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Armed Conflict Events Data

Intra-State Wars: A Chronological List from 1800 to present

2007

Second Yemeni Cleric War of 2007

2006

Third Somalia War of 2006-2008
Second Sri Lanka Tamil War of 2006-present

2005

Philippine Joint Offensive of 2005-2006
Fifth Chad War of 2005-2006

2004

Waziristan War of 2004-2006
Second Nigeria Christian-Muslim War of 2004
First Yemeni Cleric War of 2004-2005

2003

Third Philippine-Moro War of 2003
Darfur War of 2003-2006
Third Aceh War of 2003-2004
Second Nepal Maoists War of 2003-2006

2002

Fourth Liberia War of 2002-2003
Ethiopian Anyuaa-Nuer War of 2002-2003
Cote d'Ivoire Military War of 2002-2004

2001

Third Burundi War of 2001-2003
Fourth Rwanda War of 2001
First Nepal Maoist Insurgency of 2001-2003

2000

Second Philippine-Moro War of 2000-2001
Guinean War of 2000-2001

1999

Moluccas Sectarian War of 1999-2000
First Nigeria Christian-Muslim War of 1999-2000
Second Aceh War of 1999-2002
Oromo Liberation War of 1999
Second Chechnya War of 1999-2003

1998

Second Sierra Leone War of 1998-2000
Kosovo Independence War of 1998-1999
Guinea-Bissau Military War of 1998-1999
Africa's World War of 1998-2002
Fourth Chad (Togoimi Revolt) War of 1998-2000
Third Angolan War of 1998-2002
Second Congo (Brazzaville) War of 1998-1999

1997

Third Rwanda War of 1997-1998
First Congo Brazzaville War of 1997

1996

Fifth DRC War of 1996-1997

1995

Croatia-Krajina War of 1995
Third Liberia War of 1996
Sixth Iraqi Kurds War of 1996

1994

South Yemeni Secessionist War of 1994
Second Rwanda War of 1994
First Chechnya War of 1994-1996
Iraqi Kurd Internecine War of 1994-1995

1993

Second Cambodia Civil War of 1993-1997
Abkhazia Revolt of 1993-1994
Second Burundi War of 1993-1998

1992

Algerian Islamic Front War of 1992-1999
Tajikistan War of 1992-1997
Bosnian-Serb Rebellion of 1992-1995
Second Liberia War of 1992-1995
Angolan War of Cities of 1992-1994

1991

Shiite and Kurdish War of 1991
First Sierra Leone War of 1991-1996
Croatian Independence War of 1991-1992
Second Turkish Kurds War of 1991-1999
SPLA Division (Dinka-Nuer) War of 1991-1992
Jukun-Tiv War of 1991-1992
Second Somalia War of 1991-1997
Georgia War of 1991-1992
Nagorno-Karabakh War of 1991-1993
Dniestrian Independence War of 1991-1992

1990

Kashmir Insurgents War of 1990-2005

1989

Fifth Lebanese War of 1989-1990
Second Afghan Mujahideen Uprising of 1989-2001
Third Chad (Deby Coup) War of 1989-1990
First Aceh War of 1989-1991
Bougainville Secession War of 1989-1992
Eighth Colombian War of 1989-present
First Cambodian Civil War of 1989-1991
Romania War of 1989
The First Liberia War of 1989-1990

1988

Fifth Burmese War of 1988
First Somalia War of 1988-1991

1987

Second Sri Lanka-JVP War of 1987-1989
Inkatha-ANC War of 1987-1994

1986

South Yemen War of 1986
Holy Spirit Movement War of 1986-1987

1985

Fifth Iraqi Kurds War of 1985-1988

1984

Indian Golden Temple War of 1984
First Turkish Kurds War of 1984-1986

1983

Matabeleland War of 1983-1987
Fourth Burmese War of 1983-1988
Fourth Lebanese Civil War of 1983-1984
First Sri Lanka Tamil War of 1983-2002
Second South Sudan War of 1983-2005

1982

Tigrean and Eritrean War of 1982-1991
Shining Path War of 1982-1992
Contra War of 1982-1990

1981

Hama War of 1981-1982

1980

Second Chad (Habre Revolt) War of 1980-1984
Second Uganda War of 1980-1986
Nigeria-Muslim War of 1980-1981

1979

Anti-Khomeini Coalition War of 1979-1984
El Salvador War of 1979-1992
Mozambique War of 1979-1992

1978

Third Lebanese War of 1978
Second Ogaden War Phase 3 of 1978-1980
Third Guatemala War of 1978-1984
Saur Revolution of 1978
Fourth DRC (Shaba) War of 1978
First Afghan Mujahideen Uprising of 1978-1980
Overthrow of the Shah of 1978-1979
Sandinista Rebellion of 1978-1979

1976

Second West Papua War of 1976-1978
Third Laotian War of 1976-1979
Angolan Control War of 1976-1991
Second Ogaden War Phase 1 of 1976-1977
East Timorese War Phase 3 of 1976-1979

1975

Eritrean War of 1975-1978
Argentine Leftists War of 1975-1977
Second Lebanese War of 1975-1976

1974

Fourth Iraqi Kurds War of 1974-1975

1973

Baluchi Separatists War of 1973-1977
Chilean Coup of 1973
Dhofar Rebellion Phase 2 of 1973-1975

1972

First Philippine-Moro War of 1972-1981
Communist Insurgency of 1972-1973
Eritrean Split of 1972-1974
First Burundi War of 1972
Philippines-NPA War of 1972-1992
Rhodesia War of 1972-1979

1971

Pakistan-Bengal War of 1971
First Sri Lanka-JVP War of 1971
Khmer Rouge War of 1971-1975

1970

Naxalite Rebellion of 1970-1971
Black September War of 1970
Second Guatemala War of 1970-1971

1969

Third Iraqi Kurds War of 1969-1970

1967

Cultural Revolution Phase 1 of 1967
Third Burmese War of 1967-1980
Biafra War of 1967-1970
Cultural Revolution Phase 2 of 1967-1968

1966

First Uganda War of 1966
First Guatemala War of 1966-1968
First Chad (FROLINAT) Rebellion of 1966-1971

1965

Second Iraqi Kurds War of 1965-1966
Dominican Republic War of 1965
First West Papua War of 1965-1969

1964

Third DRC (Simba) Rebellion of 1964-1965
Zanzibar Arab-African War of 1964

1963

Second Laotian War Phase 1 of 1963-1968
First Ogaden War of 1963-1964
First South Sudan War of 1963-1972
Second DRC (Jeunesse) War of 1963-1965
First Rwanda War of 1963-1964

1962

Algerian Revolutionaries War of 1962-1963
North Yemen War of 1962-1969

1961

First Iraqi Kurds War of 1961-1963

1960

Vietnam War Phase 1 of 1960-1965
First DRC (Zaire) War of 1960-1963
First Laotian War of 1960-1962

1959

Iraq-Shammar War of 1959

1958

First Lebanese War of 1958
Cuban Revolution of 1958-1959
Second Burmese War of 1958-1960

1956

Tibetan Khamba Rebellion of 1956-1959
Indonesian Leftists War of 1956-1962

1955

Argentine Military War of 1955

1953

Indonesia-Darul Islam War of 1953

1952

Bolivia War of 1952

1950

South Moluccas War of 1950
Hukbalahap Rebellion of 1950-1954

1948

Yemeni Imamate War of 1948
Costa Rica War of 1948
Seventh Colombian (“La Violencia”) War of 1948-1958
First Burmese War of 1948-1951

1947

Taiwan Revolt of 1947
Paraguay War of 1947

1946

Chinese Civil War Phase 2 of 1946-1950

1945

Polish Ukrainians War of 1945-1947
Ukrainian Partisans War of 1945-1947
Forest Brethren War of 1945-1951

1944

Greek Civil War of 1944-1949

1936

Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939

1934

Fukien Revolt of 1934
Spanish Miners War of 1934

1932

Matanza War of 1932
Aprista Revolt of 1932
Paulista Rebellion of 1932

1931

Xinjiang Muslim Revolt of 1931-1934

1930

Chinese Civil War Phase 1 of 1930-1936

1929

Intra-Guomindang War of 1929-1930
Escoban Rebellion of 1929
Ikhwan Revolt of 1929-1930

1928

Ethiopian Northern Resistance of 1928-1930
Second Gansu Muslim War of 1928-1930
Second Afghan Anti-Reform War of 1928-1929

1926

Chinese Northern Expedition War of 1926-1928
Cristeros Revolt of 1926-1929

1925

Third Chinese Warlord War of 1925-1926

1924

Honduran Conservative War of 1924
First Afghan Anti-Reform War of 1924-1925

1923

Agrarian Rising of 1923
De La Huerta Rebellion of 1923-1924

1922

Second Chinese Warlord War of 1922

1921

Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921
Bashmachi in Turkestan War of 1921-1923

1920

First Chinese Warlord War of 1920
Green Rebellion of 1920-1921
Gilan Marxists War of 1920-1921
Italian Fascist War of 1920-1922

1919

Sparticist Rising of 1919
Hungary's Red Terror War of 1919-1920

1918

Finnish Civil War of 1918
Western Ukrainian War of 1918-1919

1917

Russian Civil War of 1917-1921

1916

Southern China Revolt of 1916-1918
Russia-Turkestan War of 1916-1917

1914

China Pai Ling (White Wolf) War of 1914
Fourth Mexican War of 1914-1920

1913

Second Nationalists War of 1913

1912

Cuban Black Uprising of 1912
Ecuadorian Civil War of 1912-1914

1911

Paraguay War of 1911-1912
First Nationalists War of 1911

1910

Second Albanian Revolt of 1910-1912
Asir-Yemen Revolt of 1910-1911
Third Mexican War of 1910-1914

1909

Young Turks Counter-coup of 1909

1908

Iranian Constitution War of 1908-1909

1907

Romanian Peasant Revolt of 1907
Overthrow of Abd el-Aziz of 1907-1908

1905

Bloody Sunday War of 1905-1906

1904

First Uruguay War of 1904
Second Yemeni Rebellion of 1904-1906

1903

Ilinden War of 1903

1901

Fifth Venezuelan War of 1901-1903

1899

Fourth Venezuelan War of 1899
Second Yaqui War of 1899-1900
Sixth Colombian (War of the 1,000 Days) of 1899-1902

1896

Second Cretan War of 1896-1897
Third Brazil-Canudos War of 1896-1897

1895

Fifth Colombian War of 1895
Ecuador Liberals War of 1895
First Gansu Muslim War of 1895-1896
Druze-Turkish War of 1895-1896

1894

Tonghak Rebellion of 1894
Third Peru War of 1894-1895

1893

Brazil Federalists War of 1893-1894
Brazil Naval War of 1893-1894

1891

Second Chilean War of 1891
Zaili-Jinden Revolt of 1891

1890

First Yemeni Rebellion of 1890-1892

1885

Peru's National Problem of 1885

1884

Fourth Colombian War of 1884-1885

1883

Haitian Civil War of 1883-1884

1880

Fourth Buenos Aires War of 1880

1879

Argentine Indians War of 1879-1880

1877

Satsuma Rebellion of 1877

1876

Diaz Revolt of 1876
Defeat of Xinjiang Muslims of 1876-1877
Third Colombian War of 1876-1877

1875

Bosnia and Bulgaria Revolt of 1875-1876

1874

Catonalist Uprising of 1874-1875
Fifth Argentina War of 1874

1872

Third Carlist War of 1872-1876

1871

Paris Commune War of 1871

1870

Fourth Argentina War of 1870-1871
Bolivia-Criollos War of 1870-1871

1868

Meiji Restoration of 1868
Third Venezuelan War of 1868-1871
Spanish Liberals War of 1868
Guerre des Cacos of 1869

1867

Queretaro War of 1867

1866

First Cretan War of 1866-1867
Yellow Cliff Revolt of 1866
Third Argentina War of 1866-1867

1864

Xinjiang Muslim Revolt of 1864-1871

1863

Second Polish War of 1863-1864
Second Argentina War of 1863

1862

Tungan Rebellion of 1862-1873
Sioux-Minnesota War of 1862
Bolivan Pérez Rebellion of 1862

1861

U.S. Civil War of 1861-1865
Third Buenos Aires War of 1861
Third Turco-Montenegrin War of 1861-1862

1860

Second Colombian War of 1860-1861
Second Maronite-Druze War of 1860
Taiping Rebellion Phase 2 of 1860-1866
Second Nien Revolt of 1860-1868
Miao Revolt Phase 2 of 1860-1872
Panthay Rebellion Phase 2 of 1860-1872

1859

Second Venezuelan/Federalist War of 1859-1863

1858

Mexican Reform War of 1858-1861
Second Turco-Montenegrin War of 1858-1859

1856

Second Peru War of 1856-1858

1855

Puebla War of 1855-1856

1853

First Peru War of 1853-1855

1852

First Turco-Montenegrin War of 1852-1853

1851

First Chilean War of 1851

1848

Second Two Sicilies War of 1848-1849
First Venezuelan War of 1848-1849
Viennese Revolt of 1848
Milan Five Day Revolt of 1848
Second French Insurrection of 1848
Mayan Caste War Phase 2 of 1848-1855
Hungarian War of 1848-1849

1847

Mayan Caste War Phase 1 of 1847-1848
Second Carlist War of 1847-1849

1845

First Maronite-Druze War of 1845

1842

Karbala Revolt of 1842-1843

1841

First Argentina War Phase 2 of 1841-1842
Second Bosnian War of 1841
Triangular Revolt of 1841

1840

Lebanon Insurgency of 1840
First Colombian War of 1840-1842
Second Syrian War Phase 2 of 1840

1839

Second Syrian War Phase 1 of 1839

1837

Druze Rebellion of 1837-1838
Sabinada Rebellion of 1837-1838

1836

First Bosnian War of 1836-1837
Third Murid War of 1836-1852*

1835

Cabanos Revolt of 1835-1837
Farroupilha War of 1835-1845
Texan War of 1835-1836

1834

Egypt-Palestinian Anti-Conscription Revolt of 1834
First Carlist War of 1834-1840
Second Murid War of 1834

1832

First Mexican War of 1832

1831

Egyptian Taka Expedition of 1831-1832
First Polish War of 1831
First Syrian War of 1831-1832

1830

First Murid War of 1830-1832
First Albanian Revolt of 1830-1831*
First French Insurrection of 1830
Belgian Independence War of 1830*

1828

Miguelite War of 1828-1834

1826

Janissari Revolt of 1826

1824

Egypt-Mehdi War of 1824

1821

Sardinian Revolt of 1821
Greek Independence War of 1821-1828
Spanish Royalists War of 1821-1823*

1820

Sidon-Damascus War of 1820-1821
First Two Sicilies War of 1820-1821

1818

First Caucasus War of 1818-1822

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