List of wars involving the Dutch Republic

This is a list of wars involving the Dutch Republic, which emerged from the Habsburg Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War (c. 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.

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Conflict and date Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Eighty Years' War[a]
(c. 1566–1648)[1]
  Geuzen and Orangist troops (c. 1566–1570s)[b]

  United Provinces (c. 1576–1580s)[c]

  Dutch Republic (1581/8–1648)

Allies:

  Kingdom of England (1585–1604, 1625–30)
  Kingdom of France (1595–8, 1635–48)
  Duchy of Bouillon (1593–5)

  Spanish Empire (incl. Habsburg Netherlands)

  Portuguese Empire (1580–1640)
  Austrian Habsburgs (15981621)
Allies:
  Prince-Bishopric of Liège (1595)

Dutch–Portuguese War
(1601–1661)
  Dutch Republic
  • 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
Beaver Wars
1609–1701
Iroquois League

Supported by:
  England
  Dutch Republic

* Huron Indecisive
Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts
1530–1605 (intermittently)
  Sultanate of Ternate
  Dutch East India Company (from 1599)
  Portuguese Empire
  Spanish Empire
Sultanate of Tidore
Victory
Ming–Qing War
(1618-1683)
Victory
Uskok War
(1615-1617)
  Republic of Venice

  Dutch Republic
  England

  Holy Roman Empire

  Kingdom of Croatia
 Spain

Victory
  • Many Uskok pirates executed or exiled; Austrian garrison installed to check Uskoks.
Dutch–Barbary war
(1618–1622)
  Dutch Republic   Ottoman Algeria
  Tunisia
Victory
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands
(1609–1621)
  Dutch East India Company (VOC)
  Dutch Republic
Bandanese fighters
  East India Company
  Kingdom of England
Victory
Expedition to Algiers (1624)   Dutch Republic   Ottoman Algeria Victory
Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636)[2][3][4]   Siam

  Dutch East India Company

  Iberian Union Victory
Siege of Batavia
(1628–1629)
  Dutch Republic   Mataram Sultanate Victory
  • The Mataram siege repelled
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa
(1635–1636)
  Dutch Republic Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang Victory
  • Increased Dutch area of control
Lamey Island Massacre
(1636)
  Dutch Republic Taiwanese militia Victory
Shimabara Rebellion
(1637–1638)
  Tokugawa shogunate
  Dutch Republic
Christian peasant and ronin rebels Victory
Cambodian–Dutch War (1643-1644)   Dutch East India Company   Kingdom of Cambodia Defeat
Kieft's War
(1643–1645)[5]
  Dutch Republic Lenape Victory
Torstenson War
(1643–1645)
  Sweden
  Dutch Republic
  Denmark-Norway Victory
Sinhalese–Portuguese War
(1538–1640)
  Kingdom of Sitawaka
  Kingdom of Kandy
  Dutch East India Company (from 1638)
  Portuguese Empire

  Kingdom of Kotte

Victory
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion
(1652)
  Dutch Republic Guo Huaiyi's peasant army Victory
Portuguese Restoration War
(1640-1668)
  Portugal
  Dutch Republic (1641-1648)
  France (1641–1659)
  England (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)
  Dutch Republic
other allies
Sultanate of Ternate
other allies
Victory
First Anglo-Dutch War
(1652–1654)
  Dutch Republic   Commonwealth of England Inconclusive[e]
Peach War
(1655)[5]
  Dutch Republic 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
  Dutch Republic
  Sweden Victory
Second Northern War
(1655–1660)
  Poland
(Poland-Lithuania)
  Denmark–Norway
  Habsburg Monarchy
  Russia (1656–58)
  Crimean Khanate
  Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60)
  Dutch Republic
  Swedish Empire
  Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57)
  Principality of Transylvania
  Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)[6]
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Wallachia
  Moldavia
Victory
First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
(1659–1660)
  Dutch Republic Khoikhoi militia Victory
Esopus Wars
(1659–1663)[5]
  Dutch settlers
Mohawk
Esopus Victory
Siege of Fort Zeelandia
(1661-1662)
  Dutch East India Company   Koxinga's Ming Loyalists Defeat
Dano-Dutch War
(1661-1665)
  Dutch West India Company   Denmark–Norway
  England
Defeat
First Tondano War
(1661–1664)
  Dutch Republic Minahasan peoples Victory
Trịnh–Nguyễn War
(1627–1672)-(1774–1777)
  Trịnh lords
  Dutch East India Company
Tây Sơn rebellion
  Nguyễn lords
  Portugal
Victory
Makassar War
(1666–1669)
  Dutch Republic Sultanate of Gowa Victory
Second Anglo-Dutch War
(1665–1667)
  Dutch Republic
  Denmark
  France
  England
  Bishopric of Münster
Victory
First Dutch-Zamorin War
(1666-1668)
  Dutch East India Company Zamorin of Calicut Victory
Second Dutch-Zamorin War
(1670-1672)
  Dutch East India Company Zamorin of Calicut Victory
  • Chetwai ceded to the Dutch.
Kandyan-Dutch War (1670-1675)
  Dutch Republic   Kingdom of Kandy
  France
Victory
Third Anglo-Dutch War
(1672–1674)
  Dutch Republic
  Denmark-Norway
  England
  France
  Bishopric of Münster
  Electorate of Cologne
Victory
Franco-Dutch War
(1672–1678)
  Dutch Republic
  Holy Roman Empire (from 1673)
  Spain (from 1673)
  Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673)
  Lorraine (from 1673)
  Denmark–Norway (from 1674)
  England (1678)
  France
  England (1672–74)
  Münster (1672–1674)
  Cologne (1672–1674)
  Swedish Empire (from 1674)
Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
(1673–1677)
  Dutch Republic
  • 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
  Dutch Republic
  Brandenburg-Prussia
  Habsburg Monarchy Supported by:
  Scanian insurgents
  Swedish Empire
  Kingdom of France
Nine Years' War
(1688–1697)
  Dutch Republic
  England
  Holy Roman Empire
  Spanish Empire
  Duchy of Savoy
  Scotland
  France
  Jacobites
Siamese revolution of 1688
(1688)
  Phetracha and various Siamese lords
  Dutch Republic
  Prasat Thong dynasty
  Kingdom of France
Victory
Williamite War in Ireland
(1689-1691)
  Williamites
  Dutch Republic
  Jacobites
  France
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)
  Dutch Republic
  Austrian monarchy
  Prussia
  England (until 1707)
  Great Britain (from 1707)
  Holy Roman Empire
  Piedmont-Savoy
  Habsburg Spain
  Portugal
  France
  Spanish monarchy
  Bavaria (~1704)
  Cologne
  Mantua (~1708)
Third Dutch-Zamorin War
(1701-1710)
  Dutch East India Company Zamorin of Calicut Victory
First Javanese War of Succession
(1704–1707)
  Dutch Republic   Mataram Sultanate Victory
Dutch-Algerian war(1715-1726)[7]   Dutch Republic   Ottoman Algeria Victory
Fourth Dutch-Zamorin War
(1715-1718)
  Dutch East India Company 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)
  Great Britain
  France
  Austria
  Dutch Republic
  Spain Victory
Jacobite rising of 1719   Great Britain
  Dutch Republic
  Jacobites
  Spain
Victory
Second Javanese War of Succession
(1719–1723)
  Dutch Republic
  Mataram Sultanate
Rebel Princes Victory
1740 Batavia massacre
(1740)
  Dutch Republic
Native Indonesians allies
Chinese Indonesian militia Military victory
Political failure
War of the Austrian Succession
(1740–1748)
  Dutch Republic (1744–48)
  Habsburg Monarchy
  Great Britain
  Hanover
  Saxony (1743–45)
  Sardinia (1742–48)
  Russia (1741–43, 1748)
  France
  Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
  Spain
  Bavaria (1741–45)
  Saxony (1741–42)
  Sardinia (1741–42)
  Genoa (1745–48)
  Sweden (1741–43)
  Duchy of Modena
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Travancore–Dutch War
(1741–1757)
  Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Cochin
 Kingdom of Travancore
  Maratha Empire
  Mysore
Military Stalemate
Java War (1741–43)
(1741–1743)
  Dutch Republic Joint army of Chinese and Javanese Victory
Battle of Penfui
(1749)
  Dutch Republic
Timorese allies
Topasses
Timorese allies
Victory
Third Javanese War of Succession
(1749–1757)
  Mataram Sultanate
(until 1755)
  Dutch Republic
Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755)
Surakarta Sunanate
(from 1755)
Anti-Dutch rebels Victory
Cirebon War (1753–1773)   Dutch Republic   Cirebon Sultanate Victory
Fifth Dutch-Zamorin War
(1753-1758)
  Dutch East India Company 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.[8]
Berbice slave uprising
(1763–1764)
  Dutch Republic
Arawak and Carib allies
Army of the Negroes of Berbice Victory
Kandyan-Dutch war (1764-1766)   Dutch Republic   Kingdom of Kandy Victory
Dutch-Moroccan War (1775-1777)   Dutch Republic  Sultanate of Morocco Victory
American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783)
  United States
  France
  Spain
  Netherlands

  Mysore
Oneida
Tuscarora
Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw

  Great Britain
  Loyalists
  German Auxiliaries

Iroquois
Onondaga
Mohawk
Cayuga
Seneca
Cherokee

Mixed results for the Dutch Republic
First Xhosa-Dutch War
(1779–1781)
  Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
(1780–1784)
  Dutch Republic
  Kingdom of France
  Great Britain Defeat
Second Anglo-Mysore War
(1780–1784)
  Kingdom of Mysore
  Kingdom of France
  Dutch Republic
  East India Company
  Great Britain
Stalemate
  • Status quo ante bellum
  • Treaty of Mangalore
Kettle War
(8 October 1784)
  Dutch Republic   Habsburg monarchy Status quo ante bellum
Patriot–Orangist battles
(c. 1786–1787)
  Orangists   Patriots Inconclusive
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)
  Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory
War of the First Coalition
(1792–1797)
  Holy Roman Empire
  Austria
  Prussia (until 1795)
  Great Britain
  French Royalists
  Spain (until 1795)
  Portugal
  Sardinia (until 1796)
  Naples and Sicily
Other Italian states
  Dutch Republic
  Kingdom of the French (until 1792)
  French Republic (from 1792)
  Spain (from 1796)
  Batavian Republic (from 1795)
  French satellite states
  Polish Legions (from 1797)
Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic
First Bone WarSecond expedition to PalembangFirst expedition to PalembangInvasion of Java (1811)Invasion of the Spice IslandsJava campaign of 1806–07Battle of BlaauwbergBattle of PenfuiSiamese revolution of 1688Siamese revolution of 1688Esopus WarsKieft's WarJava WarBombardment of Algiers (1816)Ashanti–Fante WarBattle of SurinameAmerican Revolutionary WarTravancore–Dutch WarPeach Tree WarDutch pacification campaign on FormosaExpedition to the West Coast of BorneoXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsJava War (1741–1743)Khoikhoi–Dutch WarsKhoikhoi–Dutch WarsGuo Huaiyi rebellionShimabara RebellionSiege of BataviaPadri War1740 Batavia massacreSinhalese–Portuguese WarDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsDutch conquest of the Banda IslandsHundred DaysFrench invasion of RussiaKettle WarJavanese Wars of SuccessionTrunajaya rebellionDutch–Portuguese WarWar of the Sixth CoalitionWar of the Fifth CoalitionFlanders campaignWar of the First CoalitionWar of the Austrian SuccessionNine Years' WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Spanish War (1635–1659)Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)War of the Fourth CoalitionWar of the Third CoalitionPatriottentijdWar of the Quadruple AllianceThird Anglo-Dutch WarFranco-Dutch WarThirty Years' WarSecond Northern WarSecond Northern WarLuxemburg campaignsWar of the Second CoalitionSecond Anglo-Mysore WarFourth Anglo-Dutch WarWar of the Spanish SuccessionWar of DevolutionFirst Anglo-Dutch WarFirst Anglo-Dutch WarEighty Years' War

Sovereign Principality of the United NetherlandsFirst French EmpireKingdom of Holland

Dutch RepublicHabsburg Netherlands
Mali WarObano rebellionSouth Sulawesi expeditions of 1905Mandor rebellionDutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70Second Bone WarDutch–Ahanta WarJava WarLibyan Civil War (2011)Operation TrikoraDutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908Boxer RebellionXhosa WarsBanjarmasin WarXhosa WarsXhosa WarsXhosa WarsOperation AtalantaMakassar UprisingDutch intervention in Bali (1906)Shimonoseki campaignDutch intervention in northern Bali (1848)Padri WarOperation Ocean ShieldInvasion of AmbonDutch intervention in Bali (1908)Dutch intervention in Lombok and KarangasemDutch intervention in Bali (1849)Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)Kosovo WarAPRA coup d'étatCommunist Party of Indonesia#1926 revolt

Edi ExpeditionNias ExpeditionSecond Sumatran expeditionFirst Sumatran expeditionDutch military intervention against ISILIraq War Gulf WarIndonesian National RevolutionPedir ExpeditionJambi uprisingPalembang Highlands ExpeditionsDutch expedition on the west coast of SumatraWar in Afghanistan (2001–present)Bosnian WarKorean WarWorld War IIAceh WarPasoemah ExpeditionExpedition against the Chinese in MontradoBelgian RevolutionKingdom of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands

  •   War of succession
  •   War of conquest (territorial control)
  •   Religious war (including the European wars of religion)
  •   Economic war (including colonial wars)
  •   Revolt or rebellion (political)


Notes

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  1. ^ See also List of battles of the Eighty Years' War.
  2. ^ The earliest disparate groups of rebel forces against the Habsburg Netherlandish government were known as Geuzen (dominated by Calvinists and some Huguenots, disgruntled lesser noblemen, and commerce-minded urban classes). The Geuzen were largely loyal to the former stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht William of Orange, who brought in his own – mostly German – mercenaries in 1568 and 1572. The combination of Geuzen and Orangist troops received backing from the States of Holland and West Friesland and States of Zeeland (provincial governments) from July 1572 onwards, and formed a core of what would become the Dutch States Army.[1]
  3. ^ Aside from Holland and Zeeland in 1572–76, the States of various other provinces would only gradually unite as a military alliance from the 1576 Pacification of Ghent onwards into the 1580s. Until the 1585 Fall of Antwerp, they included the southern provinces of Flanders, Brabant, Mechelen, Artois, Hainaut, Namur, Limburg and Overmaze. The remaining northern provinces would eventually form a de facto independent state: the Dutch Republic.[1]
  4. ^ This expedition was launched after the Algerians broke the peace treaty.
  5. ^ Historians have different opinions on the outcome, for example historian Jonathan Israel calls it a complete Dutch victory, but another historian like Dagomar Degroot, mark it as stalemate, the historian Edward Kritzler marks it as inconclusive, and Nigel Cawthorne marks it as an English victory

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Groenveld & Leeuwenberg 2020, p. 620–622.
  2. ^ "History of Ayutthaya - Foreign Settlements - Portuguese Settlement". www.ayutthaya-history.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ "History of Ayutthaya - Essays - Spain". www.ayutthaya-history.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ "History of Ayutthaya - Historical Events - Timeline 1600-1649". www.ayutthaya-history.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Trelease, Allan W. (1960). Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
  6. ^ Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
  7. ^ Ressel, Magnus (2015). "The Dutch-Algerian War and the Rise of British Shipping to Southern Europe (1715-1726)". Cahiers de la Méditerranée (90): 237–255. doi:10.4000/cdlm.8011.
  8. ^ Koshy, M. O. (1989). The Dutch Power in Kerala, 1729-1758 (hardcover ed.). Mittal Publications. pp. 118–129. ISBN 9788170991366.

Bibliography

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  • Groenveld, Simon; Leeuwenberg, Huib (2020). De Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Opstand en consolidatie in de Nederlanden (ca. 1560–1650). Derde editie (in Dutch). Zutphen: Walburg Pers. p. 750. ISBN 9789462495661. (e-book; original publication 2008; in cooperation with M. Mout and W. Zappey)