Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Battle of Ourique (1139) Location: Ourique in Alentejo (southern Portugal )
County of Portugal Almoravids Portuguese victory Battle of Valdevez (1140) Location: Arcos de Valdevez , Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León Portuguese victory Siege of Lisbon (1142) Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal Crusaders Almoravid dynasty
Defeat Crusader forces failed to capture Lisbon Second Crusade (1147–1150)
Location: Iberia , Near East , Egypt
Status quo ante bellum Conquest of Santarém (1147) Location: Santarém , Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal
Taifa of Badajoz
Portuguese victory [ 3] Siege of Lisbon (1147)
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal Crusaders
Almoravid dynasty [ 4]
Portuguese-Crusader victory Luso-Leonese War (1167–1169) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Kingdom of León
Defeat Battle of Cape Espichel (1180)
Location: Off Cape Espichel , Atlantic Ocean
Kingdom of Portugal
Almohad Caliphate
Portuguese victory Raid of Ceuta (1180) [ 5] Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Victory Battle of Silves (1182) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Almohad Caliphate Defeat Siege of Santarém (1184) Location: Santarém , Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León
Almohad Caliphate
Christian victory Almohad campaign in the Algarve (1190–1191) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crusaders
Almohad Caliphate Defeat Part of the Reconquista and Third Crusade. Battle of Alarcos (1195)
Location: Alarcos , Ciudad Real province
Kingdom of Castile Order of Santiago Order of St. Benedict
Almohad Caliphate Castilian rebels
Almohad victory [ 6] Luso-Leonese War (1196–1200) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of León Kingdom of Navarre
Almohad Caliphate
Status Quo Ante Bellum Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) Location: Near Santa Elena , Jaén , Andalusia
Almohad Caliphate
Christian victory [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Siege of Alcácer do Sal (1217)
Location: Qaṣr Abī Dānis , al-Gharb
Kingdom of Portugal Crusaders from northern Europe
Almohad Caliphate
Portuguese–Crusader victory Siege of Faro (1249)
Location: Faro, Portugal
Portugal Order of Santiago Order of Aviz
Taifa of Niebla
Portuguese victory War of the Strait (1292–1350)
(1292–1350)
Location: Mediterranean Sea (Strait of Gibraltar )
Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Castile
Kingdom of Portugal
Supported by:
Kingdom of Navarre
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of England
Republic of Genoa
Marinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada
Victory End of Moroccan hegemony in the Strait of Gibraltar . No more offensive or expansion attempts against the Christian Kingdoms would be done by Marinids, being just at the defensive for the rest of the reconquista . Luso-Castilian War (1295–1297) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Castile Stalemate Luso-Castillian War (1336–39)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat Battle of Río Salado (1340) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Crown of Castile Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada
Castilian–Portuguese victory Battle of Guadalmesí (1342) [ 12]
Location: Guadalmesí , Strait of Gibraltar
Crown of Castile Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid Sultanate
Castilian–Portuguese victory Siege of Algeciras (1342–1344) Location: Algeciras
Crown of Castile Republic of Genoa Kingdom of Aragon Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre European crusaders
Marinid Dynasty Emirate of Granada
Castillian victory War of the Two Peters (1356–1369) Location: Mostly towns in the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Valencia , coast of the Principality of Catalonia
Pedristas Supported by: England Republic of Genoa Portugal Navarre Granada
Aragon Enriquistas Supported by: France
Trastamarian victory First Fernandine War (1369–1371) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Ferdinand I of Portugal Peter IV of Aragon Charles II of Navarre
Henry of Trastámara
Treaty of Alcoutim Second Fernandine War (1372–1373) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat Third Fernandine War (1381–1382) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Defeat Portuguese interregnum (1383–1385) Location: Portugal and Castile
Party of the Grandmaster of Avis Supported by: England
Party of Beatrice of Portugal Castile Supported by: France Aragon Genoese volunteers
Victory of the Grandmaster of Avis 's party: Conquest of Ceuta (1415) Location: Ceuta , Marinid dynasty (part of modern-day Spain )
Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid dynasty
Portuguese victory Siege of Ceuta (1419)
Location: Ceuta
Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid Sultanate Emirate of Granada
Portuguese victory Irmandiño revolts (1431–69)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Andrade , Lemos and Moscoso families
Galician rebelsVictory Battle of Tangier (1437) Location: Tangier , Morocco
Portuguese Empire
Marinid Sultanate
Moroccan victory Conquest of Ksar es-Seghir (1458) Location: Ksar es-Seghir , (modern-day Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid Sultanate
Portuguese victory Catalan Civil War (1462–72)
Location: the Principality of Catalonia
Supported by: Crown of Castile (1462–1463) Kingdom of Portugal (1463–1466) Duchy of Lorraine (1466–1471) Kingdom of France (1466–1471)
Crown of Aragon Supported by: Remensa Kingdom of France (1462–1463) Crown of Castile (1469–1472)
Royal victory Capitulation of Pedralbes Siege of Tangier (1463–1464) Location: Tangier , Morocco
Kingdom of Portugal
Marinid Sultanate
Marinid victory Anfa expedition (1468) Location: Anfa , Morocco
Kingdom of Portugal
Wattasid Morocco
Portuguese victory Conquest of Asilah (1471) Location: Asilah , Morocco
Kingdom of Portugal
Wattasid Morocco
Portuguese victory Portuguese conquest of Tangier (1471)
Location: Tangier , Morocco
Kingdom of Portugal
Wattasid dynasty
Portuguese victory War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479) Location: Iberian Peninsula and Atlantic Ocean
Treaty of Alcáçovas : Siege of Ceuta (1476) [ 14] Location: North Africa
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile (Juana Supporters)
Marinid Sultanate Victory Battle of Guinea (1478)
Location: Near Elmina , Gulf of Guinea
Kingdom of Portugal
Crown of Castile
Portuguese victory Chaouia expedition (1487)
Location: Chaouia , Morocco
Kingdom of Portugal
Wattasid Morocco
Portuguese victory. Siege of Graciosa (1489)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Defeat Targa expedition (1490) Location: Targa
Kingdom of Portugal
Wattasid Morocco
Portuguese victory First Luso-Malabarese War (1500–1513) Location: Indian Ocean , Malabar Coast , India .
Portuguese Empire Supported by: Kingdom of Cochin Kingdom of Cannanore (until 1507) Kingdom of Kollam Kingdom of Tanur (1504 on)
Kingdom of Calicut Supported by: Mamluk Egypt Republic of Venice Kingdom of Tanur (up to 1504) Supported by:
Mamluk Egypt
Republic of Venice
Arab privateers
Portuguese victory Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) Location: Mers-el-Kébir , Kingdom of Tlemcen
Portuguese Empire
Kingdom of Tlemcen
Zayyanid victory First Battle of Cannanore (1501)
Location: Asia , Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Calicut Victory Battle of Tanger (1502)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Portugal Wattasids Defeat Battle of Calicut (1503) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Calicut Arab privateers
Victory Battle of Pandarane (1504)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Mamluk Sultanate Victory Battle of Cochin (1504) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portugal Kingdom of Cochin Kingdom of Calicut Vassal Malabari states
Victory Battle of Mombasa (1505) Location: East Africa (modern Kenya )
Portuguese Empire Mombasa Sultanate Victory Portuguese-Mamluk naval war (1505–1517) Location: Asia , Indian Ocean
Portugal Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Calicut Bijapur Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate Supported by Republic of Venice Ottoman Empire
Victory Siege of Anjadiva (1506) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory Battle of Barawa (1507)
Location: East Africa (modern Somalia )
Portuguese Empire Ajuran Sultanate Victory Ajuran-Portuguese wars (1507–1542) Location: East Africa (modern Somalia )
Kingdom of Portugal Ajuran Sultanate Ottoman Empire [ 16] [ full citation needed ] [ 17] Victory Battle of Socotra (1507)
Location: Socotra (between Guardafui Channel and Arabian Sea )
Portuguese Empire Mahra Sultanate Victory Capture of Ormuz (1507) Location: Asia , Persian Gulf (Hormuz Island )
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Ormus Safavid Empire Victory Persian–Portuguese wars (1507–1622) Location: Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean (modern Iran )
Portuguese Empire Supported by:
Spanish Empire (since 1580)
Safavid Empire Omani Empire Supported by:
Defeat Siege of Cannanore (1507) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Cannanore Kingdom of Calicut
Victory Battle of Dabul (1508)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts (1508–1573)
Location: Indian subcontinent (Gujarat )
Portuguese Empire Gujarat Sultanate Supported by:
Kingdom of Calicut
Mamluk Sultanate (until 1517)
Ottoman Empire (since 1517)
Victory Sieges of Asilah (1508–1509)
Location: North Africa
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory Malay-Portuguese conflicts (1509–1641) Location: Southeast Asia , Malay Peninsula , Straits of Malacca (modern Malaysia , Singapore and western Indonesia )
Portuguese Empire Supported by:
Sultanate of Perak Sultanate of Kedah
Supported by:
Stalemate Portuguese conquest of Goa (1510) Location: Indian subcontinent
Kingdom of Portugal Bijapur Sultanate Victory Capture of Malacca (1511) Location: Malacca City (modern Malaysia )
Kingdom of Portugal Malacca Sultanate Victory Siege of Aden (1513)
Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen )
Portuguese Empire Yemeni Tahirids Defeat Battle of Azemmour (1513) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Victory Conquest of Azemmour in Morocco Battle of Tednest (1514)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Saadi Sultanate Victory Raid of Marrakesh (1515) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Hintata Supported by:
Saadi Sultanate
Wattasid dynasty
Defeat Battle of Mamora (1515) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasids Supported by Abda Doukkala
Defeat Expedition against Oulad Amrane (1516) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Oulad Amrane Defeat Siege of Goa (1517) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Bijapur Sultanate Victory Battle of Zeila (1517)
Location: East Africa (modern Somaliland )
Portuguese Empire Adal Sultanate Victory Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts (1518–1658)
Location: Indian Ocean , Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kotte
Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Kandy
Principality of Raigama
Kingdom of Jaffna
Supported by:
Zamorin of Calicut
Kingdom of Tanjore
Vanni chieftains
Dutch East India Company (From 1638)
Stalemate Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts (1519–1639)
Location: Southeast Asia , Sumatra , Malay Peninsula and Strait of Malacca (modern western Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia )
Portuguese Empire Supported by:
Sultanate of Aceh Supported by:
Inconclusive Aceh expansionism stopped. Portuguese conquest of Bahrain (1521) Location: Eastern Arabia , Persian Gulf (Bahrain )
Portuguese Empire Jabrids Victory Battle of Tunmen (1521)
Location: China (modern Hong Kong )
Portuguese Empire Ming China Defeat Battle of Sincouwaan (1522)
Location: China (modern Hong Kong )
Portuguese Empire Ming China Defeat Battle of al-Shihr (1523) Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen )
Portuguese Empire Kathiri Sultanate Victory Siege of Calicut (1526) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Zamorin of Calicut Defeat Conquest of Sunda Kelapa (1527) Location: Java (modern Indonesia )
Portuguese Empire Sunda Kingdom
Demak Sultanate Banten Sultanate
Cirebon Sultanate
Defeat Battle of Mombasa (1528) Location: East Africa (modern Kenya )
Portuguese Empire Supported by:
Malindi Kingdom
Mombasa Sultanate Victory Siege of Bahrain (1529) Location: Eastern Arabia , Persian Gulf (Bahrain )
Portuguese Empire Bahraini rebels Defeat Abyssinian–Adal war (1529–1543) Location: East Africa (modern Ethiopia , Somalia , Djibouti , Eritrea )
Ethiopian Empire Kingdom of Portugal (1542–43) Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire (1542–43) Inconclusive Spanish-Ottoman War (1529–1541) Location: Mediterranean Sea , North Africa
Empire of Charles V Holy Roman Empire
Papal States
Kingdom of Portugal
Knights of Malta
Kingdom of France (until 1534)
Hafsid dynasty
Kingdom of Kuku
Kabyle people
Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Tlemcen
Banu Rashid
Arab irregulars
Kingdom of France (since 1535)
Stalemate Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts (1530–1605) Location: Maluku Islands , (modern eastern Indonesia )
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Sultanate of Tidore Sultanate of Ternate Dutch East India Company Defeat Battle of al-Shihr (1531) Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen )
Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire Kathiri Sultanate
Defeat Siege of Diu (1531) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Gujarat Sultanate Ottoman Empire
Defeat French invasions to Colonial Brazil (1531–1615) Location: South America , Brazil
Portuguese Empire Indian allies
France Indian allies
Victory Spanish Jailolo-Portuguese Ternate war (1533)
Location: Maluku Islands , (modern eastern Indonesia )
Sultanate of Ternate Portuguese Empire
Sultanate of Tidore Jailolo Sultanate
Spanish Empire
Stalemate Iguape War (1534–1536) Location: South America , Brazil
Kingdom of Portugal Spanish Empire Indian auxiliaries
Victory Battle of Tidore (1536)
Location: Maluku Islands , (modern eastern Indonesia )
Portuguese Empire Ternate loyal to Hairun
Ternate loyal to Dayal Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Bacan
Sultanate of Jailolo
Kingdom of Vaigama [ 27]
Kingdom of Vaigue [ 27]
Kingdom of Quibibi [ 27]
Kingdom of Mincibo [ 27]
Victory Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) Location: Persian Gulf , Horn of Africa , Red Sea and India
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Hormuz
Ethiopian Empire
Ottoman Empire Gujarat Sultanate Adal Sultanate
Status quo ante bellum Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea Shuangyu Skirmishes (1539) Location: China (Zhejiang )
Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates ) Portuguese pirates
Ming China Victory Fall of Agadir (1541)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Portuguese Empire Saadi Sultanate Defeat Battle of Benadir (1542)
Location: East Africa (modern Somalia )
Portuguese Empire Ajuran Sultanate Victory Shuangyu Skirmishes (1543) Location: China (Zhejiang )
Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates ) Portuguese pirates
Ming China Defeat Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549) [ 28] Location: Southeast Asia (modern Thailand )
Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam) Supported by: Portuguese Empire
Toungoo dynasty (Burma)Victory Raid of Zhangzhou (1547) Location: China (Zhangzhou )
Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory Raid of Ningbo (1548) Location: China (Ningbo )
Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory Raid of Taizhou (1548) Location: China (Taizhou )
Portuguese pirates Ming China Victory Battle of al-Shihr (1548) Location: Arabian Peninsula (modern Yemen )
Portuguese Empire Mahra Sultanate
Kathiri Sultanate Victory Incident of Dongshan Peninsula (1549) Location: China (Fujian )
Wokou Portuguese merchants
Ming China Defeat Battle of the Bay of Velez (1553)
Location: North Africa , Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Defeat Tamoyo Confederation (1554–1567)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory Aimoré War (1555–1673)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Aimoré people Victory Siege of Piratininga (1555–1736)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Guarulho people Guaianá people
Carijó people
Victory Siege of Kotte (1557–1558)
Location: Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kotte
Kingdom of Sitawaka Victory Bandeirantes raids from Brazil to Spanish domains (1557–18th century) Location: South America (mostly Amazon Forest )
Portuguese Empire Spain Stalemate The Amazon is divided between Spain and Portugal with the Treaty of Madrid (1750) , as both countries compromissed to stop and punish bandits expeditions from bandeirantes. Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1558–1566) Location: Indian Ocean
Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Ajuran Sultanate Status quo ante bellum Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea Battle of Mulleriyawa (1559) Location: Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Sitawaka Defeat Decisive victory to Sinhalese army of Kingdom of Sitawaka Siege of Moji (1561)
Location: Asia–Pacific , Japan
Ōtomo clan Portuguese Empire
Mōri clan Defeat Siege of Mazagan (1562) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Portuguese Empire Saadi Sultanate Victory Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565) Location: Asia–Pacific , Japan
Kingdom of Portugal Matsura Takanobu Clan Victory Blockade of Cebu (1568) Location: Philippines
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Defeat Battle of Aceh (1569) Location: Sumatra (modern Indonesia )
Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Aceh Victory War of the League of the Indies (1570 – 1574) Location: Indian Ocean , Western India and the Straits of Malacca
Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Bijapur Sultanate of Ahmadnagar Zamorin of Calicut Sultanate of Aceh Co-belligerents:
Princely states of the Kanara coast
Kalinyamat Sultanate
Sultanate of Ternate
Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Golkonda
Mappila Muslims
Victory Battle of Alcácer Quibir (1578) Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Kingdom of Portugal Moorish Allies
Saadi Sultanate Supported by:
Ottoman Empire
Defeat War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583) Location: Iberian Peninsula , Azores
Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato France England United Provinces Crown of Spain Portugal loyal to Philip of Spain Decisive defeat for António, Prior of Crato Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1580–89) Location: East Africa , Swahili coast and Indian Ocean
Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Victory Portuguese control in the South East African coast restored and Mir Ali Bey captured Siege of Daman (1581) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Location: Atlantic Ocean , Mediterranean Sea , Western Europe , Azores , Canary Islands , Ibero-America .
Spanish Empire Order of Saint John
co-belligerent
Kingdom of England Ireland co-belligerent
Indecisive Battle of Leitao Coast (1586)
Location: Persian Gulf , Kish Island (Iran )
Portuguese Empire Arab Niquilus Defeat Siege of Johor (1587) Location: Malay Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Johor Sultanate Victory Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594) [ 29] Location: Southeast Asia (modern Cambodia )
Kingdom of Cambodia Supported by: Spanish Empire
Ayutthaya Kingdom Defeat Cambodian–Spanish War (1593–97)
Location: Southeast Asia (modern Cambodia )
Spanish Empire Cambodian allies
Japanese mercenaries
Cambodia Supported by :
Ayutthaya Kingdom
Johor Sultanate (Muslim Malay merchants)
Kingdom of Champa (Muslim Cham merchants)
Defeat Campaign of Danture (1594) Location: Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kandy Defeat Decisive victory to Sinhalese army of Kingdom of Kandy Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600) Location: China (near Macau )
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Victory End of Spain's attempts to circumvent the restrictions placed on them from reaching China. Portuguese monopoly on the 16th century China trade seizured. Dutch–Portuguese War (1598–1663) Europe
South America
Africa
Asia
Kingdom of Portugal Supported by:
Dutch Republic Supported by:
Indecisive Formation of the Dutch Empire . Portuguese Restoration War . Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, Goa and Macau. Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Both sides claim victory in India. Siege of Kottakkal (1599–1600)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Calicut
Kunjali Marakkar forces Victory Palmares War (early 17th century–1695)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Quilombo dos Palmares Victory Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610)
Location: Nagasaki , Japan
Portuguese Empire Tokugawa shogunate Defeat Battle of Swally (1612)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire English East India Company Defeat Cummean Revolt (1617–1621)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory Sack of Madeira (1617)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Ottoman Empire Defeat Tupinambá Revolt (1618)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Tupinambá people Victory Tupinambás Uprising (1617–1621) Location: Brazil
Kingdom of Portugal Tupinambá rebel forces under tuxaua ( cacique ) Cabelo de Velha Victory 1st Danish expedition to India (1618–1622)
Location: Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire France Denmark-Norway Kandy
Supported by:
Thanjavur Nayak
Dutch East India Company
Portuguese militar victory Danish political victory
Sino-Dutch conflicts (1620s–1670s)
Location: Asia–Pacific , China
Ming China Southern Ming dynasty
Kingdom of Tungning
Portuguese Empire
Dutch East India Company Chinese pirates
Victory Capture of Ormuz (1622) Location: Persian Gulf
Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Spanish Empire
Safavid Empire English East India Company Defeat Ormuz (which was under Portuguese control since 1507) goes back to Persian control First Kongo-Portuguese War (1622–1623) Location: Central Africa (modernAngola and Congo region )
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Kongo Status quo ante bellum Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636) [ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
Location: Southeast Asia (modern Thailand )
Iberian Union Siam Dutch East India Company
Defeat Battle of Duyon River (1629) Location: Malay Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Sultanate of Aceh Decisive Victory Aceh's forces destroyed (loses 236 ships, 19,000 soldiers) Motim das Maçarocas (1629)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Union Portuguese independentistsVictory Mombasa war (1631–32)
Location: East Africa (modern Kenya )
Portuguese Empire Mombasa Sultanate Victory Siege of Hooghly (1632)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Defeat Portuguese expedition to Mombasa of 1632 Location: East Africa (modern Kenya )
Portuguese Empire Safavid Empire
Omani Empire Defeat Manuelinho Revolt (1637)
Location: Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Union Portuguese independentistsVictory Battle of Gannoruwa (1638)
Location: Sri Lanka
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kandy Defeat Siege of Daman (1638–1639) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory Mazagan Ambush (1640)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Portuguese Empire Republic of Salé Defeat Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Spain (Castile and Aragon )Victory Battle of Mbororé Location: South America (modern Misiones Province , Argentina )
Portuguese Empire Tupi people
Spanish Empire Defeat Acclamation of Amador Bueno (1641)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Nativists Victory Failure in forming a kingdom Amador Bueno swears loyalty to king John IV Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart (1643–1645)Location: Indian Ocean
Leyel loyalist Dutch Coromandel
English Madras
Portuguese India (Carical )
Supported by:
Thanjavur Nayak
Pessart loyalistVictory Dano-Carical Conflict (1644–1645)Location: India (Karaikal and Tranquebar )
Portuguese India Dutch India
Danish India Victory Siege of Dansborg (1644) Location: India (Tranquebar )
Portuguese India Dutch India
Danish India Inconclusive Siege of Muscat (1650) Location: Gulf of Oman
Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Defeat End of Portuguese rule in Oman and presence on the Persian Gulf . Cachaça Revolt (1660–1661)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Rio de Janeiro Rebels Victory Raid of Tangier (1662)
Location: North Africa (Morocco )
Portuguese Empire Supported by:
Kingdom of England
Khadir Ghaïlan forces Supported by:
Crown of Spain
Saadi Morocco
Stalemate Kongo Civil War (1665–1709) Location: Central Africa (modernAngola and Congo region )
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kongo Kimpanzu dynasty forces Kinlaza dynasty forces Soyo and Ngoyo Supported by:
Dutch West India Company
Stalemate Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts (1666–1758)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Zamorin United Kingdom
Portuguese Empire [ 36] [ a]
Dutch Republic Defeat Conjuration of Our Father (1666)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Pernambuco Rebels Victory Battle of Pungo Andongo (1671)
Location: Central Africa (modernAngola )
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Ndongo Victory Battle of Katole (1681)
Location: Central Africa (modernAngola )
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Matamba Pirric Victory Barbarians' War (1683–1713)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Confederation of the Cariris Victory Maratha–Portuguese War (1683–1684) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Victory Portuguese territory in India defended. Beckman Revolt (1684)
Location: Brazil
Portuguese Empire Maranhão Rebels Victory Mughal–Portuguese War (1692–1693) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire Victory Portuguese territory in India defended. Taro Revolt (1694–1695)
Location: Azores
Portugal São Jorge peasants Victory Battle of Daman (1694) Location: India
Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Victory Omani–Portuguese conflict (1696–1714) Location: Indian Ocean , Southeast Africa , India
Portuguese Empire Omani Empire Indecisive War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) On South America:
Spain loyal to Charles Holy Roman Empire :
Great Britain (formed in 1707) [ 37]
Dutch Republic Portugal (from 1703)
Savoy
Danish Auxiliary Corps
co-belligerent: [ 38]
Spain loyal to Philip France
Bavaria (until 1704)
Duchy of Mantua (until 1708)
Cologne (until 1702)
Liège (until 1702)
co-belligerent: [ 38]
Political victory for Philip Military victory for Charles Treaties of Utrecht , Rastatt , and Baden :
Austria, Great Britain and the Dutch Republic recognise Philip V as King of Spain but he renounces any claim to the throne of France. Spain cedes territories in Europe. Spain cedes the Colony of Sacramento to the Portuguese Empire Mura War (18th century)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Mura people Victory War of the Emboabas (1707–1709)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Paulistas (Bandeirantes ) Victory Mascate War (1710–1711)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Vila de Olinda Victory Salt Revolt (1710–1720)
Location: Brazil
Portugal São Paulo Rebels Victory Mandu Ladino Revolt (1712–1719)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Tupi people Victory Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718) Location: Peloponnese , Aegean Sea , Ionian Islands , Dalmatia
Republic of Venice Austria (from 1716) Kingdom of Portugal Order of Malta Papal States Spain Ottoman Empire Defeat Vila Rica Revolt (1720)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Supporters of Filipe dos Santos Victory Manaó War (1723–1728)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Manaó people Victory Expedition to Cabinda (1723)
Location: Central Africa (modernAngola )
Portuguese Empire British Empire Kingdom of Ngoyo
Victory Maratha–Portuguese War (1725–1726) [ 39] [ full citation needed ] Location: Indian subcontinent Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Inconclusive Terço Velho Motin (1728)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Terço Velho Regiment Victory Portuguese-Omani conflict (1728–1729) Location: Indian Ocean , Southeast Africa
Portuguese Empire Swahili city-states rebels against Oman
Omani Empire Swahili city-states rebels against Portugal
Statu Quo Ante Bellum Maratha–Portuguese War (1729–1732) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Supported by: Maratha Confederacy Victory Novas Conquistas (1729–1789) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Supported by: Rajahnate of Soonda Kingdom of Sawantwadi
Kingdom of Mysore Maratha Empire Victory Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–37) Location: South America , Río de la Plata Basin (modern Uruguay )
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Victory Battle of Vasai (1739)
Location: Indian subcontinent
Portuguese Empire Maratha Confederacy Defeat Naval Battle of Calicut (1752) Location: Indian subcontinent
Portugal Maratha Empire Victory Guaraní War (1754–56) Location: South America , Misiones Orientales (modern Paraguay , Argentina , Brazil )
Portugal Spain
Guaraní Jesuits
Victory Ratification of the Exchange Treaty . Declaration of the border between Spain and Portugal in South America Treaty of El Pardo . Total abandonment of the eastern missions by the Guarani (Transfer of the Guarani out of the territories ceded to Portugal.). Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Location: Europe , North America , West Indies , South America , West Africa , India , Philippines
Great Britain Prussia Portugal (from 1762)
Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy
Filipino rebels
France Austria
Electorate of Saxony Russia (until 1762) Spain (from 1762)
Sweden (1757–62) Abenaki nation Mughal Empire (from 1757)
Victory First Curvelo Conspiracy (1760–1763)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Conspirators Victory War of Galangue (1768–1769) [ 40] Location: Angola Portuguese Empire Galangue Kingdom Victory Inconfidence of Mariana (1769)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Inconfidents Victory Siege of Mazagan (1769) Location: Morocco
Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Morocco Defeat First Luso-Ovimbo War (1774–1778)
Location: Angola
Portuguese Empire Ovimbundu Kingdoms Victory Inconfidence of Sabará (1775)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Inconfidents Victory Second Curvelo Conspiracy (1776)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Conspirators Victory Spanish-Portuguese War (1776–1777) Location: South America , Río de la Plata Basin (modern Argentina , Uruguay and southern Brazil )
Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Defeat Bombardment of Algiers (1784) Location: North Africa (Algeria )
Spain Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Order of Saint John Portugal
Regency of Algiers Victory Inconfidência Mineira (1789)
Location: Brazil
Portugal InconfidentsVictory Failed Independence of Minas Gerais. War of the Pyrenees (1793–1795) Location: Iberian Peninsula and Pyrenees
Spain Portugal [ b] French Émigrés France Defeat Rio de Janeiro Conjuration (1794–1795)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Conjurates from Rio Victory Failed Independence of Rio de Janeiro 1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates (1796–1799)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Conjurates from BahiaVictory Failed Independence of Bahia Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Location: Mediterranean Sea
Great Britain Portugal
Russia [ c]
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Naples
Hospitaller Malta
France Spain Victory Conspiracy of the Suassunas (1800–1801)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Pernambuco rebels Victory Failed Independence of Pernambuco War of the Oranges (1801) Location: Iberian Peninsula , South America (Río de la Plata and Guiana region )
Portugal Spain France
Defeat in Europe Victory in South America Invasion of Portugal (1807) Location: Iberian Peninsula
Portugal French Empire Spain
Defeat Peninsular War (1808–1814) Location: Iberian Peninsula and Southern France
Bourbon Spain United Kingdom Portugal
French Empire Bonapartist Spain Duchy of Warsaw Kingdom of Italy
Confederation of the Rhine
Swiss Confederation
Victory Portuguese conquest of French Guiana (1809) Location: South America (The Guianas )
Portugal United Kingdom
French Empire Victory Battle of the Tiger's Mouth (1809–1810) Location: China (Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area )
Portugal Red Flag Fleet Victory Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812) Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Uruguay )
Portugal United Provinces of the River Plate Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Inconclusive War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) Location: Europe
Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia First French Empire Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw [ d] Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau , First Treaty of Paris War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) Location: Europe
Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia Netherlands First French Empire Kingdom of Naples Victory Second Treaty of Paris Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816 - 1820) Location: Río de la Plata Basin (Uruguay and Argentina )
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Federal League Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental to the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Pernambucan Revolt (1817)
Location: Brazil
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Rebels from Pernambuco Rebels from Paraíba
Rebels from Potiguares
Victory Revolt suppressed Dissolution of the Comarca das Alagoas in the Pernambucan territory Failed Independence of Pernambuco Lisbon Conspiration (1817)
Location: Portugal
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Supremo Conselho Regenerador de Portugal e do Algarve Victory Oporto Liberal Revolution (1820)
Location: Portugal
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Liberals Defeat Martinhada Revolt (1820)
Location: Portugal
Junta Provisional do Governo Supremo do Reino Radical liberals Traditionalists Victory Liberal Revolution in Bahia and Grão-Pará (1821)
Location: Brazil
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Captaincy of Bahia Captaincy of Grão-Pará
Victory Revolt suppressed Increase of the liberal movement in Rio de Janeiro Constitutionalist revolt of the slaves (1821–1822)
Location: Brazil
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Minas Gerais slaves Inconclusive Rebels dispersed with the Proclamation of Independence Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825)
Location: Brazil
Portugal Empire of Brazil European mercenariesDefeat Vilafrancada (1823)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Miguelites Victory April Revolt (1824)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Miguelites Victory Liberal Wars (1828–1834) Location: Iberian Peninsula (Portugal )
Liberal (Forces of Queen Maria II and Pedro IV ) Supported by:
Spain (Since 1834)
United Kingdom
France (Since 1830) Belgian volunteers (1832–1834) [ 41]
Miguelites (Forces of King Miguel ) Supported by: Spain (Until 1833)
Holy Alliance
Carlists
Liberal Victory First Carlist War (1833–1840) Location: Iberian Peninsula (Spain )
Carlists (Forces of Infante Carlos ) Supported by: Portugal (until 1834)
Holy Alliance [ 42]
Miguelites
Liberals (Forces of Queen Isabella II ) Supported by: France United Kingdom Portugal (from 1834)
Liberal Victory Revolta dos Calcetas (1835)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Miguelites insurgentsVictory September Revolution (1836)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Septembrists (radical liberals) Defeat Marnotas Conspiracy (1837)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Miguelites insurgentsVictory Revolt of the Marshals (1837)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Cartista insurgents Victory Bolama Question (1838–1870)
Location: West Africa , Guinea-Bissau
Portugal United Kingdom Victory Torres Novas Revolt (1844)
Location: Portugal
Portugal Anti-Cabralism insurgents Victory Patuleia (1846) Location: Portugal
Forces of Queen Maria II Quadruple Alliance
Junta in Porto forces Moderate Liberal Victory Revolt of the Faitiões (1846) Location: China (Macau )
Portugal Chinese rebels Victory Baishaling Incident (1849) Location: China (Macau )
Portugal China Victory Guerras de Cassange (1850–62)
Location: Angola
Portugal Native peoples Victory Guerras do Nano (1855–74)
Location: Angola
Portugal Native peoples Victory Serpa Pinto Incident [ 43] (1889)
Location: Southern Africa (modern Zambia )
Portugal Kololo people Inconclusive Anglo-Portuguese conflict on Manicaland [ 44] (1890–1891)
Location: Southern Africa
Portugal United Kingdom Defeat 2nd Luso-Ovimbo War (1890–1904)
Location: Angola
Portugal Ovimbundu Kingdoms Victory 31 January 1891 Revolt (1891)
Location: Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal Republicans Victory Battle of Mufilo (1907) Location: Angola
Portugal Ovambo Victory Municipal Library Elevator Coup (1908)
Location: Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal Republicans Carbonária
Victory 5 October 1910 revolution (1910)
Location: Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal Republicans Carbonária
Defeat