List of conflicts in Central America

Costa Rica

1921 War of Coto (against Panama)
1948 Costa Rican Civil War

Guatemala

1524 — 1697 Spanish conquest of Guatemala

Date	Event	Modern department (or Mexican state)
Template:Dts – March 1524	Spanish defeat the K'iche'	Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and El Quiché
Template:Dts	Battle of Zapotitlán, Spanish victory over the K'iche'	Suchitepéquez
Template:Dts	First battle of Quetzaltenango results in the death of the K'iche' lord Tecun Uman	Quetzaltenango
Template:Dts	Second battle of Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango
Template:Dts	Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado raze Q'umarkaj, capital of the K'iche'	El Quiché
Template:Dts	Spanish enter Iximche and ally themselves with the Kaqchikel	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	Spanish defeat the Tz'utujil in battle on the shores of Lake Atitlán	Sololá
Template:Dts	Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Pipil of Panacal or Panacaltepeque near Izcuintepeque	Escuintla
Template:Dts	Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Xinca of Atiquipaque	Santa Rosa
Template:Dts	Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	Spanish declare war on the Kaqchikel	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	The Poqomam capital falls to Pedro de Alvarado	Guatemala
Template:Dts	Hernán Cortés arrives at Lake Petén Itzá	Petén
Template:Dts	Zaculeu, capital of the Mam, surrenders to Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras after a lengthy siege	Huehuetenango
Template:Dts	Chajoma rebel against the Spanish	Guatemala
Template:Dts	Acasaguastlán given in encomienda to Diego Salvatierra	El Progreso
Template:Dts	Spanish captains sent by Alvarado conquer Chiquimula	Chiquimula
Template:Dts	Spanish deserters burn Iximche	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	Spanish abandon their capital at Tecpán Guatemala	Chimaltenango
Template:Dts	San Mateo Ixtatán given in encomienda to Gonzalo de Ovalle	Huehuetenango
Template:Dts	Spanish routed at Uspantán	El Quiché
Template:Dts	Rebellion in Chiquimula put down	Chiquimula
Template:Dts	Kaqchikel surrender to the Spanish	Sacatepéquez
Template:Dts	Ixil and Uspantek surrender to the Spanish	El Quiché
Template:Dts	Juan de León y Cardona founds San Marcos and San Pedro Sacatepéquez	San Marcos
Template:Dts	Foundation of Cobán	Alta Verapaz
Template:Dts	First reductions of the Chuj and Q'anjob'al	Huehuetenango
Template:Dts	Corregimiento of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán established	El Progreso, Zacapa and Baja Verapaz
Template:Dts	Lowland Maya kill Francisco de Vico	Alta Verapaz
Template:Dts	Reduction of Topiltepeque and Lakandon Ch'ol	Alta Verapaz
Template:Dts	Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá	Petén
Template:Dts	Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén	Petén
Template:Dts	Reduction of San Mateo Ixtatán and Santa Eulalia	Huehuetenango
Template:Dts	Melchor Rodríguez Mazariegos leaves Huehuetenango, leading an expedition against the Lacandón	Huehuetenango
Template:Dts	Franciscan friar Andrés de Avendaño attempts to convert the Itzá	Petén
Template:Dts	Spanish expeditions leave simultaneously from Cobán, San Mateo Ixtatán and Ocosingo against the Lacandón	Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango and Chiapas
Template:Dts	Andrés de Avendaño forced to flee Nojpetén	Petén
Template:Dts	Nojpetén falls to the Spanish after a fierce battle	Petén