List of wars involving the Netherlands
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since proclaiming its independence in 1581.
- United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795)
- Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
- Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
- United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
- Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present)
For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.
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United Provinces (1581–1795)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Dutch forces | Dutch losses |
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Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) |
Victory
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Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) |
* Native allies |
* Native allies |
* Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia * Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa and Macau * Both sides claim victory in India
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Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1621) |
Rebel forces of the Banda Islands | Victory
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Siege of Batavia (1628–1629) |
Victory
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Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636) |
Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang | Victory
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Lamey Island Massacre (1636) |
Taiwanese militia | Victory | |||
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638) |
Christian peasant and ronin rebels | Victory
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Kieft's War (1643–1645) |
Lenape warriors and Algonquian allies | Dutch military victory Dutch political failure
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Battle of Fehmarn (1644) | Victory | ||||
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538-1640) |
Victory
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Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652) |
Taiwanese aborigines |
Guo Huaiyi's peasant army | Victory | ||
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) |
Defeat | ||||
Peach Tree War (1655) |
Susquehannock and allied tribes | Defeat
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Second Northern War (1655–1660) |
(Poland-Lithuania) |
Victory
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First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660) |
Khoikhoi militia | Victory | |||
Esopus Wars (1659–1663) |
Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians Susquehannock and allied tribes |
Victory | |||
First Tondano War (1661–1664) |
Minahasan peoples | Victory | |||
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) |
Victory | ||||
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674) |
Victory
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Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677) |
Khoikhoi militia | Victory | |||
Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680) |
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Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677) |
Victory | ||
Nine Years' War (1688–1697) |
Victory
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Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) |
Victory
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War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) |
Political victory for Spain loyal to Philip Military victory for Spain loyal to Charles
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First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707) |
Victory | ||||
Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) |
Rebel Princes | Victory | |||
1740 Batavia massacre (1740) |
Native Indonesians allies |
Chinese Indonesian militia | Military victory Political failure
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Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757) |
Kingdom of Cochin |
Military Stalemate Dutch commercial victory | |||
Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743) |
Joint army of Chinese and Javanese | Victory | |||
Battle of Penfui (1749) |
Timorese allies |
Topasses Timorese allies |
Victory | ||
Cirebon War (1753-1773) | * |
Victory | |||
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) |
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Victory
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First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781) |
Xhosa militia | Victory | |||
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) |
Defeat
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Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) |
Stalemate
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Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793) |
Xhosa militia | Victory | |||
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) |
Other Italian states |
Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic
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Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Dutch forces | Dutch losses |
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War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802) |
French client republics:
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Victory
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Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781) |
Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia |
Stalemate
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War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806) |
Victory
Treaty of Pressburg
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Padri War (1803-1838) |
Adats |
Padris | Victory |
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Dutch forces | Dutch losses |
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Franco-Swedish War (1805-1810) |
Victory | ||||
Ashanti–Fante War (1806-1807) |
Victory | ||||
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) |
French satellites:
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Victory
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Second Tondano War (1808-1809) |
Minahasan militia | Victory | |||
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) |
French satellites:
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Victory
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
Netherlands (1839–present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Dutch forces | Dutch losses |
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Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846) |
Buleleng | Victory | |||
Dutch intervention in Bali (1849-1850) |
Lombok |
Buleleng Jembrana Klungkung |
Victory
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Palembang Highlands Expeditions (1851–1859) |
Forces of the Sultan of Palembang | Victory | |||
Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado (1854-1855) |
Pro-Dutch Indonesians |
Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels |
Victory | ||
Nias Expedition (1855-1864) |
Nias | Victory | |||
Dutch intervention in Bali (1858) |
Buleleng Regency rebels | Victory | |||
Banjarmasin War (1859-1863) |
Sultanate of Banjarmasin | Victory | |||
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863-1864) |
Victory | ||||
Pasoemah Expedition (1864-1868) |
South Sumatra | Victory | |||
Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70 (1869-1870) |
Local rulers | Victory
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Aceh War (1873-1904) |
Thai and Chinese mercenaries |
Victory
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Batak War (1878-1907) |
Batak Kingdom | Victory | |||
Mandor rebellion (1884-1885) |
Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia |
Victory
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Jambi uprising (1885) |
Jambi | Victory | |||
Edi Expedition (1890) |
Aceh militia | Victory | |||
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894) |
Eastern Sasak |
Lombok Mataram Western Sasak |
Victory
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Pedir Expedition (1897-1898) |
Aceh militia | Victory | |||
Siege of the International Legations (1900) |
Victory | ||||
Kerinci Expedition (1903) |
Kerinci | Victory | |||
South Sulawesi expedition (1904-1905) |
Bone Luwu Wajo |
Victory | |||
Dutch intervention in Bali (1906) (1906) |
Badung Tabanan Klungkung |
Victory
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Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 (1908) |
Victory
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Dutch intervention in Bali (1908) (1908) |
Balinese rebels | Victory | |||
World War II (1940–1945) |
Victory
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Indonesian National Revolution (1940–1949) |
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Indonesian political victory Military stalemate[6]
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APRA coup d'état (1950) |
Victory | ||||
Korean War (1950–1953) |
Ceasefire
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Operation Trikora (1961–1962) |
Air and naval support by: |
Indonesian political victory[7][8] Dutch military victory[9][7]
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Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Other Allies |
Victory
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Bosnian War (1992–1995) |
Victory | ||||
Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
Victory
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)[10] |
Other groups |
Victory
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Iraq War (2003–2011) |
Sunni insurgents
Shia insurgents
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Victory
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Operation Ocean Shield (2009–December 15th 2016) [12] Operation Atalanta (2009–present) |
Victory
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Libyan Civil War (2011) |
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Victory
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Dutch military intervention against ISIL (2014–2019) |
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Victory
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Mali War (2017–2019) |
Conflict ongoing
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EMASoH (2020) |
Ongoing
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References
- Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
- Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
- Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
- Wies Platje, 297–299
- J.D. Legge, 403
- Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
- Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840.
- Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
- "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_09/20180903_2018-09-RSM-Placemat.pdf
- President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News
- https://www.nato.int
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