List of wars involving Brazil

This article is about post-colonial Brazil. For a list of wars in colonial Brazil, see List of wars involving Portugal.

For a list of rebellions and revolutions, see List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil.

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

• Battle of São Vicente (1583)
• Capture of Recife (1595)

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	King
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820)	United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Federal League Entre Ríos Misiones Corrientes Santa Fe Córdoba	Luso-Brazilian victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	John VI

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822 [1] –1825)	Independentists Empire of Brazil (from 7 September 1822)	Loyalists Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Brazil	Independentist victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro	Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator (1824)	Empire of Brazil	Confederation of the Equator	Loyalist victory
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	Empire of Brazil	United Provinces	Preliminary Peace Convention Cisplatina becomes independent as Uruguay [a]
Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' revolt (1828)	Empire of Brazil	Irish and German Mercenary Rebels	Empire of Brazil victory Revolt suppressed
Cabanagem (1835–1840)	Empire of Brazil	Cabanos	Empire of Brazil victory	Pedro II
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	Empire of Brazil	Piratini Republic Juliana Republic Italian Redshirts Support: Colorados Unitarians	Imperial victory The Juliana Republic and the Riograndense Republic are dissolved and reintegrated into the Empire.
Sabinada (1837–1838)	Empire of Brazil	Bahia Republic	Government victory Reincorporation of Bahia into Brazil.
Platine War (1851–1852)	Empire of Brazil Defence Government Argentine rebels Entre Ríos Corrientes Santa Fe Co-belligerent: Paraguay (1845–1850) Supported by: Bolivia   United Kingdom   France Paraguay (1851–1852)	Argentine Confederation Cerrito Government	Brazilian-led allied victory [2] Buenos Aires clout over the Platine region ends [2] Brazilian hegemony in the Platine region starts [3] [4]
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	Empire of Brazil Colorados Argentina Unitarios	Uruguay Blancos Federales Support: Paraguay	Brazilian–Colorado victory Start of the Paraguayan War
Paraguayan War (1864 [5] –1870)	Empire of Brazil Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Allied victory Treaty of the Triple Alliance ended Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty between Brazil and Paraguay Machaín-Irigoyen Treaty between Argentina and Paraguay Free navigation in the Platine region Allied occupation of Paraguay Paraguay permanently lost its claims to lands amounting to almost 40% of its prewar claimed territories. Brazil definitively gained the disputed territories north of the Apa River, now part of Mato Grosso do Sul state. Argentina definitively gained the disputed Misiones Province and all the disputed lands south of the Pilcomayo River now constituting Formosa Province.

Brazilian Republic (1889–)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)	Brazil	Federalist rebels Navy rebels Uruguayan volunteers	Government victory	Floriano Peixoto
Trinidad Conflict (1893-1897)	Brazilian government Supported by: Portugal	Principality of Trinidad United Kingdom	Government Victory Brazil Stabilishes Sovereignty over Trinidad and Martim Vaz Archipelago	Floriano Peixoto Prudente de Morais
Manhuassu Conflict (1896)	Brazilian government	Manhuassu Republic	Government victory Serafim Escapes to Espirito Santo	Prudente de Morais
War of Canudos (1896–1897)	Brazil Brazilian Army Police Corps	Canudos inhabitants Jagunços Civil militia	Government victory Movement squashed Settlements destroyed and survivors massacred	Prudente de Morais
Acre War (1899–1903)	Republic of Acre Supported by: Brazil	Bolivia Supported by: United States	Brazilian victory Treaty of Petrópolis (between Bolivia and Brazil) Valerde-Río Branco Treaty  [ pt ] (between Brazil and Peru) Polo-Bustamante Treaty (between Peru and Bolivia) Brazilian annexation of Acre	Campos Sales Rodrigues Alves
Contestado War (1912–1916)	Brazil Brazilian Army Paraná Police	Rebels	Government victory	Hermes da Fonseca
				Venceslau Brás
First World War (1914–1918) (Limited involvement, 1917–1918)	Allied Powers:   France   United Kingdom  and Empire: Australia Canada   Ceylon   Egypt Newfoundland New Zealand   India   South Africa Russia (until 1917) [b]   Italy (from 1915)   United States (from 1917)   Japan Brazil and others	Central Powers: German Empire Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire   Bulgaria (from 1915) and others	Allied Powers victory (see Aftermath of World War I) Partition of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Partition of German territories, all of their colonies lost, Bulgaria lost Thrace and smaller border areas Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East, such as Poland, Yugoslavia, Weimar Germany, Soviet Russia and Soviet Union, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Hejaz, and Yemen
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Federal government Brazilian Army Army Aviation Brazilian Navy Marine Corps Naval Aviation Loyalists Police Corps Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro Paraná	Constitutionalists São Paulo São Paulo Police 2nd Army Maracaju Gaúcho United Front	Government and loyalist victory Brazilian Constitution of 1934	Getúlio Vargas
Second World War (1939–1945 [c] ) (Limited involvement, 1942–1945)	Allies United States Soviet Union United Kingdom   China Brazil and others	Axis   Germany   Italy   Japan and others	Allied victory
Dominican Civil War (1965 [6] )	Loyalist faction United States IAPF Brazil Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras [6]	Constitutionalist faction Dominican Revolutionary Party Social Christian Revolutionary Party June 14th Revolutionary Movement  [ es ]	Loyalist victory Ceasefire declared Formation of the provisional government for new elections Deposition of Juan Bosch of the presidency ratified Organization of presidential elections in 1966 under international supervision Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president Establishment of the Fourth Dominican Republic on July 1, 1966	Humberto Castelo Branco

See also

• Military history of Brazil

Notes

1. Articles I and II of the Preliminary Peace Convention, Câmara dos Deputados 1828, p. 121 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCâmara_dos_Deputados1828 (help):
   • Article I: "His Majesty, the Emperor of Brazil, declares the Province of Montevideo, today called Cisplatina, separated from the territory of the Empire of Brazil, so that it can constitute itself in a free State, and independent of all and any nation, under the form of government that it deems most suited to its interests, needs and resources."
   • Article II: "The government of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata agrees to declare, for its part, the independence of the Province of Montevideo, today called Cisplatina, so that it constitutes a free and independent State in the terms declared in the preceding article."
2. The Russian Empire during 1914–1917, the Russian Republic during 1917. The Bolshevik government signed a separate peace with the Central Powers shortly after their armed seizure of power, resulting in a Central Powers victory on the Eastern Front of the war, and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's defeat. However, this peace treaty was nullified by an Allied Powers victory on the Western Front, and the end of the war.
3. While various other dates have been proposed as the date on which World War II began or ended, this is the period most frequently cited.

References

1. Franchini 2015, p. 26, "On 1 August 1822, the war formally began, which little by little reached the territories of the Empire. August 1st is mentioned because it was the date of issuance of two decrees, one that declared as enemies all Portuguese troops that entered Brazil without the Regent's consent, and another in which the Regent explained the causes of the 'war waged against Portugal'". sfn error: no target: CITEREFFranchini2015 (help)
2. Halperín Donghi 2007, p. 91.
3. Furtado 2000, p. 10. sfn error: no target: CITEREFFurtado2000 (help)
4. Golin 2004, p. 42. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGolin2004 (help)
5. Whigham 2002, pp. 161, 446 n.87. sfn error: no target: CITEREFWhigham2002 (help)
6. Lawrence Yates (July 1988). "Power Pack: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic 1965–1966" (PDF). Lawrence Papers. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

Bibliography

• Fausto, Boris; Fausto, Sérgio (2022). História Concisa do Brasil. EDUSP. ISBN   978-85-3141-582-1.
• Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America . Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN   978-08-2231-374-8.