List of wars involving Austria
This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.
- Austrian victory
- Austrian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Margraviate of Austria (976–1156)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
29 June 1073 | 27 October 1075 | Saxon Rebellion | Victory
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12 May 1082 | 12 May 1082 | Battle of Mailberg | Defeat | ||
11 September 1146 | 11 September 1146 | Battle of the Fischa | Defeat | ||
1147 | 1149 | Second Crusade | Crusaders:
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Seljuq Sultanate
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Defeat |
Duchy of Austria (1156–1453)
Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1458 | 1465 | Inner Austrian War | Albert VI, Archduke of Austria |
Victory | |
4 March 1459 | April 1462 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62) | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
1 February 1469 | October 1469 | Baumkircher feud | Supporters of Andreas Baumkircher | Victory | |
1474 | 5 January 1477 | Burgundian Wars | Victory | ||
19 August 1477 | 23 December 1482 | War of the Burgundian Succession | |||
1477 | 1488 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) | Defeat | ||
2 February 1478 | 1478 | Carinthian Peasant Revolt | Carinthian Peasants' League | Victory
| |
5 June 1483 | June 1485 | Flemish revolt of 1483–1485 | Flemish rebels | Victory
| |
June 1486 | 22 July 1489 | Mad War | Rebellious Nobles
Supported by: |
Defeat | |
November 1487 | 1492 | Flemish revolt of 1487–1492 | Flemish rebels | Victory
| |
1490 | 7 November 1491 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) | Victory | ||
31 March 1495 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–98 | League of Venice:
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Victory | |
20 January 1499 | 22 September 1499 | Swabian War | Swabian League |
Defeat | |
1505 | 19 July 1506 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1505–06) | Defeat
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February 1508 | 4 December 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | 1508–1510: League of Cambrai: 1511–1513: Holy League: 1513–1516: | 1508–1510: 1513–1516: | Defeat |
1521 | 14 January 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | Victory
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1524 | 1525 | German Peasants' War | Swabian League |
Peasant army | Victory
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22 May 1526 | 10 August 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | 1526-1528: 1528-1530: |
1526-1528:
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Victory
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17 December 1526 | 22 July 1533 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1526–1533) | Defeat | ||
March 1536 | 18 June 1538 | Italian War of 1536–38 | Defeat
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May 1536 | 19 June 1547 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1536–1547) | Defeat | ||
12 July 1542 | 18 September 1544 | Italian War of 1542–46 | Inconclusive
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10 July 1546 | 23 May 1547 | Schmalkaldic War | Schmalkaldic League | Victory | |
1551 | 27 November 1562 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1551–1562) | Defeat
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1566 | 17 February 1568 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1566–1568) | Defeat | ||
22 August 1587 | 9 March 1589 | War of the Polish Succession (1587–88) | Supporters of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria | Supporters of Sigismund III Vasa | Defeat |
29 July 1593 | 11 November 1606 | Long Turkish War | Serbian rebels Bulgarian rebels |
Nogai Khanate |
Inconclusive |
10 June 1609 | 24 October 1610 | War of the Jülich Succession | Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League |
Protestant Union |
Defeat |
July 1612 | September 1614 | Rappenkrieg | Peasant rebels | Victory
| |
January 1616 | 26 September 1617 | Uskok War | Defeat | ||
23 May 1618 | 24 October 1648 | Thirty Years' War
|
|
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Inconclusive |
27 May 1657 | 3 May 1660 | Second Northern War | (Poland-Lithuania) |
Inconclusive | |
12 April 1663 | 10 August 1664 | Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664) | League of the Rhine |
Austrian military victory Ottoman diplomatic and commercial victory | |
1 July 1673 | 26 January 1679 | Franco-Dutch War | Defeat | ||
1680 | Peasant Uprising | Czech Peasants | Victory
| ||
1683 | 15 August 1684 | War of the Reunions | Defeat | ||
14 July 1683 | 26 January 1699 | Great Turkish War | Albanian rebels Serb rebels Greek rebels |
Victory | |
27 September 1688 | 20 September 1697 | Nine Years' War | Grand Alliance: |
Irish Jacobites |
Inconclusive
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9 July 1701 | 7 March 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession |
Phillip V confirmed as King of Spain Habsburg territorial gains | ||
13 April 1716 | 21 July 1718 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718 | Victory | ||
2 August 1718 | 17 February 1720 | War of the Quadruple Alliance | Victory | ||
10 October 1733 | 3 October 1735 | War of the Polish Succession |
Augustus III confirmed as King of Poland Habsburg territorial exchanges | ||
12 July 1737 | 18 September 1739 | Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) | Defeat | ||
16 December 1740 | 18 October 1748 | War of the Austrian Succession
|
(1741–43) (1748) |
(1740–42) (1744–45) |
Pragmatic Sanction recognized Habsburg territorial losses |
29 August 1756 | 15 February 1763 | Seven Years' War
|
Military stalemate
Status quo ante bellum in Europe | ||
July 1778 | 13 May 1779 | War of the Bavarian Succession | Inconclusive | ||
18 August 1789 | 12 January 1791 | Liège Revolution | Victory
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24 October 1789 | 3 December 1790 | Brabant Revolution | Victory
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February 1788 | 4 August 1791 | Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791) | Victory | ||
20 April 1792 | 18 April 1797 | War of the First Coalition | Other Italian states |
Defeat | |
June 1794 | November 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | Victory | ||
26 June 1797 | July 1797 | Denisko uprising | Polish rebels | Victory
| |
12 March 1799 | 9 February 1801 | War of the Second Coalition |
|
|
Defeat |
Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding the Austro-Hungarian Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Victory | ||
2 November 1899 | 7 September 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | Eight-Nation Alliance:
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Victory | |
28 July 1914 | 3 November 1918 | World War I | Central Powers
|
Allies:
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Defeat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.
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Republic of German-Austria (1918-1919)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding German-Austria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
23 November 1918 | 31 July 1919 | Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia | Ceasefire
|
First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
28 August 1921 | 13 October 1921 | Uprising in West Hungary | Victory, Sopron and its area remained in Hungary. |
Modern Austria
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
2001 | ongoing | War in Afghanistan | Fall of Taliban régime Ongoing Taliban insurgency |