List of wars involving the Dutch Republic explained

This is a list of wars involving the Dutch Republic, which emerged from the Habsburg Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648). The set of "United Provinces" that would later become the Dutch Republic proclaimed its independence in 1581. In the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition, the Dutch Republic was conquered by the First French Republic in 1795, and replaced by the Batavian Republic.

• For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.
• For simultaneous wars in the south, see List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon, and smaller states.
• For wars after 1795, see List of wars involving the Netherlands.

List

Conflict and date	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Eighty Years' War (1566–1648)	Geuzen and Orangist troops (1566–1570s) United Provinces (1576–1580s) Calvinist Republic of Ghent (1577–1584) (1577–1585) (1576–1584) Dutch Republic (1581/8–1648) Dutch States Army (1570s onwards) Allies: Francis, Duke of Anjou (1580–1583) Kingdom of England (1585–1604, 1625–30) Kingdom of France (1595–8, 1635–48) Duchy of Bouillon (1593–5)	Spanish Empire (incl. Habsburg Netherlands) Bandes d'ordonnance (early war) Army of Flanders (1567 onwards) Portuguese Empire (1580–1640) Austrian Habsburgs (1598–1621) Allies: Prince-Bishopric of Liège (1595)	Peace of Münster Independence of the Dutch Republic Spanish retention of the Southern Netherlands
Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661)	Native allies	Portugal Native allies Spanish Empire	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 Treaty of Hague Formation of the Dutch Empire Portuguese Restoration War
Beaver Wars 1609–1701	Iroquois League Mohawks Oneida Seneca Onondaga Cayuga Supported by: Dutch Republic	Huron Algonquin Susquehannock Erie Neutral Petun Odawa Ojibwe Wenro Mahican Innu Abenaki Supported by:	Indecisive
Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts 1530–1605 (intermittently)	Sultanate of Ternate Dutch East India Company (from 1599)		Victory
Ming–Qing War (1618-1683)			Victory Collapse of the Ming dynasty and Southern Ming dynasty Suppression of the rebel Kingdom of Shu, Xi dynasty, Shun dynasty, and Kingdom of Tungning Consolidation of Qing dynasty rule in China proper
Uskok War (1615-1617)		Kingdom of Croatia Spain	Victory Many Uskok pirates executed or exiled; Austrian garrison installed to check Uskoks.
Dutch-Barbary war (1618-1622)		Tunisia	Victory Dutch achieve favourable treaty, and attack on Dutch ships stop Expedition to Algiers (1624)
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621)	(VOC)	Bandanese fighters East India Company	Victory Banda massacre committed Dutch forces colonise the Banda Islands.
Expedition to Algiers (1624)			Victory
Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636)^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	Dutch East India Company	Iberian Union Spanish East Indies Council of Portugal Macau Goa Malacca	Victory Dutch hegemony on Southeast Asia.
Siege of Batavia (1628–1629)			Victory The Mataram siege repelled
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636)		Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang	Victory Increased Dutch area of control
Lamey Island Massacre (1636)		Taiwanese militia	Victory
Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638)	Tokugawa shogunate	Christian peasant and ronin rebels	Victory National seclusion policy imposed Christianity driven underground in Japan
Cambodian–Dutch War (1643-1644)			Defeat
Kieft's War (1643–1645)^[4]		Lenape	Victory
Torstenson War (1643–1645)	Sweden		Victory
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538–1640)	(from 1638)	Lascarins	Victory End of the kingdoms of Kotte, Sitawaka, Jaffna and Raigama End of Portuguese Ceylon Incorporation of parts of Kotte and Sitawaka into the Kingdom of Kandy Capture of Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Raigama and much of Sitawaka by the Dutch and the establishment of Dutch Ceylon
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652)		Guo Huaiyi's peasant army	Victory
Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668)	(1641-1648) (1641–1659) (1662–1668)	Spain	Victory Acclamation of John IV as the new King of Portugal (1640) The Habsburgs relinquish all claims to the Portuguese Throne Treaty of Lisbon (1668) End of the Iberian Union
The Great Ambon War (1651-1656)	other allies	Sultanate of Ternate other allies	Victory
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654)			Inconclusive Treaty of Westminster Loevestein faction gains power in Dutch Republic at Orangists' expense
Peach War (1655)		Lenape	Defeat Outlying Dutch settlements ordered to garrison at Fort Amsterdam Staten Island abandoned but eventually retaken and equipped with better defenses.
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)	Denmark–Norway	Sweden	Victory
Second Northern War (1655–1660)	Poland (Poland-Lithuania) Denmark–Norway Russia (1656–58) Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60)	Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57) Principality of Transylvania Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)^[5] Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Victory Scania, Halland, Blekinge, Bohuslän and Ven become Swedish Duchy of Prussia becomes a sovereign state Sweden's sovereignty in Swedish Livonia accepted
First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660)		Khoikhoi militia	Victory
Esopus Wars (1659–1663)	Dutch settlers Mohawk	Esopus	Victory
Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1661-1662)		Koxinga's Ming Loyalists	Defeat
Dano-Dutch War (1661-1665)			Defeat
First Tondano War (1661–1664)		Minahasan peoples	Victory
Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)-(1774–1777)	Trịnh lords Tây Sơn rebellion	Nguyễn lords Portugal	Victory
Makassar War (1666–1669)		Sultanate of Gowa	Victory Treaty of Bongaya
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)	Denmark	Bishopric of Münster	Victory Uti possidetis Treaty of Breda
First Dutch-Zamorin War (1666-1668)		Zamorin of Calicut	Victory
Second Dutch-Zamorin War (1670-1672)		Zamorin of Calicut	Victory Chetwai ceded to the Dutch.
Kandyan-Dutch War (1670-1675)		Kingdom of Kandy	Victory French expelled from all occupied territories Expansion of Dutch Ceylon, and Rajasinha's offenses repelled
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)	Denmark-Norway	Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne	Victory Treaty of Westminster (1674)
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678)	(from 1673) Spain (from 1673) Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673) Lorraine (from 1673) Denmark–Norway (from 1674) (1678)	(1672–74) Münster (1672–1674) Cologne (1672–1674) Swedish Empire (from 1674)	Treaties of Nijmegen Large French territorial gains at expense of anti-French Alliance (Franche-Comté and territories in the Spanish Netherlands) France returns occupied Dutch territories of Maastricht and Principality of Orange in exchange for these gains
Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677)	Khoikhoi allies	Khoikhoi militia	Victory
Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680)	Mataram Sultanate Dutch East India Company (VOC) VOC's Indonesian allies	Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters----Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677)	Victory
Scanian War (1675-1679)	Denmark-Norway Brandenburg-Prussia Supported by: Scanian insurgents	Swedish Empire Kingdom of France	Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679) Treaty of Lund (1679) Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) Sweden cedes most of its Pomeranian areas east of the Oder to Brandenburg-Prussia.
Nine Years' War (1688–1697)	Spanish Empire	Jacobites	Treaty of Ryswick Louis XIV recognises William III of Orange as King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688)	Phetracha and various Siamese lords Dutch East India Company	Prasat Thong dynasty French East India Company	Victory Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty. Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok.
Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691)	Williamites	Jacobites	Victory Treaty of Limerick Withdrawal of remaining Jacobite forces to France Confirmation of William as King of Ireland
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)	Austrian monarchy Prussia England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Habsburg Spain	Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708)	Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Treaty of Rastatt (1714) Treaty of Baden (1714) Philip is recognised as King of Spain, but once more renounces any claim to the throne of France. The Dutch Republic retains various forts in the Southern Netherlands and annexes a part of Spanish Guelders. Spain and Britain sign the Asiento Spain cedes the Spanish Netherlands, Kingdom of Naples, Duchy of Milan and Sardinia to the Habsburg monarchy, Sicily to the Duchy of Savoy and Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain France recognizes British sovereignty over Rupert's Land and Newfoundland and cedes Acadia and its half of Saint Kitts to Great Britain. Spain cedes the Colony of Sacramento to the Portuguese Empire The decline of Spanish global power
Third Dutch-Zamorin War (1701-1710)		Zamorin of Calicut	Victory
First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707)			Victory
Dutch-Algerian war(1715-1726)^[6]			Victory
Fourth Dutch-Zamorin War (1715-1718)		Zamorin of Calicut English East India Company (1715-1717)	Victory Dutch annexation of Pappinivattam and Chettuva. War indemnity of 85,000 gold coins was paid to the Dutch.
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720)	Austria	Spain	Victory Treaty of The Hague Austria cedes Sardinia to Savoy Savoy cedes Sicily to Austria
Jacobite rising of 1719		Jacobites Spain	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 Governor-General Adriaan Valckenier was arrested by the Dutch government for the atrocity and replaced by Johannes Thedens.
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)	(1744–48) Hanover (1743–45) Sardinia (1742–48) (1741–43, 1748)		Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Prussian control of Silesia confirmed. Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla ceded to the Spanish Bourbons. All other territories restored to pre-war owners
Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757)	Kingdom of Cochin	Kingdom of Travancore Maratha Empire Mysore	Military Stalemate
Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743)		Joint army of Chinese and Javanese	Victory
Battle of Penfui (1749)	Timorese allies	Topasses Timorese allies	Victory
Third Javanese War of Succession (1749–1757)	Mataram Sultanate (until 1755) Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755) Surakarta Sunanate (from 1755)	Anti-Dutch rebels	Victory End of the Mataram Sultanate Division of Mataram in 3 independent states called Surakarta Sunanate, Yogyakarta Sultanate and Mangkunegaran Palace Raden Mas Said's surrender
Cirebon War (1753–1773)	Dutch East India Company	Cirebon Sultanate	Victory
Fifth Dutch-Zamorin War (1753-1758)		Zamorin of Calicut Kingdom of Kandy	Victory The Zamorin of Calicut ceded Madilagam, Puthanchira, Chettuwaye, and Pappinvattam to the Dutch and agreed to pay tribute to them as part of the peace agreement.^[7]
Berbice slave uprising (1763–1764)	Arawak and Carib allies	Army of the Negroes of Berbice	Victory
Kandyan-Dutch war (1764-1766)		Kingdom of Kandy	Victory Treaty of Batticaloa
Dutch-Moroccan War (1775-1777)		Sultanate of Morocco	Victory
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)	United States France Spain Mysore Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw	Loyalists German AuxiliariesIroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee	Mixed results for the Dutch Republic Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America Dutch Republic gains United States as new ally and important trading partner, but Britain declares Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784), defeating the Republic and causing the politically unstable Patriottentijd Mutual ally France ends up in deep debt, which later became one of the causes of the French Revolution (1789) End of the First British Empire
First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781)		Xhosa militia	Victory
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784)			Defeat Treaty of Paris (1784) Britain gains free trade rights in parts of the Dutch East Indies Dutch cede Negapatnam to Britain.
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784)		East India Company	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Mangalore
Kettle War (8 October 1784)		Habsburg monarchy Austrian Netherlands	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)
Patriot–Orangist battles (1786–1787)	Orangists	Patriots	Inconclusive Orangists capture Patriot strongholds Hattem and Elburg (September 1786) Patriots win Battle of Jutphaas and Bijltjesoproer (May 1787) Interrupted by pro-Orangist Prussian invasion of Holland (late 1787)
Prussian invasion of Holland (late 1787)	Kingdom of Prussia Orangists	States of Holland Patriots	Prussian–Orangist victory Orange Restoration
Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793)		Xhosa militia	Victory
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797)	Austria (until 1795) French Royalists Spain (until 1795) Portugal (until 1796) and Sicily Other Italian states	(until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) Spain (from 1796) (from 1795) French satellite states Polish Legions (from 1797)	Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio Survival of the French Republic French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine and other smaller territories Several French client republics established Hostilities resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Foreign Settlements - Portuguese Settlement . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
2. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Essays - Spain . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
3. Web site: History of Ayutthaya - Historical Events - Timeline 1600-1649 . 2023-07-05 . www.ayutthaya-history.com.
4. Book: Trelease . Allan W. . Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century . 1960 . Cornell University Press . Ithaca, New York . registration.
5. Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
6. The Dutch-Algerian War and the Rise of British Shipping to Southern Europe (1715-1726) . Ressel . Magnus. Cahiers de la Méditerranée . 2015 . 90 . 237–255 . 10.4000/cdlm.8011 .
7. Book: Koshy, M. O. . The Dutch Power in Kerala, 1729-1758 . Mittal Publications . 1989 . 9788170991366 . hardcover . 118–129 . English .