List of wars of independence

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This is a list of wars of independence , including armed conflicts fought for independence of a nation. These wars may or may not have achieved the goal of political independence.

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List

  Independence failed
  Independence succeeded
  De facto independence with limited recognition [a]
  Autonomy granted
  Stalemate
  Ongoing conflict

Ancient (before 500 AD)

Medieval (500–1500)

Early modern (1500–1800)

Late modern (1800–1945)

Contemporary (1945–present)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Applicable after 1815, when the constitutive theory of statehood was developed through the Congress of Vienna [1]
  2. ↑ In cooperation with the Wars of the Delian League [2]
  3. ↑ In response to the palace coup led by Nanyue ministers who opposes unification with Han China [3]
  4. ↑ In response to the Dongyue ruler's claim to be Emperor of Dongyue [4]
  5. ↑ Part of the Gallic Wars
  6. ↑ Herod the Great, with Roman support, attacks Antigonus the Hasmonean, who proclaims himself king in an attempt to free Judea from Roman authority. [5]
  7. ↑ Part of the Saxon Wars
  8. ↑ Part of the Norman Conquest
  9. ↑ The Lombard League askes the Holy Roman Emperor for the exemption from all types of taxes and the absence of any kind of interference by the emperor in local matters. [6]
  10. ↑ These invasions are a response to the Cham expulsion of the Khmer vassal ruler in 1191. [7]
  11. ↑ In response to the establishment of the Myinsaing Kingdom [8]
  12. ↑ First occupation (1352–1357); Second occupation (1394)
  13. ↑ Including Naresuan's Elephant Battle in 1593 [9]
  14. ↑ Part of the Time of Troubles
  15. ↑ Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
  16. ↑ Part of the Aceh War
  17. ↑ Founded by Taiwanese gentry and Qing local officials in opposition to the cession of Taiwan [11]
  18. ↑ Proclaiming independence during the invasion by Hungary [13]
  19. ↑ Part of the 1948 Palestine war
  20. ↑ Part of the Congo Crisis
  21. ↑ In response to the establishment of the Democratic Republic of East Timor [14]
  22. ↑ Part of the Gulf War

References

  1. ↑ Kalevi Jaakko Holsti Taming the Sovereigns p. 128.
  2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus (1946). Library of History. Vol. 4. C. H. Oldfather (trans.). Loeb Classical Library. 11.71.3-6. ISBN   978-0-674-99413-3 . Retrieved 10 September 2010.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ 張榮芳; 黃淼章 (2008). 南越国史 (in Chinese) (2nd ed.). 廣東人民出版社. p. 453. ISBN   978-7-218-01982-6.
  4. ↑ 薛瑜婷 (2018-09-19). "閩越重要人物——無諸與餘善". Academy of Chinese Studies (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ↑ "Antigonus Matthathias", Jewish Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ D'Ilario, Giorgio; Gianazza, Egidio; Marinoni, Augusto (1976). Legnano e la battaglia (in Italian). Edizioni Landoni. pp. 153–154. SBN IT\ICCU\LO1\1256757.
  7. ↑ Maspero, G. (2002). The Champa Kingdom. Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd. pp. 79–80. ISBN   9747534991.
  8. ↑ Than Tun (December 1959). "History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400". Journal of Burma Research Society. XLII (II): 119–120.
  9. ↑ Damrong Rajanubhab (1928). Chris Baker (ed.). Our Wars with the Burmese: Thai–Burmese Conflict 1539–1767. Translated by Aung Thein (2001 ed.). Bangkok: White Lotus. pp. 130–134. ISBN   974-7534-58-4.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  10. ↑ Coppa, Frank J. (2014). The Origins of the Italian Wars of Independence. Routledge. ISBN   9781138836266.
  11. ↑ Takekoshi, Yosaburō (1907). Japanese rule in Formosa. London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and co. pp. 82–84. OCLC   753129. OL   6986981M.
  12. ↑ Gülseven, Aslı (30 March 2021). "A Failed Independence Movement in the Context of the Great Powers Competition: The North Caucasian Struggle for Independence (1917–1920)". Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi. 11 (1): 245–259. doi:10.30783/nevsosbilen.873522 . Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Magocsi, Paul R. (1978). The Shaping of a National Identity: Subcarpathian Rus', 1848-1948. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 245. ISBN   9780674805798.
  14. ↑ Dennis B. Klein (18 April 2018). Societies Emerging from Conflict: The Aftermath of Atrocity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 156. ISBN   978-1-5275-1041-8.
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