List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1701–1900)

This is a list of military conflicts in which Hungarian armed forces participated in or took place on the historical territory of Hungary.

By timeline:

For major wars, see:

The list includes the name, date, Hungarian allies and enemies, and the result of each conflict, using the following legend:

  Victory
  Defeat
  Result of civil or internal conflict
  Treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, an unknown or indecisive result
  Ongoing conflict

Wars between 1700 and 1900

Conflict Belligerents Result
Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome
15 June 1703 – 1 May 1711 Rákóczi's War for Independence
Kuruc prepare to attack traveling coach and riders, c. 1705.
Kingdom of Hungary Principality of Transylvania
Kingdom of France
Sympathetic minority peoples and mercenaries
 Holy Roman Empire: Defeat
  • Crushing of rebellion
January 1716 – 21 July 1718 Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
The Battle of Petrovaradin, 1716.
Habsburg Monarchy Ottoman Empire Treaty of Passarowitz
1735 – 1 September 1739 Russo-Austro-Turkish War Russian Empire
Habsburg Monarchy
Ottoman Empire Victory
16 December 1740 – 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Fontenoy, 1745
Habsburg Monarchy

 Great Britain

Province of Hanover Hanover
Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
Savoy-Sardinia (1742–48)
 Russia (1741–43, 1748)
 France
Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
Spain Spain
Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Savoy-Sardinia (1741–42)
Kingdom of Naples Naples
Genoa (1745–48)
Sweden Sweden (1741–43)
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  • Maria Theresa retains the Austrian, Bohemian and Hungarian thrones
  • Francis of Lorraine, Maria Theresa's husband, confirmed as Holy Roman Emperor
17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763 Seven Years' War  France

Habsburg monarchy Holy Roman Empire:

 Russia (until 1762)
Spain Spain (from 1762)
Sweden Sweden (1757–62)
Mughal Empire (from 1757)
Abenaki Confederacy

 Great Britain

 Prussia
Portugal Portugal (from 1762)
Province of Hanover Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy

Status Quo Ante Bellum
31 October – 14 December 1784 Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan Habsburg Monarchy Transylvanian Romanian rebels Victory
20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797 War of the First Coalition Holy Roman Empire

 Great Britain
Kingdom of France Army of Condé
Spain Spain (until 1795)[1]
Dutch Republic (until 1795)
Portugal
 Sardinia (until 1796)

Kingdom of France (until 1792)
French First Republic French Republic (from 1792)
Spain Spain (from 1796)
Batavian Republic (from 1795)
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Sister republics
Polish Legions (from 1797)
Defeat
December 1798 – 25 March 1802 War of the Second Coalition Holy Roman Empire

 Great Britain (until 1801)
 United Kingdom (from 1801)
 Russia (until 1799)
 Portugal
 Naples
Tuscany Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John (1798)
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of France French Royalists

France
Spain
Polish Legions
Batavian Republic
Helvetic Republic
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Cisalpine Republic
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Roman Republic (until 1799)
Defeat
April 1805 – 21 July 1806 War of the Third Coalition Holy Roman Empire

Russian Empire
 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sicily
Sweden

 France Defeat
10 April – 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition
Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, 1809
 Austria
Hungary
Tyrol[a]
 United Kingdom
Spain Spain
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers
 France
Confederation of the Rhine
Italy
Polish Legions
Naples
Switzerland Switzerland
Netherlands Holland
Defeat
24 June – 14 December 1812 French invasion of Russia  France
Duchy of Warsaw
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Kingdom of Italy
 Naples
Confederation of the Rhine
Switzerland Swiss Confederation
Napoleonic Spain
 Austria
Prussia
Denmark Denmark–Norway
Russian Empire The Habsburg Monarchy joins the Coalition
3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
Battle of Leipzig
Austria
Prussia

 United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Spain Spain
Portugal Portugal
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia

 France
Napoleonic Italy
Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Warsaw
Victory
20 March – 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Austria
Prussia
 United Kingdom
Russia
Province of Hanover Hanover

Nassau
Brunswick
Sweden
United Netherlands
Spain
Portugal Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
Tuscany Tuscany
Switzerland Switzerland
Kingdom of France French Royalists

 France
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples
Victory
July – August 1831 Cholera Riots Hungarian peasants Austrian Empire Defeat
15 March 1848 – 4 October 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Artist Mihály Zichy's painting of Sándor Petőfi recites the National Poem to a crowd on 15 March 1848.
Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)
Hungarian State (1849)
Allied peoples and legions
Austrian Empire
Russian Empire
Allied peoples and legions
Defeat
  • Revolution suppressed by Austrian, Russian, and allied forces
  • Reincorporation of Hungary into the Austrian Empire
19 September 1848 – 21 November 1849 Slovak Uprising of 1848–49 Kingdom of Hungary (1848–49)
Hungarian State (1849)
Slovak National Council
Austrian Empire
Indecisive settlement
29 April – 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, 1859
Austrian Empire
Habsburg Tuscany
 France
 Sardinia
supported by
United Provinces of Central Italy
Defeat
  • Sardinia annexed Lombardy from Austria
  • Sardinia occupied and later annexed Habsburg-ruled Tuscany and Emilia
  • France gains Savoy and Nice from Sardinia
14 June – 26 July 1866 Austro-Prussian War
Battle of Königgrätz, by Georg Bleibtreu. Oil on canvas, 1869.
Austrian Empire
and allied German states
 Prussia
and allied German states
 Italy
Defeat
October 1869 – 11 January 1870 Krivošije Uprising Austria-Hungary Krivošije rebels Stalemate
  • Most rebel demands met
29 July – 20 October 1878 Occupation of Bosnia
Austria-Hungary Bosnia Vilayet
tacit support
Ottoman Empire
Victory
2 November 1899 – 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion
The Siege of the International Legations in Peking, 1900
Eight-Nation Alliance
 United Kingdom
 Japan
 Russia
 France
 Germany
United States
Austria-Hungary
 Italy
 China
Yihetuan
Victory
  1. ^ In rebellion against Bavaria

References

  1. ^ Left the war after signing the Peace of Basel with France.