List of wars involving Brazil

Template:Short description This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	King
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820)	File:Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Federal League Entre Ríos Misiones Corrientes Santa Fe Córdoba	Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental.	John VI

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825)	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country data Kingdom of Portugal	Victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)	Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator (1824)	Template:Flagcountry	Confederates	Loyalist victory Execution of confederate leader Frei Caneca.
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country data United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Thirty-Three Orientals	Stalemate Preliminary Peace Convention
Cabanagem (1835–1840)	Template:Flagcountry	Rebels	Loyalist victory Devastation of the economy of Grão-Pará Province; Death of roughly 20% of the population in the province.	Pedro II
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	Template:Flagcountry	Template:Country data Riograndense Republic Template:Country data Juliana Republic	Loyalist victory Treaty of Poncho Verde
Sabinada (1837–1838)	Template:Flagcountry	Bahia Republic	Loyalist victory Revolt suppressed.
Platine War (1851–1852)	Template:Flagcountry Defense Government Entre Ríos Corrientes Template:Country data Santa Fe	Template:Country data Argentine Confederation Cerrito Government Federalists	Victory End of Juan Manuel de Rosas' government; Emergence of Brazil as the hegemonic power in the Platine region.
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	Template:Flagcountry Colorados Unitarians Argentina	Uruguay Blancos Federalists Supported by: Paraguay	Victory Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party; Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Template:Flagcountry Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty

Brazilian Republic (1889–)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government Rio Grande do Sul	Federalists Navy mutineers	Government victory Permanence of Júlio de Castilhos as governor of Rio Grande do Sul.	Floriano Peixoto
Trinidad Conflict (1893-1897)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government Supported by: Template:Flagicon Portugal	Principality of Trinidad Template:Flagicon United Kingdom	Govermnent Victory Brazil Stabilishes Sovereignty over Trinidad and Martim Vaz Archipelago	Floriano Peixoto Prudente de Morais
Manhuassu Conflict (1896)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government	Manhuassu Republic	Govermnent victory Serafim Escapes to Espirito Santo	Prudente de Morais
War of Canudos (1896–1897)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government	Canudos inhabitants	Government victory Total destruction of Canudos; Death of most of the population in the settlement.	Prudente de Morais
Acre War (1899–1903)	Template:Country data Republic of Acre Supported by: Template:Flagicon Brazil Amazonas	Bolivia	Victory Treaty of Petrópolis	Campos Sales Rodrigues Alves
Contestado War (1912–1916)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government Paraná Santa Catarina	Rebels	Government victory Revolt suppressed.	Hermes da Fonseca
				Venceslau Brás
First World War (1914–1918) (Limited involvement, 1917–1918)	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry United States Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon Brazil and others	Template:Flagcountry Austria-Hungary Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry and others	Victory Fall of the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires; Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East; Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers; Establishment of the League of Nations, which led to the creation of the United Nations.
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Template:Flagicon Brazilian government	Template:Flagicon Constitutionalists São Paulo Template:Flagdeco Maracaju Frente Única Gaúcha	Government military victory Surrender of the revolutionary forces; Promulgation of a new constitution, the main goal of the uprising, in 1934.	Getúlio Vargas
Second World War (1939–1945) (Limited involvement, 1942–1945)	United States Soviet Union United Kingdom Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon Brazil and others	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry and others	Victory Collapse of Nazi Germany and fall of the Italian and Japanese empires; Creation of the United Nations; Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers; Beginning of the Cold War.
Dominican Civil War (1965)	Template:Flagicon Loyalists United States File:Fuerza Interamericana de Paz sello.svg IAPF Template:Flagicon Brazil Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras	Template:Flagicon Constitutionalists	Victory Deposition of Juan Bosch; Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president of the Dominican Republic.	Humberto Castelo Branco

See also

• Military history of Brazil