expulsion of São Paulo bandeirantes — in smaller number — from Minas Gerais.
Mascate War
(1710–1711)
Portuguese Empire

Captaincy of Pernambuco

Vila de Olinda Victory
  • Reconstitution Pelourinho do Recife.
  • Re-opening of Recife Municipal Chamber.
Salt Revolt
(1710–1720)
Portuguese Empire São Paulo rebels Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
Mandu Ladino Revolt
(1712–1719)
Portuguese Empire Tupi people Victory
  • Indigenous rebellion refeated.
Guyana Campaign
(1714)
Portuguese Empire Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands
Kingdom of France
Inconclusive
  • Temporary occupation of Guyana.
  • Development of the region of present-day Suriname and present-day Guyana by the Kingdom of Portugal and the State of Brazil.
  • Portugal opens space and favors the future British occupation of Guyana.
Vila Rica Revolt
(1720)
Portuguese Empire Supporters of Filipe dos Santos Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
Manaó War
(1723–1728)
Portuguese Empire Manaó people Victory
  • Manaós defeated.
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737) Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Victory
  • Withdrawing of Spanish troops.
Guaraní War
(1750–1756)
Portuguese Empire

Spanish Empire

Guarani people Victory
First Curvelo Conspiracy
(1760-1763)
Portuguese Empire Conspirators Victory
  • Stifled uprising.
Fantastic War
(1762–1763)
Portuguese Empire

 United Kingdom

Spanish Empire
 Kingdom of France
Inconclusive
  • Expulsion of Spaniards from Mato Grosso and central Brazil.
  • Temporary Spanish occupation of Rio Grande do Sul.
Inconfidence of Mariana
(1769)
Portuguese Empire Inconfident Victory
  • Stifled uprising.
Inconfidence of Sabará
(1775)
Portuguese Empire Inconfident Victory
  • Stifled uprising.
Second Curvelo Conspiracy
(1776)
Portuguese Empire Conspirators Victory
  • Stifled uprising.
Inconfidência Mineira
(1789)
Portuguese Empire Inconfidentes Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
  • Exile and execution of leaders.
  • Failure in the independence of Minas Gerais.
Rio de Janeiro Conjuration
(1794–1795)
Portuguese Empire Conjurated from Rio Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
  • Failure in the independence of Rio de Janeiro.
1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates
(1796–1799)
Portuguese Empire Conjurated from Bahia Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
  • Failure in the independence of Bahia.
Conspiracy of Suassuna
(1800–1801)
Portuguese Empire Pernambuco rebels Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
  • Failure in the independence of Pernambuco.
War of the Oranges
(1801)
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire
 First French Republic
Victory
  • Conquest of territories south of Brazil.
  • Loss of territories in the Guianas.
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana
(1809)
Portuguese Empire

 United Kingdom

 First French Empire Victory
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
(1811–1812)
Portuguese Empire

Spanish Empire
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

United Provinces Inconclusive

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result King
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
(1816–1820)
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Kingdom of Brazil
supported by:

United Provinces of the River Plate

Federal League
*  Entre Ríos
*  Misiones
* Eastern Band
* Corrientes
*  Misiones
* Santa Fé
* Córdoba
Victory
John VI
Pernambucan revolt
(1817)
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Kingdom of Brazil
Rebels from Pernambuco
Rebels from Potiguares
Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
  • Fail in the process of independence of Pernambuco.
  • Important step in the process of independence of Brazil
Liberal Revolution in Bahia and Grão-Pará
(1821)
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Kingdom of Brazil
Captaincy of Bahia
Captaincy of Grão-Pará
Victory
  • Revolt suppressed

Empire of Brazil

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence
(18221824)
Empire of Brazil Portugal Victory
  • Territorial unity of the Empire
Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator
(1824)
Empire of Brazil Confederates Victory
  • Secessionist revolt put down
Invasion of Chiquitos
(1825)
Empire of Brazil Republic of Bolívar
Great Colombia
Supported by:
United Provinces of the River Plate
Victory
Cisplatine War
(18251828)
Empire of Brazil United Provinces
Thirty-Three Orientals
Stalemate
Revolt of the Mercenaries
(1828)
Empire of Brazil
Kingdom of France
British Empire
Irish mercenaries
German mercenaries
Victory
  • Revolt suppressed
Seduction of 1830
(1830)
Empire of Brazil
Gaucho Rebels
German Rebels
Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
Riots in Pernambuco
(1831–1834)
Empire of Brazil Pernambuco Rebels
Province of Pernambuco Maranhense Rebels
Victory
  • Defeated rebels.
Razia de Bella Unión
(1831)
Empire of Brazil
Bunch of Bella Unión Victory
  • Defeated bandits.
  • End of the action of Bando de Bella Unión in Brazil.
Crato's Uprising
(1832)
Empire of Brazil
Restorers Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
Regency
(on behalf of Pedro II)
Federation of Guanais
(1832)
Empire of Brazil
Rebels from Bahia Victory
  • Rebellion defeated.
War of Cabanos
(18321835)
Empire of Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Cabanagem Revolt
(18351840)
Empire of Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Ragamuffin War
(18351845)
Empire of Brazil Riograndense Republic
 Juliana Republic
Victory
  • Defeat of the republican uprising
Sabinada
(18371838)
Empire of Brazil Bahia Republic Victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Balaiada Revolt
(18381841)
Empire of Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Liberal Rebellions
(1842)
Empire of Brazil Liberal rebels Victory
  • Rebellion crushed
Pedro II
Praieira Revolt
(18481849)
Empire of Brazil Praieiros Victory
  • Defeat of the local rebellion in Pernambuco
Paranagua War
(1850)
Empire of Brazil British Empire Victory
  • Decline between the relations of Brazil and the United Kingdom.
  • Law Eusébio de Queirós.
  • HMS Cormorant damaged.
  • Expulsion of the British ship from the Brazilian coast.
  • Fire of the Donna Ana and Mermaid Brig.
  • Confiscation of the Galera Campeadora.
Platine War
(18511852)
Empire of Brazil
 Uruguay
 Entre Ríos
 Corrientes
Unitarians
 Argentina
Federalists
Blancos
Victory
  • Argentine clout over the Platine region ends[1]
  • Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region
Christie Question
(18621865)
Empire of Brazil British Empire Compromise
  • Peaceful conflict resolution
  • Release of British naval officers
  • Payment of compensation required by the British
  • Diplomatic relations resumed in 1865
  • Formal withdrawal to the Brazilian government
Uruguayan War
(18641865)
Empire of Brazil
Colorados
Unitarians
 Uruguay
Blancos
Federalists
Victory
  • Colorados takeover, regime change in Uruguay
Paraguayan War
(18641870)
Empire of Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Paraguay Victory
  • Allied occupation of Paraguay

First Brazilian Republic

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Federalist Revolution
(18931895)
Brazil Federalists
National Party
Victory
  • Revolution defeated
Floriano Peixoto
Trinidad conflict
(1893–1895)
Brazil
Kingdom of Portugal
Principality of Trinidad
United Kingdom
Victory
Revolta da Armada
(1893-1894)
Brazil Navy mutineers Victory
  • Navy mutinies put down
French intrusion in Amapá
(1895)
Brazil France Victory
  • Expulsion of French troops
  • End of Amapá expedition
  • Brazilian sovereignty over the territory of Amapá
Prudente de Morais
War of Canudos
(18961897)
Brazil Canudos Victory
  • Settlement destroyed and survivors resettled
Acre War
(18991903)
Acre
Brazil
 Bolivia
United States
Victory
  • Capitulation of Bolivian troops in Acre
Campos Sales
Contestado War
(19121916)
Brazil Rebels Victory
  • Settler rebellion quelled
Hermes da Fonseca
World War I
(19171918)
 France
British Empire

Russian Empire
 Italy
 United States
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Japan
 Romania
 Portugal
Hejaz
 Greece
Armenia
Nejd and Hasa
Siam
Brazil

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
Venceslau Brás
Tenente Revolts
(19221927)
Brazil Tenentismo Victory
  • Mutiny suppressed
Arthur Bernardes
Brazilian Revolution of 1930
(1930)
Brazil New State Regime change
Washington Luís

Vargas Era

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Constitutionalist Revolution
(1932)
Brazil  São Paulo
 Maracaju
 Frente Única Gaúcha
Victory
Getúlio Vargas
World War II
(19421945)[2]
 Soviet Union
 United States
 British Empire
 China
France
Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Norway
 Czechoslovakia
 India
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
Philippines
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mongolia
 Mexico
 Germany
 Empire of Japan
 Italy
 Romania
Hungary
 Bulgaria
Slovakia
 Croatia
Thailand
 Iraq
Victory

Fourth Brazilian Republic

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Lobster War
(19611963)
Brazil France Political victory (bloodless conflict)
  • French withdrawal, war avoided
  • Extension of Brazil's territorial waters to a 200-mile zone
João Goulart

Brazilian military government

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Dominican Civil War
(1965–1966)
Loyalists
United States
Brazil
 Honduras
 Paraguay
 Nicaragua
Constitutionalists Victory
Castelo Branco
Araguaia Guerrilla War
(19671974)
Brazil PCdoB
Victory
  • Guerrillas defeated
Emílio Garrastazu Médici

Sixth Brazilian Republic

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President
Operation Traira
(1991)
 Brazil
 Colombia
FARC Victory
  • Successful operation against FARC
Fernando Collor de Mello

Other conflicts (slave revolts, mutinies)

Peacekeeping operations

See also

References

  1. Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
  2. Brazilian participation in World War II was limited to the Italian Campaign, lasting from 1943 to 1945; Hence Brazil was not involved in the Asian and Pacific theatre.

Bibliography

  • Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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