when we read historywe repeatedly see that century after century innumerable wars. And this is -many times- a difficult aspect to study, with its many dates, battles, opponents and ever-changing alliances. That is why today we bring you a practical summary of the main wars of XIX century that will serve as a reference when studying the Contemporary age.
To organize the information we have placed first the year (or years) of the conflict, the name by which the war is known, the territory or territories in which the fighting took place, the countries or coalitions involved and the “result” final. In some of the major wars of the 19th century You will find a link to an article where you can go deeper into each of them.
1801 – War of the Oranges – Portugal. pitted Portugal against France Y Spain. The Franco-Spanish alliance won.
1801 to 1805 – Tripoli War or First Barbary War – north of Africa. pitted USA vs the Barbary States (north of Africa). Although there was a peace agreement, it can be considered the winner USA.
1803-1815 – Napoleonic Wars – Europe. This is the name given to a set of confrontations between the Napoleonic Empire (France) and allies versus other European countries (Coalition). They end in 1815 with the defeat of Napoleon. Made of:
- 1804-1813: Russo-Persian War
- 1805: War of the Third Coalition
- 1805-1810: Franco-Swedish War
- 1806-1807: War of the Fourth Coalition
- 1806–1812: Russo-Turkish War
- 1807-1809: Anglo-Turkish War
- 1807-1814: Spanish War of Independence
- 1814: Norwegian-Swedish War
- 1807-1812: Anglo-Russian War
- 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition
- 1812: Franco-Russian War
- 1813: Liberation War
- 1813-1814: War of the Sixth Coalition
- 1815: Neapolitan War
- 1815: War of the Seventh Coalition (or the Hundred days)
1804-1806 – First Serbian Uprising. Serbian rose up against the domination of the ottoman empirebut was defeated.
1806 and 1807: English invasions. English make two invasions in the Silver river (Spanish American colonies) are expelled by local militias.
1809-1826 – Spanish American Wars of Independence. It is about the uprising of several regions of the Spanish colonies that leads to the independence of vast regions of South America, Central America Y Mexico.
1815-1817 – Second Serbian Uprising. Again he rebels against the domination of the ottoman empire achieving its independence by becoming Principality of Serbia.
1821-1831: Greek War of Independence faces the ottoman empireintervene Russia, France and England. The ottoman empire is defeated, and Greece is declared an independent state.
1825-1828 – brazil war. They face the United Province of the River Plate (now Argentina) and the empire of brazil. Although the victory was obtained by the United Provinceby a treaty the independence of the disputed lands is decided, forming a new state, Uruguay.
1838-1851 – big war. civil war in Uruguay to which are added the Argentine Confederationthe empire of brazil and various European powers. It ends with a treaty between the Uruguayan contenders that declares that there were “neither winners nor losers.”
1839-1842 – First Opium Warin China. He faced Britain with China for the English opium smuggling. Expired Britainwhich managed to impose the trade of this drug and obtained control of Hong Kong.
1846 – 1848: United States-Mexican War or “North American intervention”. Expired USAwhich appropriated more than half of the territory of Mexico and established his control over the state of Texas (“independent” until before the dispute).
More information in:
wikipedia
Images:
1.Battle of Waterloo, on wikipedia
2. American War of Independence map, on wikipedia
3. Opium War, on wikipedia