Spanish–Portuguese War Explained

Spanish–Portuguese Wars may refer to one of the following conflicts between Portugal and Spain (or between Portugal and Castile before 1492):

• Portuguese-Castillian War (1250-1253), when Castile attempted to conquer the Algarve
• Fernandine Wars (1369–70, 1372–73, 1381–82), when Portugal attempted to claim the Castilian throne
• 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum, when Castile attempted to claim the Portuguese throne
• War of the Castilian Succession (1475–79), when Portugal intervened unsuccessfully in a Castilian civil war
• War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–83), when Portugal passed under the rule of the Spanish Monarchy
• Portuguese Restoration War (1640–68), when Portugal regained its sovereignty
• War of the Spanish Succession (1701–13)
• Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–37), fought over the Banda Oriental (Uruguay)
• Spanish–Portuguese War (1762–63), known as the Fantastic War
• Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77), fought over the border between Spanish and Portuguese South America
• War of the Oranges in 1801, when Spain and France defeated Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula, while Portugal defeated Spain in South America
• Invasion of Portugal (1807), a French invasion initially supported by Spain
• Liberal Wars
  • Patuleia Spanish Civil War, when Portugal supported the "nationalist" or francoist coalition against the Second Spanish Republic.

See also

• List of wars involving Spain