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Part of Kingdom of León civil war and War of Portuguese independence; Location: Iberian Peninsula. County of Portugal Supported by: Kingdom of Galicia: Portuguese rebels Victory. Afonso Henriques takes the leadership of the County of Portugal and paves the way for an independent Kingdom of Portugal. Luso-Leonese War (1130–37) Location ...
Spanish–Portuguese War; Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212; Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762) Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737) Fantastic War; Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777) Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785)
During the Napoleonic Wars, Portugal was, for a time, Britain's only ally on the continent. Throughout the war, Portugal maintained a military of about 200–250 thousand troops worldwide. In 1807, after the Portuguese government's refusal to participate in the Continental System, French troops under General Junot invaded Portugal, taking ...
Year Date Event 80 to 72 BC: The Sertorian War takes place, with Quintus Sertorius, a Roman general, rebelling against Rome with the support of the Lusitanians.: 27 BC: Augustus replaces the old Hispania Ulterior and Citerior division with a new one: Lusitania (Centre and South of modern Portugal and some territory of Modern Spain, namely the capital of Lusitania, Mérida), Baetica (only ...
1718–1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance – 25,000 killed in action [1] 1722–1723 Russo-Persian War; 1727–1729 British-Spanish War – 15,000 killed in action [1] 1733–1738 War of the Polish Succession – 88,000 killed in action [1] 1735–1739 Russo-Ottoman War; 1740–1748 War of the Austrian Succession – 359,000 killed in action [1]
This category includes historical battles in which modern state of Portugal (1128–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving Portugal .
Portuguese–Safavid wars; Portugal during World War II; Portugal in the Reconquista; List of battles involving Portugal east of the Cape of Good Hope; Portuguese conquest of Maranhão; Portuguese conquest of the Algarve; Portuguese–Castillian war of 1250–1253
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.