List of wars named for their duration
This list includes wars which have been named for their duration, either as the most common name or an alternative commonly used name. This table can be sorted by length or start-date.
Name | Nominal length | Dates | Participants | Comments |
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100 Hour War | 4 days | 1969 | El Salvador and Honduras | |
Six-Day War | 6 days | 1967 | Israel v. Egypt, Jordan, Syria | |
Six-Day War of Abkhazia or War in Abkhazia (1998) | 6 days | 1998 | Insurgency in Abkhazia | |
Six-Day War | 6 days | 2000 | Rwanda v. Uganda, Second Congo War | |
Ten-Day War | 10 days | 1991 | Civil war in Yugoslavia | |
Ten Days' Campaign | 10 days | 1831 | Dutch campaign in Belgium | |
Eleven Days' War or Operation Faustschlag | 11 days | 1918 | Central powers v. Russia in World War I | |
Thirty Days' War or Greco-Turkish War (1897) | 30 days | 1897 | Greece v. Ottoman Empire | |
Hundred Days' War | 100 days | 1978 | Sub-conflict of Lebanese civil war | |
Hundred Days or War of the Seventh Coalition | 110 days | 1815 | France and Naples v. Britain, Prussia, Austria, Russia and others | |
Thousand Days' War | 1000 days (i.e. 2 years, 270 days) | 1899–1902 | civil armed conflict in Colombia | |
Four Years' War or Italian War of 1521–26 | 4 years | 1521–26 | France, Venice v. England, Holy Roman Empire, Papal States | |
Seven Years' War | 7 years | 1756–63 | France etc. v. Great Britain and others | |
Northern Seven Years' War | 7 years | 1563–70 | Sweden v. Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and Poland | |
Nine Years' War | 9 years | 1688–97 | France v. Grand Alliance | |
Nine Years' War (Ireland) | 9 years | 1594–1603 | Ireland v. England | |
Ten Years' War | 10 years | 1868–78 | Cuba v. Spain | |
Eleven Years' War or Irish Confederate Wars | 11 years | 1641–53 | Irish theatre of Wars of the Three Kingdoms, civil wars in England, Ireland, Scotland | |
Thirteen Years' War or Russo-Polish War (1654–67) | 13 years | 1654–1667 | Russia v. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |
Thirteen Years' War (1454–66) | 13 years | 1454–1466 | Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and the State of the Teutonic Order | |
Thirteen Years' War or Long Turkish War (also known as the Fifteen Years' War) | 13 years | 1591/93-1606 | Habsburg Monarchy v. Ottoman Empire | |
Fifteen Years' War or Long Turkish War (also known as the Thirteen Years' War) | 15 years | 1591/93-1606 | Habsburg Monarchy v. Ottoman Empire | |
Thirty Years' War | 30 years | 1618–48 | "most of the great powers of Europe", except England | |
Second Thirty Years' War | 30 years | 1915–45 | Term used by some historians to encompass a series of European wars[lower-alpha 1] | |
Mauritanian Thirty Years' War or Char Bouba war | 30 years | 1634–74 | Berber and other tribes in Mauritania | |
Forty Years' War | 40 years | 1385–1424 | Ava v. Hanthawaddy Pegu, Burma | |
Sixty Years' War | 60 years | 1754–1814 | Term used to encompass several conflicts in the Great Lakes region of North America | |
Eighty Years' War | 80 years | 1568–1648 | Seventeen Provinces v. Spain | There was a truce during the 80 years |
Hundred Years' War | 100 years | 1337–1453 | England v. France | The war lasted 116 years intermittently |
Second Hundred Years' War | 100 years | 1689–1815 | France v. Great Britain | The war lasted 126 years (with breaks) |
Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War | 335 years | 1651–1986 | "alleged theoretical state of war" between Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly |
Explanatory notes
- Use of this term can be found in many sources. Some examples include "Naming World Wars" at GlobalSecurity.org, Anthony Shaw's The World in Conflict, 1914–1945 (2000) ISBN 978-1-57958-212-8, and many other sources.
See also
- Outline of war
- includes lists of wars
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