List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1701–1900)

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This is a list of military conflicts in which Hungarian armed forces participated in or took place on the historical territory of Hungary.

By timeline:

For major wars, see:

The list includes the name, date, Hungarian allies and enemies, and the result of each conflict, using the following legend:

  Victory
  Defeat
  Result of civil or internal conflict
  Treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, an unknown or indecisive result
  Ongoing conflict

Wars between 1700 and 1900

ConflictBelligerentsResult
DateNameAlliesEnemiesOutcome
15 June 1703 – 1 May 1711 Rákóczi's War for Independence
Kuruc prepare to attack traveling coach and riders, c. 1705. Georg Philipp Rugendas Anfall is gewagt, die Mochten mit angreiffen.jpg
Kuruc prepare to attack traveling coach and riders, c. 1705.
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Kingdom of Hungary Flag of Transylvania (Local).svg Principality of Transylvania
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Kingdom of France
Sympathetic minority peoples and mercenaries
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire : Defeat
  • Crushing of rebellion
January 1716 – 21 July 1718 Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718) Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Habsburg Monarchy Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Treaty of Passarowitz
1735 – 1 September 1739 Russo-Austro-Turkish War Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Victory
16 December 1740 – 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Habsburg Monarchy

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain

Flag of Hanover (1692).svg Hanover
Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic
Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg  Saxony (1743–45)
State Flag of the Savoyard States (late 16th - late 18th century).svg Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1741–43, 1748)
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1750).svg Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
Bandera de Espana 1701-1748.svg Spain
Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg Bavaria (1741–45)
Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg  Saxony (1741–42)
State Flag of the Savoyard States (late 16th - late 18th century).svg Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42)
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg Naples
Flag of Genoa.svg Genoa (1745–48)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (1741–43)
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Maria Theresa retains the Austrian, Bohemian and Hungarian thrones
  • Francis of Lorraine, Maria Theresa's husband, confirmed as Holy Roman Emperor
17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763 Seven Years' War Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Holy Roman Empire:

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (until 1762)
Bandera de Espana 1748-1785.svg Spain (from 1762)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (1757–62)
Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire (from 1757)
Abenaki Confederacy

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain

Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1750-1801).svg  Prussia
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portugal (from 1762)
Flag of Hanover (1692).svg Hanover
Blason duche ni Brunswick.svg Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Wappen-HK (1736-1804).svg Hesse-Kassel
Flagge Furstentum Schaumburg-Lippe.svg Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy

Status Quo Ante Bellum
31 October – 14 December 1784 Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Habsburg Monarchy Transylvanian Romanian rebelsVictory
20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797 War of the First Coalition Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg Army of Condé
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain (until 1795) [1]
Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic (until 1795)
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portugal
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Sardinia (until 1796)

Flag of France (1790-1794).svg Kingdom of France (until 1792)
Flag of France official.svg French Republic (from 1792)
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain (from 1796)
Defeat
December 1798 – 25 March 1802 War of the Second Coalition Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire

Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain (until 1801)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (from 1801)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (until 1799)
Flag Portugal (1750).svg  Portugal
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg  Naples
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with Great Coat of arms.svg Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg Order of Saint John (1798)
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg French Royalists

Flag of France official.svg France
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
POL COA Ciolek.svg Polish Legions
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Batavian Republic
Defeat
April 1805 – 21 July 1806 War of the Third Coalition Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire

Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1738).svg Kingdom of Naples
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Kingdom of Sicily
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg Sweden

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Defeat
10 April – 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Defeat
24 June – 14 December 1812 French invasion of Russia Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire The Habsburg Monarchy joins the Coalition
3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Prussia

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portugal
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Sicily
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Sardinia

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Victory
20 March – 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Prussia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flagge Preussen - Provinz Hannover.svg Hanover

Flagge Herzogtum Nassau (1806-1866).svg Nassau
Flagge Herzogtum Braunschweig.svg Brunswick
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Flag of the Netherlands.svg United Netherlands
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Portugal
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Sardinia
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg Sicily
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with Great Coat of arms.svg Tuscany
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg French Royalists

Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France
Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg Naples
Victory
July – August 1831Cholera RiotsHungarian peasantsFlag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire Defeat
15 March 1848 – 4 October 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Artist Mihaly Zichy's painting of Sandor Petofi recites the National Poem to a crowd on 15 March 1848. March15.jpg
Artist Mihály Zichy's painting of Sándor Petőfi recites the National Poem to a crowd on 15 March 1848.
Flag of Hungarian Revolution of 1848.png Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)
Flag of Hungary with great coat of arms (1849).svg Hungarian State (1849)
Allied peoples and legions
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Allied peoples and legions
Defeat
  • Revolution suppressed by Austrian, Russian, and allied forces
  • Reincorporation of Hungary into the Austrian Empire
19 September 1848 – 21 November 1849 Slovak Uprising of 1848–49 Flag of Hungarian Revolution of 1848.png Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)Slovak Flag (1848).svg Slovak National Council Indecisive settlement
29 April – 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, 1859 Napoleon III a la bataille de Solferino..jpg
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, 1859
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1840).svg Habsburg Tuscany
Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Defeat
  • Sardinia annexed Lombardy from Austria
  • Sardinia occupied and later annexed Habsburg-ruled Tuscany and Emilia
  • France gains Savoy and Nice from Sardinia
14 June – 26 July 1866 Austro-Prussian War
Battle of Koniggratz, by Georg Bleibtreu. Oil on canvas, 1869. Schlacht-bei-koeniggraetz-von-georg-bleibtreu.jpg
Battle of Königgrätz, by Georg Bleibtreu. Oil on canvas, 1869.
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austrian Empire
and allied German states
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg  Prussia
and allied German states
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Defeat
October 1869 – 11 January 1870 Krivošije Uprising Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svgFlag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg Austria-Hungary Krivošije rebelsStalemate
  • Most rebel demands met
29 July – 20 October 1878 Occupation of Bosnia
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svgFlag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg Austria-Hungary Flag of Independent Bosnia (1878).svg Bosnia Vilayet
tacit support
Victory
2 November 1899 – 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion Eight-Nation Alliance Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  China Victory
  1. In rebellion against Bavaria
  1. Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.