List of wars involving Mexico

Template:Short description This is a list of wars involving various Mexican states.

Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most being civil/internal wars.

Pre-hispanic Mexico

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Spanish conquest of the Maya (1511–1697) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Late Postclassic Maya states	File:Arms of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1513-1516).svg Spanish Empire Template:Country data Crown of Castile	Defeat
Spanish conquest of Tabasco (1518–1564) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Chontal Maya	Template:Flagicon Spanish empire	Defeat
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1530) The Night of Sorrows Fall of Tenochtitlan Part of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon Aztec Triple Alliance (1519–1521) File:Tenochtitlan Glyph ZP.svg Tenochtitlan Cholula File:Tlatelolco glyph.svg Tlatelolco File:Chalco Glyph ZP.svg Chalco File:Glifo Xochimilco.svg Xochimilco Xaltocan File:Tlacopan glyph.svg Tlacopan Allied city-states: Teotitlan Independent kingdoms and city-states: File:TlaxcalaGlyph.jpg Confederacy of Tlaxcala (1519) File:Glifo Michhuahcān.png Purépecha Empire (1522) File:Glifo de Metztitlan.png Metztitlan Tututepec (1522) Yopitzinco Colliman (1523) Xalisco Guamare Confederacy Other Chichimecas Tonallan Various petty city-states and tribes (map) Governorate of Cuba (1520, see)	Template:Flagicon Habsburg Spain Template:Flagicon Viceroyalty of the Indies (until 1521) Template:Flagicon New Spain (from 1521) Indigenous allies: File:TlaxcalaGlyph.jpg Confederacy of Tlaxcala File:Tetzcoco glyph.svg Tetzcoco File:Escudo de armas de Zempoala.gif Totonacapan Huejotzingo Zaachilaa File:Glifo Michhuahcān.png Purépecha Empire (1522-1529, since 1533) Support or occasional alliesb: File:Otomitl glyph.svg Otomi File:Chalco Glyph ZP.svg Chalco File:Glifo Xochimilco.svg Xochimilco Mixquic File:Glifo Iztapalapa.png Iztapalapa	Spanish-Indigenous allied victory Annexation of the Aztec Empire, the Purépecha Empire, and others by the Spanish Empire Creation of the Kingdom of New Spain

Viceroyalty of New Spain

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Spanish conquest of the Tarascan empire (1522–1530) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	File:Glifo Michhuahcān.png Purépecha Empire	Victory Incorporation of the territory into the Viceroyalty of New Spain
Spanish conquest of Chiapas (c. 1523 – c. 1695) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	Zoque people Chiapaneca people, Independent Maya, including: Lakandon Chʼol people Tojolabal people Tzotzil people	Victory Incorporation of Chiapas into the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Captaincy General of Guatemala.
Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1524–1667) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	Independent indigenous kingdoms and city-states, including the: Chajoma Chuj Itza Ixil Kakchiquel Kejache Kʼicheʼ Kowoj Lakandon Chʼol Mam Manche Chʼol Pipil Poqomam Qʼanjobʼal Qʼeqchiʼ Tzʼutujil Xinca Yalain	Victory Creation of the Captaincy General of Guatemala
Spanish conquest of El Salvador (1524–1539) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	Indigenous peoples of El Salvador, including: Chʼortiʼ Maya people Lenca people Mangue people Matagalpa people Pipil people Poqomam Maya people Xinca people	Victory
Spanish conquest of Honduras (1524– c. 1539) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	Indigenous peoples of Honduras, including: Chorotega people Ch'ol Maya people Ch'orti' Maya people Jicaque people Lenca people Pech people Pipil people Sumu people	Victory
Expedition to Chesapeake Bay (1526)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain	Hostile Natives African rebels Spanish mutineers	Defeat San Miguel de Gualdape is abandoned.
Conquest of Yucatán (1527–1697) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries (Tutul-Xiu)	Mayan tribes	Victory Creation of Captaincy General of Yucatán.
Narváez expedition (1527–1536)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain	Tocobaga Uzita Apalachee Timucua Autes	Inconclusive Spanish troops lost the route after a hurricane and return by land to Mexico.
Yaqui Wars (1533–1929) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain Mexico (since 1821) United States (since 1896)	File:Flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.svg Yaqui	Stalemate
Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1535–1554)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries	Pueblo	Stalemate Spanish withdrawal
Grijalva expedition to the Equatorial Pacific (1537–1542)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain	Hostile Indigenous peoples Spanish mutineers	Inconclusive due to the loss of the ship in New Guinea.
New Spain Exploration of North America (1539–1543) Batte of Mabila Battle of Mississippi	Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries Template:Flagicon Portuguese volunteers	Northern Utina Coosa chiefdom Tuskaloosa Chickasaw	Defeat
Tiguex War (1540–1541) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Tiwa Indians	Victory
Mixtón war (1540–1542) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Caxcanes	Victory
Chichimeca war (1550–1590) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain Indian auxiliaries (Tlaxcalteca, Caxcan, Otomí, Mexica, Purépecha)	Chichimeca Confederation Zacatecos Caxcanes Guachichiles Pames Guamares	Defeat
Guamares Rebellion (1563–1569)	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Guamares	Victory
Spanish assault on French Florida (1565)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Florida	Template:Country data Kingdom of France French Florida File:Croix huguenote.svg Huguenots	Victory
Spanish conquest of the Philippines (1565–1575) Capture of Cebu Conquest of Madja-as Battle of Manila (1570) Battle of Bangkusay Channel Siege of Cainta (August 1571) Battle of Manila (1574)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon New Spain Allied Visayan forces Indian auxiliaries from Mexico (mostly Tlaxcalans)	Rajahnate of Maynila Macabebe Rajahnate of Tondo Rahjanate of Cebu	Victory Establishment of the Captaincy General of the Philippines by Miguel López de Legazpi.
Spanish expeditions to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (1567–1606)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon Peru Template:Flagicon Philippines	Hostile inhabitants of Polynesia	Stalemate Failed colonization attempts due to disease and belligerence of the inhabitants, as well as war crimes by explorers that discouraged the enterprise.
Philippine revolts against Spain (1567–1872) Dagami revolt (1567) Tagalog Revolt (1574) Pampanga Revolt (1585) Tondo Conspiracy (1587) Dingras Revolt (1589) Cagayan Revolt (1589) Magalat revolt (1596) Igorot revolt (1601) Sangley Rebellion (1603) Caquenga's Revolt (1607) Irraya or Gaddang Revolt (1621) Tamblot uprising (1621-1622) Bankaw revolt (1621–1622) Itneg Revolt (1625–1627) Second Chinese Insurrection (1639–1640) Ladia Revolt (1643) Sumuroy Revolt (1649–1650) Maniago Revolt (1660–1661) Malong Revolt (1660–1661) Almazan Revolt (January 1661) Chinese Revolt (1662) Panay Revolt (1663) Zambal Revolt (1681–1683) Dagohoy Rebellion (1744–1829) Agrarian Revolt (1745) Silang Revolt (1762–1763) Palaris Revolt (1762–1765) Basi Revolt (1807)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Filipino loyalists	Filipino rebel groups File:Star and Crescent.svg Muslim resistance Template:Country data Kingdom of Great Britain File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Bruneian and Ottoman supporters Template:Flagicon Japanese and Chinese supporters	Victory Most revolts failed
Blockade of Cebu (1568)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon Filipino loyalists	Template:Flagicon Portuguese Empire	Victory
Eighty Years' War, Thirty Years' War (1568-1648) Battle of San Juan (1625) Battle in the Bay of Matanzas (1628) Battle of St. Kitts (1629) Recovery of Saint Martin (1633) Attack on San Martin (1644)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon Spanish Netherlands File:Bandera de la Corona de Castilla.svg Crown of Castile Template:Flagdeco New Spain Template:Flagdeco Peru File:PortugueseFlag1580.png Crown of Portugal (1580–1640) State of Brazil File:Royal Banner of Aragón.svg Crown of Aragon Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Sicily Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Naples File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1324-1720).svg Kingdom of Sardinia Holy Roman Empire Template:Flagicon Archduchy of Austria Electorate of Bavaria Catholic League File:Coat of Arms of Hungary.svg Kingdom of Hungary File:Flag of the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.svg Kingdom of Croatia Supported by: File:Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Template:Country data Papal States	United Provinces Dutch East Indies Template:Country data Dutch West India Company File:Arms of Nassau.svg Nassau Template:Flagicon Bohemia Electorate of the Palatinate Transylvania Template:Flagicon Denmark–Norway File:Flag of the Margraviate of Mantua (1328–1575).svg Duchy of Mantua File:Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Duchy of Modena Template:Flagicon Sweden Brandenburg-Prussia File:Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Kingdom of Portugal (1640–58) File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Principality of Catalonia (from 1640) Supported by: File:Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia Template:Flagicon Ottoman Empire	Defeat Foundation of the Dutch colonial Empire after obtaining its independence from the Hispanic Monarchy. Expulsion of the Anglo, French, Dutch and Danish pirates from the American coasts, with repression of colonization attempts. Peace of Westphalia, Peace of Münster and Treaty of the Pyrenees Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) and Spanish–Portuguese War (1640–1668) continue, without attacks to Mexican domains.
Castilian War (1578) Part of Ottoman-Habsburg Wars on Southeast Asia and Spanish-Moro Wars	Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon Spanish Philippines Indian auxiliaries from Mexico and Peru Bruneians who defected to Spain	Bruneian Empire Sultanate of Sulu Maguindanao Supported by: Ottoman Empire Turks, Egyptians, Swahilis, Somalis, Sindhis, Gujaratis, and Malabars forces Template:Flagicon Sultanate of Aceh	Status quo ante bellum Bruneian military victory to seize its independence from Spanish Empire. Becoming a city-state until today. Spanish tactical Victory in ending Bruneian empire at sea and its influence on Philippines
1582 Cagayan battles (1582)	Template:Flagicon Spain Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Philippines Indian auxiliaries from Mexico (mostly Tlaxcalans)	Template:Flagicon Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates)	Victory
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568) Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition Blockade of Western Cuba Raid on Puerto Caballos (1594) Drake and Hawkins expedition Preston–Somers expedition Raleigh's El Dorado expedition Battle of Pinos Battle of San Juan (1598) Raid on Tabasco (1599) Battle of Puerto Caballos (1603) Raid on Santiago de Cuba (1603)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon Spanish Netherlands File:Bandera de la Corona de Castilla.svg Crown of Castile Template:Flagdeco New Spain Template:Flagdeco Peru File:PortugueseFlag1580.png Crown of Portugal (1580–1640) State of Brazil File:Royal Banner of Aragón.svg Crown of Aragon Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Sicily Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Naples File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1324-1720).svg Kingdom of Sardinia File:Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg Duchy of Parma File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1562-1737).svg Grand Duchy of Tuscany File:Kingdom of Savoy.svg Duchy of Savoy File:Duchy of Castro CoA.svg Duchy of Castro Template:Flagicon Order of Saint John co-belligerent French rebels File:O'Neill Clan.png Irish rebels	Template:Country data Kingdom of England Corsairs Template:Flagicon Ireland co-belligerent Template:Flagicon Portuguese rebels United Provinces Template:Flagicon France File:Croix huguenote.svg Huguenots	Indecisive, Status quo ante bellum Expulsion of the English from Spanish America and end of English interruption to Spanish transatlantic transportation and colonial expansion. The English privateers now find their needs in the service of the Dutch. England obtains the Colony of Newfoundland and Bermuda, beginning the English colonial Empire. Treaty of London
Acoma War (1598–1599) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Acoma Pueblo	Victory
Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon El Piñal Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of the Philippines	File:Flag Portugal (1578).svg Portuguese Empire File:Flag Portugal (1578).svg Macau File:Flag Portugal (1578).svg Portuguese India	Defeat End of Spain's attempts to circumvent the restrictions placed on them from reaching China. Portuguese monopoly on the 16th century China trade.
Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1607) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Acaxee Indians	Victory
Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620)	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Tepehuánes	Victory
Spanish conquest of Petén (c. 1618 – c. 1697) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala.	Independent Maya, including: Itza people Kowoj people Kejache people Yalain people Lakandon Chʼol people Manche Ch'ol people	Victory Incorporation of the Petén Basin into the Captaincy General of Guatemala.
Sacalum Rebellion (1624)	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Maya rebel forces lidered by the Batab Ah Kin Pol	Victory
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Capura of Fort Rocher on Turtle Island (1654)	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon Spanish Netherlands Template:Flagicon Spanish Italy Template:Flagicon New Spain File:Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Modena and Reggio (1635–46) Template:Flagcountry (until 1648) File:Royal Standard of Great Britain (1603-1649).svg English Royalists (from 1657)	Template:Flagcountry File:Prinsenvlag.svg Dutch Republic (until 1648) Duchy of Savoy File:Ducado de Modena (antes de 1830).svg Duchy of Modena (1647–1649 and 1655–1659) Template:Country data Duchy of Parma (1635–1637) Template:Country data Commonwealth of England (1654–59) File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Principality of Catalonia (from 1640) File:Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Kingdom of Portugal (1640–59)	Defeat Treaty of the Pyrenees
Apache Wars (c. 1641–1924) First Magdalena massacre Second Magdalena massacre Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain (until 1821) Mexico (1821–1915) Template:Flagu (1850–1924) Template:Country data Confederate States (1861–1865)	Apache	Spanish/Mexican victory
Navajo Wars (c. 1641–1864) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain (until 1821) Mexico (1821–1848) Template:Flagu (1850–1866)	Navajo	United States victory Navajo moved to reservations and United
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) Invasion of Jamaica (1655) Battle of Ocho Rios (1657) Battle of Rio Nuevo (1658) Henry Morgan's Panama expedition	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Peru	Template:Country data Commonwealth of England	Defeat Treaties of Madrid (1667 and 1670) Acquisition of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Dunkirk and Mardyck by the Commonwealth of England
Tehuantepec Rebellion (1660–1661)	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Zapotec peoples	Victory A royal decree favorable to the Indians was published, in which their "repartimiento" was abolished, that is, forced labor was put to an end. Then the rebellions ends and their leaders are delivered to the Spanish justice.
Piracy attacks on Lake Nicaragua (1665–1857)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala	West Indies Pirates American Filibusters	Stalemate Piracy and filibustering suppressed by 1857
Chepo expedition (1679–1681)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala Template:Flagicon Peru Template:Flagicon New Kingdom of Granada	Template:Flagicon English pirates	Defeat. Looting and then burning the town of Chepo, Panama.
Pueblo Revolt (1680) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Puebloans	Defeat Expulsion of Spanish settlers
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1712) Queen Anne's War Battle of Flint River Siege of St. Augustine Apalachee massacre Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition Siege of Pensacola Raid on Nassau	Template:Flagicon Spain loyal to Philip Crown of Castile Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Texas Template:Flagicon Peru Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Template:Flagdeco New France Template:Flagicon French East India Company Template:Flagicon Bavaria (until 1704) Template:Flagicon Duchy of Mantua (until 1708) Cologne (until 1702) Liège (until 1702) Indian Allies: Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez co-belligerent: Template:Flagdeco Kuruc (Kingdom of Hungary) Template:Flagicon Principality of Transylvania	Template:Flagcountry: Austria Prussia (from 1702) Hanover Template:Flagcountry (formed on 1707) Template:Flagcountry (until 1707) Template:Flagcountry (until 1707) British America British East India Company Dutch Republic Duchy of Savoy (after 1703) Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Portugal (from 1703) File:Flag Princes of Brazil.svg State of Brazil Template:Flagicon Spain loyal to Charles Crown of Aragon Template:Flagicon Spanish Netherlands Template:Flagicon Danish Auxiliary Corps Indian Allies: Muscogee (Creek) Chickasaw Yamasee Iroquois Confederacy co-belligerent: File:Coa Hungary Country History (19th Century).svg Hungarian Royalists File:Coa Croatia Country History (Fojnica Armorial).svg Kingdom of Croatia	Political victory for Spain loyal to Philip Military victory for Spain loyal to Charles 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.
Comanche Wars (1706–1875) Part of Mexican Indian Wars and Texas–Indian wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain (until 1820) Mexico (since 1821) Republic of Texas (since 1836) Choctaw Republic United States (since 1845)	Comanche Other Indigenous nations	Defeat
Pablo Presbere's insurrection (1709–1710) Part of Mexican indian war	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala	Talamanca Teribe Cabécare	Victory
Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712 (1712) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala	Maya communities	Victory
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) Villasur expedition Capture of Pensacola (1719) Raid on Nassau (1720)	Template:Flagu Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Florida Template:Flagicon Spanish Texas Jacobites	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon British West Indies Template:Flagdeco New France Holy Roman Empire Austria Viceroyalty of Naples Viceroyalty of Sardignia Dutch Republic Viceroyalty of Sicily	Defeat Treaty of The Hague: Spain renounces claims to its former Italian possessions. Savoy and Austria swap Sicily for Habsburgs and Sardinia for Savoy.
Aguayo expedition to Texas (1720–1722)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Texas	Template:Flagdeco New France Template:Flagdeco French Louisiana	Victory French raids to New Spain stops Beginning of Spanish ranching in Texas
Pericúes Rebellion (1734–1737)	Template:Flagicon New Spain	Pericúes Cochimí	Stalemate The colonization of Southern Baja Peninsula stopped for 3 years. Then revolt suppressed.
Pima Revolt (1751) Part of Mexican Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Arizona	Pima Indians	Victory
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763) Siege of Havana Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua Battle of Manila (1762) Action of 30 October 1762 Silang Revolt Guagua Insurrection	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Viceroyalty of Peru Template:Flagicon French West Indies Template:Flagdeco New France Abenaki nation	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon British America Iroquois Confederacy Portugal Filipino rebels	Defeat Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762) Treaty of Hamburg (1762) Treaty of Paris (1763) Treaty of Hubertusburg (1763) Status quo ante bellum in Europe Transfer of colonial possessions between Great Britain, France, and Spain after French-Indian war. Spain cedes Florida to Britain in exchange for return of Havana. Spain received Louisiana from France.
Cisteil Rebellion (1761)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Yucatán	Maya rebel forces lidered by Jacinto Canek	Victory Instigators are captured and punished
Louisiana Rebellion of 1768 (1768)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Louisiana	Template:Flagdeco Louisiana Creole people	Victory
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Spain and the American Revolutionary War Western theater of the American Revolutionary War Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign Spanish conquest of West Florida Battle of St. Louis Siege of Pensacola Colbert raid Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War Action of 15 January 1782 Capture of the Bahamas (1782) Action of 17 February 1783 Capture of the Bahamas (1783) Central America Capture of Río Hondo Capture of Cayo Cocina Battle of San Fernando de Omoa Action of 12 December 1779 San Juan Expedition (1780) Battle of Roatán Battle of the Black River	United States Template:Flagicon Spain Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Louisiana Canadian Auxiliaries Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw Dutch Republic Mysore	Template:Flagcountry Loyalists of Thirteen Colonies British Canada Iroquois Onondaga Cayuga Seneca Cherokee German Auxiliaries	Victory Treaty of Paris (1783) Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America and the Thirteen Colonies.
Cherokee–American wars [2nd phase post-revolution] (1783–1795) Part of American Indian Wars	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Louisiana Cherokee Co-belligerent: Northwestern Confederacy	United States	Spanish withdrawal due to Coalition Wars. Defeat of Cherokees Treaty of Tellico
Nootka Crisis (1789–1790) Part of Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest	Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire Template:Flagicon New Spain	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon British North America (The Canadas) Nuu-chah-nulth people Template:Flagu Russian Alaska Template:Flagu	Defeat Nootka Convention
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)	1791–1793 Ex-slaves French royalists Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire (from 1793) Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1793–1798 French royalists Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire (until 1795) Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1798–1801 Template:Flagicon Louverture Loyalists 1802–1804 Ex-slaves Template:Flagdeco United Kingdom	1791–1793 Slave owners Template:Flagicon Kingdom of France (until 1792) Template:Flagicon French Republic 1793–1798 Template:Flagicon French Republic Ex-slaves 1798–1801 Template:Flagicon Rigaud Loyalists Template:Flagicon French Republic Polish Legions	Defeat
French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) West Indies Campaign East Indies theatre Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)	Template:Flagicon French Republic French India Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire (since 1795) Template:Flagicon Spanish East Indies Batavian Republic Dutch East Indies File:POL COA Ciołek.svg Polish Legions Template:Flagicon Denmark–Norway French client republics: Template:Country data Helvetic Republic Template:Flagicon Cisalpine Republic Template:Flagicon Roman Republic (until 1799) Template:Flagicon Parthenopaean Republic (1799)	Template:Flagcountry British East India Company Template:Flagicon Spanish Empire (until 1795) Holy Roman Empire Template:Flagicon Austria Prussia (until 1795) Template:Flagcountry (until 1801) File:Flag of the Septinsular Republic.svg Septinsular Republic Template:Flagdeco Sardinia (until 1796) Sanfedismo Template:Flagicon Grand Duchy of Tuscany Template:Flagicon Order of Saint John (1798) Malta (1798–1800) Ottoman Empire (since 1798) Template:Flagicon French Royalists Template:Flagu (Quasi-War) (until 1800)	Inconclussive Treaty of Amiens
Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) Caribbean campaign of 1803–1810 Anglo-Spanish War (1804-1808)	Template:Unbulleted list	Template:Flagicon French Empire (from 1804) Template:Unbulleted list	Victory Congress of Vienna Ceasefire on New Spain and start of Mexican War of Independence
Anglo-American war (1812–1814) Battle of Pensacola (1814)	Template:Flagicon British North America (The Canadas) Tecumseh's Confederacy Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Spain (from 1813) Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Florida	United States Indian allies Choctaw Nation Cherokee Nation Creek Allies	Inconclusive Treaty of Ghent Spain loses West Florida to the United States.
Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition (1812) Battle of Medina	Template:Flagicon Viceroyalty of New Spain	Republican Army of the North Filibuster	Victory
Seminole Wars (1817–18)	Seminole Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Florida	United States	Defeat Spain cedes Spanish Florida to the United States in the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 The United States forcibly relocates Seminole in northern Florida to a reservation in the center of the peninsula in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek of 1823
Totonicapán Uprising of 1820 (1820)	Template:Flagicon New Spain Template:Flagicon Captaincy General of Guatemala	File:Bandera de Totonicapan posiblemente 1820.png K'iche of Totonicapán	Victory

Independent Mexico

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	Casualties
Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)	Mexico Template:Flagicon Mexican Insurgents European Volunteers Template:Flagicon Mexican Ex-Royalists Army of the Three Guarantees	Spain Template:Flagicon Spanish Royalists Template:Flagicon Mexican Royalists	Victory First Mexican Empire gains independence from Spain Signing of the Treaty of Córdoba Plan of Iguala achieved Spain loses the continental area of the Viceroyalty of New Spain with the exception of the port San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruz Spain would not recognize Mexican independence until signing the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty in 1836	+500,000
Long Expedition (1819)	Template:Flagicon Mexico Army of the Three Guarantees	Texan Filibusters	Victory Rebels defeated and captured James Long shot and killed in custody	~5 (1821 expedition)
Texas–Indian Wars (1820–1875)	Template:Flagicon Mexico Spain United States Texas Choctaw Republic	Comanche and various Native American tribes	Victory Extinction of many tribes in Texas, including the Karankawa, Akokisa and Bidai	1,394
Spanish Attempts to Reconquer Mexico (1821–1829)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico	Spain	Victory Spain recognizes the independence of the United States of Mexico in 1829	135
Comanche–Mexico Wars (1821–1870)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico	Comanche Kiowa	Defeat Many successful raids by Comanche	~6,000
Apache–Mexico Wars (1821–1915) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars and the American Indian Wars	Template:Country data Crown of Castile (1600s–1716) Spain (1600s–1821) Template:Flagicon Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico (after 1822) United States Template:Country data Confederate States (1861–1865)	Apache	Victory Apache gradually defeated in Mexico and the United States
Yaqui Wars (1821–1929) Part of the Mexican Indian Wars	Spain (1533–1821) Template:Flagicon Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico (after 1822) United States (1896–1918)	Yaqui	Victory Yaqui revolts put down
Mexican Indian Wars (1821–1933)	Template:Country data Crown of Castile (1519–1716) Tlaxcalans and other Native Indian allies of Spain (1519–1821) Spain (1716–1823) Mexico (1821–1933) Guatemala (1823–1933) Honduras (1823–1933) El Salvador (1823–1933) Template:Flagcountry (1638–1707) Template:Flagcountry (1707–1862) British Honduras (1862–1933) Republic of Texas (1836–1846) California Republic (1846) United States (1850–1933) Template:Flagcountry (1861–1865)	Various Native Mexicans Aztec Empire Maya people Tarascans Chichimecans Puebloans Comanches Apaches Yaquis	Victory
Rebellion of Felipe de la Garza	Template:Flagicon Mexico	Template:FlagiconRepublicans	Imperialist victory
Salvadoran-Mexican War	Template:Flagicon Mexico	El Salvador	Victory El Salvador is annexed to Mexico
Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823)	Template:Flagicon Republicans Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Gran Colombia	Template:Flagicon Imperialists Spain	Republican Victory
Texas revolt (1823)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Provisional Government	Template:Flagicon Imperialists	Provisional Government Victory
Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Provisional Government	Template:Flagicon Oaxaca	Provisional Government Victory
Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Provisional Government	Template:Flagicon Jalisco	Provisional Government Victory Constitution of Colima as Territory of the Nation
Rebellion of Puebla (1823)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Provisional Government	Template:Flagicon Puebla	Provisional Government Victory
Revolt of Querétaro (1823)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Provisional Government	Template:Flagicon Querétaro	Provisional Government Victory
Fredonian Rebellion (1826–1827)	Mexico Comanche tribes (peace treaty)	Texan Rebels Comanche tribes (initial plotting support)	Victory Edwards Rebels defeated Comanches convinced to back down and peace treaty established Mexican amnesty for rebels except the Edwards brothers, Martin Parmer, and Adolphus Sterne A larger Mexican garrison established in Nacogdoches Law restricting immigration into Texas The Edwards flee to the United States (returning later for the Texas Revolution)
Conservative Coup (1829–1831)	Template:Flagicon Conservatives	Template:Flagicon Liberals	Conservative Victory Anastasio Bustamante and Conservatives oust liberal president Vicente Guerrero in 1829 Capture and execution of Guerrero, defeat of Guerrero's forces
Zacatecas Rebellion (1835)	Template:Flagicon Centralists	Zacatecan Rebels	Centralist Victory Creation of Aguascalientes Territory separated from Zacatecas
Texas Revolution (1835–1836)	Mexico	Texas	Defeat Texan victory, Treaties of Velasco (1836) Creation of the Republic of Texas (1836) Mexican invasions of Texas (1842) Annexation of Texas by the United States of America (1845); Outbreak of the Mexican–American War (1846–1848)
First Franco–Mexican War (1838–1839) also known as the Pastry War	Mexico	France Template:Flagcountry	Defeat Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos
Federalist Revolt (Tabasco) (1839–1840)	Mexico Template:Flagicon Tabasco centralists	Template:Flagicon Tabasco federalists Texas Template:Country data Republic of Yucatán	Defeat
Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840)	Mexico	Republic of the Rio Grande	Victory Dissolution of the Republic of Rio Grande
Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841–1842)	Mexico	Texas	Victory
Occupation of Soconusco	Mexico	Guatemala	Victory The Soconusco is annexed to Mexico
Invasion of Yucatán (1842-1843)	Mexico	Template:Country data Republic of Yucatán Texas (Naval Battle of Campeche)	Defeat
Mexicans Invasions of 1842 (1842)	Mexico	Texas	Defeat Vásquez captures San Antonio for a short time Beginning of the Texas Archives War after Vasquez's raid Canales are repelled in the Fort of Lipantitlan Both sides claim victory in Woll's expedition Beginning of the Somervell expedition
Capture of Monterey (1842)	Mexico	United States	Status quo ante bellum Americans leave the city after hearing war did not break out
Mier Expedition (1842–1843)	Mexico	Texas	Victory Texan soldiers were forced to surrender
Texan raids on New Mexico (1843)	Mexico	Texas	Victory Mexico retains control over New Mexico
Mexican–American War (1846–1848)	Mexico	United States Template:Flagicon California Texas	Defeat Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo United States took ownership of California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado Mexican recognition of Texas (and the Mexican Cession) as U.S. territory; End of conflict between Mexico and Texas
Caste War of Yucatán (1847–1901)	Mexico Yucatán Guatemala United Kingdom British Honduras	Maya	Victory Republic of Yucatán rejoins the United Mexican States in 1848 Mayas achieve an independent state from 1847 to 1883 Mexico recaptures Yucatán Conflict between the Mexicans and the Mayans continued until 1933
Rousset's Expeditions (1853-1854)	Mexico	Filibusters	Victory Gaston Raousset is captured and sentenced to death
Expedition of William Walker to Baja California and Sonora (1853-1854)	Mexico	Republic of Sonora Republic of Baja California	Victory William Walker trial in San Diego
Revolution of Ayutla (1854–1855)	Template:Flagicon Liberals	Template:Flagicon Conservatives	Liberal Victory Juan Álvarez leads overthrow of Antonio López de Santa Anna Final defeat of Santa Anna and step toward the Reform
Reform War (1857–1861)	Template:Flagicon Liberals	Template:Flagicon Conservatives	Liberal Victory Benito Juárez rises to power in Mexico
Cortina Troubles (1859–1861)	Mexico United States Template:Country data Confederate States	Template:Flagicon Cortinista Militia	Victory Raids ended
Second Franco–Mexican War (1861–1867)	Mexico	Template:Flagicon French Empire Template:Flagicon Mexican Empire Austrian Empire Belgium Spain United Kingdom Egypt Eyalet Polish Revolutionaries	Victory Establishment, then fall, of the Second Mexican Empire French withdrawal Execution of Emperor Maximilian I, Miguel Miramon, and Tomas Mejia
Victorio's War (1879–1881)	United States Mexico	Apache	Victory Apache defeated
Barrios' War of Reunification (1885)	El Salvador Mexico Costa Rica Nicaragua	Guatemala Honduras	Victory Death of Justo Rufino Barrios
Garza Revolution (1891–1893)	Mexico United States	Garzistas	Victory Garza Revolution defeated
Mexican annexation of Clipperton Island (1897)	Mexico	France	Victory Mexican annexation, colony established
Second Totoposte War (1903)	El Salvador Mexico Template:Flagicon Guatemalan Exiles	Guatemala	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
Third Totoposte War (1906)	El Salvador Mexico Template:Flagicon Guatemalan Exiles	Guatemala	Stalemate Status quo ante bellum
Acayucan Rebellion (1906)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government	Liberal Party of Mexico	Government Victory
Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)	Template:Flagicon Counter-Revolutionaries Mexico United States (1910–1913) Germany (1913–1917) Porfiristas Huertistas	Template:Flagicon Revolutionaries United States (1913–1918) Template:Flagcountry (1916–1918) Germany (1917) Constitutional Army Villistas Zapatistas	Revolutionary Victory Porfirio Díaz and Victoriano Huerta ousted from power and exiled Mexican Constitution of 1917 enacted Defeat of rebellious Villa and Zapata by their Constitutionalists pairs Political assassination of presidents and revolutionary leaders Founding of the National Revolutionary Party
Border War (1910–1919)	Mexico Germany	United States	Status quo ante bellum Seditionist insurgency suppressed Permanent border wall established American troops fail to capture Pancho Villa and withdraw from Chihuahua
Magonista Rebellion (1911)	Mexico	Liberal Party of Mexico	Victory Failure of the libertarian insurrection
Antichina Campaign (1911–1934)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Asiatic migrants	Stalemate Antichina Campaigns ends in 1934 by change of government, but the Asiatic population was effectively reduced.
Delahuertista Rebellion (1923–1924) Tabasco Rebellion	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government Castillistas Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers Agrarians	Template:Flagicon Delahuertistas PNC PLC	Government Victory
Cristero War (1926–1929)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government	Cristeros National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty Knights of Columbus	Government Ceasefire The Mexican Government makes peace agreement with Cristeros, assisted by the United States through U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Whitney Morrow, in order to end violence Recognition of certain rights and the Catholic Church reopens in Mexico by 1929 during the presidency of Emilio Portes Gil, although some anti-clerical government laws remained in place until 1992, when the Mexican government amended the constitution by granting all religious groups legal status, conceding them limited property rights and lifting restrictions on the number of priests in the country
Escobar Rebellion (1929)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government	Escobar Rebels	Government Victory Escobar rebels defeated
Saturnino Cedillo Rebellion (1938)	Template:Flagicon Mexican Government File:Logo Partido Nacional Revolucionario.svg PRI Supported by: File:Emblema PCM Mexico.svg Mexican Communist Party File:Emblema PPS.svg Popular Socialist Party	Cedillistas Confederation of the Middle Class Pro-Race Committee Revolutionary Mexicanist Action File:Bandera de la Unión Nacional Sinarquista.svg National Synarchist Union Template:Flagicon German Community of Mexico	Government Victory Fascist uprising ends after 8 months. Death of Saturnino Cedillo.
World War II (1942–1945) Philippines campaign (1944–1945) Pacific War Battle of Luzon	United States Soviet Union United Kingdom Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–1949) France Poland Canada Australia Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Mexico Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Dominican Republic Cuba Chile Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Argentina	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Independent State of Croatia Template:Country data Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
Mexico–Guatemala Conflict (1958–1959)	Mexico	Guatemala	Ceasefire Mexican retaliation halted by newly elected president Adolfo López Mateos Diplomatic relations between the two nations are frozen for several months South American mediation helps to prevent escalation
Dirty War (1968–1982)	Mexico	Left-wing groups: Party of the Poor Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre EZLN EPR Various social and armed movements in the country	Victory Continued rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party Most leftist guerrilla groups disbanded
Zapatista Uprising (1994)	Mexico	EZLN	Ceasefire Ceasefire between the Mexican government and Zapatistas San Andrés Accords, granting some autonomy to the indigenous peoples
Mexican Drug War (2006–present)	Mexico	Mexican Drug Cartels	Ongoing Sinaloa Cartel is losing a lot of regions, including in Sinaloa itself In the 2023 Sinaloa unrest, Ovidio Guzman is captured CJNG is losing important regions against the Mexican National Guard Los Zetas went from a big empire, to just controlling a few rural towns in Tamaulipas 35 of the 37 most-wanted Mexican drug lords captured or killed World's most wanted drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán re-captured and extradited to the United States The town Aguililla recaptured by the Mexican military Heavy militarization in certain regions of Mexico

See also

• Mexico in World War I
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• Timeline of Mexican War of Independence
• Mexican War of Independence