# List of wars involving the Netherlands

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include:
* United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic
* Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
* Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
* Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
* United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
* Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present)
* For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560
* For simultaneous wars in the south, see
** List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states.
** List of wars involving Belgium (1830–present)
** List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present)

## Batavian Republic (1795–1806)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802) | French Republic Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics:  Batavian Republic  Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic Parthenopaean Republic | Austria Russia Great Britain Ottoman Empire Portugal Two Sicilies French Royalists | Victory Treaty of Amiens: General French victory Britain recognises the French Republic Cape Colony returned to the Batavian Republic British withdrawal from Egypt French withdrawal from the Papal States Trinidad and Tobago ceded from France Ceylon ceded from the Batavian Republic |
| Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1799–1803) | Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia | Stalemate The Xhosa were allowed to stay in Zuurveld. |
| War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806) | French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria Württemberg | Austrian Empire Russian Empire Naples and Sicily Portugal Great Britain Sweden | Victory Treaty of Pressburg Consolidation of the French Empire Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine Hostilities resume few months later with the formation of a Fourth Coalition against France |
| Padri War (1803-1838) | Adats Netherlands | Padris | Victory |

## Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810) | France Spanish Empire Holland | Sweden United Kingdom Prussia | Victory |
| Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) | Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic | Fante Confederacy United Kingdom | Victory |
| War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) | French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine:  Bavaria  Württemberg Saxony Polish Legions  Napoleonic Italy  Kingdom of Naples Etruria Holland  Spain Swiss Confederation | Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony Sweden Sicily | Victory Treaties of Tilsit Prussia lost one half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw Franco-Russian alliance Promulgation of the Continental System Hostilities resume in 1808 with the commencement of the Peninsular War and expanded in 1809 with the formation of a Fifth Coalition against France |
| Second Tondano War (1808–1809) | Holland Dutch East Indies | Minahasan militia | Victory |
| War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) | French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine:  Bavaria Saxony  Württemberg  Westphalia  Napoleonic Italy Naples Switzerland Holland | Austria Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers | Victory Treaty of Schönbrunn Franco-Austrian Alliance Napoléon marries Marie Louise of Austria Hostilities in the Peninsular War maintained General hostilities across Europe resume in 1812 with the French Invasion of Russia and expand in 1813 with the formation of a Sixth Coalition against France |

## Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) | Sixth Coalition:  Russia (already at war)  United Kingdom (already at war)  Spain (already at war)  Portugal (already at war)  Sweden (3 March)  Mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 March)  Prussia (17 March)  Sardinia  Sicily After Pläswitz (June–August 1813)  Austria (12 August)  Bavaria (8 Oct.) After Leipzig (October 1813)  Saxony (18 Oct.)  Württemberg (18 Oct.) Baden (mid-November) Principality of the Netherlands (21 Nov.)  Liechtenstein After January 1814 Denmark | France Duchy of Warsaw  Italy Naples Until January 1814 Confederation of the Rhine Denmark–Norway | Victory Napoleon abdicates and is captured Future of the Low Countries determined at Congress of Vienna (1814–15) |

## United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Hundred Days (1815) War of the Seventh Coalition | United Kingdom Prussia Hanover German Confederation Austria Russia Sweden Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Tuscany | French Empire Kingdom of Naples | Victory Treaty of Paris: General French defeat Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France |
| Bombardment of Algiers (1816) | United Kingdom United Netherlands | Regency of Algiers | Victory 3000 slaves freed. |
| First expedition to Palembang (1819) | Dutch Empire | Palembang Sultanate | Defeat |
| Second expedition to Palembang (1821) | Dutch Empire | Palembang Sultanate | Victory |
| Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo (1823) | Dutch Empire | Chinese Indonesian rebels | Victory |
| First Bone War (1824–1825) | Dutch Empire | Sulawesian militia | Victory |
| Java War (1825-1830) | Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Javanese | Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries | Victory Diponegoro deported to Makassar |
| Katamanso War (1826) | Denmark United Kingdom Dutch Empire | Ashanti Empire | Victory |
| Belgian Revolution (1830-1831) | Dutch Empire | Belgian rebels Supported by: France | Defeat The main European powers recognized Belgium's de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
| Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra (1831) | Dutch Empire | Aceh Sultanate | Victory |
| First Sumatran expedition (1832) | United States Dutch Empire | Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory |
| Dutch–Ahanta War (1837-1839) | Dutch Empire | Ahanta Kingdom | Victory Ahanta becomes a Dutch protectorate |
| Second Sumatran expedition (1838) | United States Dutch Empire | Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory |

## Netherlands (1839–present)

| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846) | Dutch Empire | Buleleng | Victory |
| Dutch intervention in Bali (1849-1850) | Dutch Empire Lombok | Buleleng Jembrana Klungkung | Victory Dutch control of Northern Bali. |
| Palembang Highlands Expeditions (1851–1859) | Dutch Empire | Forces of the Sultan of Palembang | Victory |
| Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado (1854-1855) | Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Indonesians | Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels China | Victory |
| Nias Expedition (1855-1864) | Dutch Empire | Nias | Victory |
| Dutch intervention in Bali (1858) | Dutch Empire | Buleleng rebels | Victory |
| Second Bone War (1859–1860) | Dutch Empire | Sulawesian militia | Victory |
| Banjarmasin War (1859–1863) | Dutch Empire | Sultanate of Banjarmasin | Victory |
| Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) | Dutch Empire British Empire French Empire United States | Chōshū Domain | Victory |
| Pasoemah Expedition (1864–1868) | Dutch Empire | South Sumatra | Victory |
| Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70 (1869-1870) | Dutch Empire | Local rulers | Victory Dutch Gold Coast sold to Britain in 1872 |
| Aceh War (1873-1904) | Dutch Empire | Aceh Sultanate Acehnese religious ulama Thai and Chinese mercenaries | Victory Imposition of Dutch rule on Aceh. Aceh is annexed into the Dutch East Indies. |
| Batak War (1878-1907) | Dutch Empire | Batak Kingdom | Victory |
| Mandor rebellion (1884-1885) | Dutch Empire | Lanfang Republic Qing dynasty Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia | Victory Disestablishment of the Lanfang Republic. |
| Jambi uprising (1885) | Dutch Empire | Jambi | Victory |
| Edi Expedition (1890) | Dutch Empire | Aceh militia | Victory |
| Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894) | Dutch Empire Eastern Sasak | Lombok Mataram Western Sasak | Victory Dutch control of Lombok and Karangasem. |
| Pedir Expedition (1897-1898) | Dutch Empire | Aceh militia | Victory |
| Siege of the International Legations part of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) | British Empire United States France Russia Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Japan Belgium Dutch Empire Spain | Qing Dynasty Yìhéquán | Victory |
| Unrest in Java (1900-1907) | Dutch Empire | Peasant rebels Lone-wolf robbers arsonists | Victory |
| Merauke uprising (1902) | Dutch Empire | Marind rebels | Victory |
| Campaigns against Dayak (Location: Kalimantan) (1902-1907) | Dutch Empire | Dayak rebels | Victory |
| Kerinci Expedition (1903) | Dutch Empire | Kerinci | Victory |
| Actions on Yapen (1903) | Dutch Empire | Tribes of Yapen | Victory |
| Resistance on Tidore (1904) | Dutch Empire | Tidore | Victory |
| South Sulawesi expedition (1904-1905) | Dutch Empire | Bone Luwu Wajo | Victory |
| Dutch intervention in Bali (1906) | Dutch Empire | Badung Tabanan Klungkung | Victory Dutch control of southern Bali. |
| Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 (1908) | Dutch Empire | Venezuela | Victory Overthrow of Cipriano Castro |
| Dutch intervention in Bali (1908) | Dutch Empire | Balinese rebels | Victory |
| World War II (1940–1945) | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia  Italy (from 1943)  Romania (from 1944) Bulgaria (from 1944) Finland (from 1944) | Germany Japan Italy (until 1943)  Italian Social Republic (from 23 Sep. 1943)  Hungary Romania (until 1944) Bulgaria (until 1944) Finland (1941-1944) Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Croatia Slovakia | 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 |
| Indonesian National Revolution (1940–1949) | Dutch Empire | Indonesia PDRI TNI Japanese volunteers (from 1946) Supported by:  Soviet Union | Indonesian political victory Dutch military victory Indonesia secured its independence Dutch recognised United States of Indonesia in Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference |
| APRA coup d'état (1950) | Indonesia Netherlands | Legion of the Just Ruler (APRA) | Victory |
| Korean War (1950–1953) | South Korea United States United Kingdom Netherlands United Nations | North Korea China Soviet Union | Ceasefire Communist invasions of South Korea repelled Subsequent UN invasion of North Korea repelled Subsequent communist invasion of South Korea repelled |
| Operation Trikora (1961–1962) | Dutch Empire | Indonesia Air and naval support by: Soviet Union | Indonesian political victory Military stalemate New York Agreement Western New Guinea ceded to the United Nations. |
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria Netherlands Other Allies | Iraq | Victory Kuwait regains its independence |
| Operation Krivaja '95 (6–11 July 1995) | Netherlands Ukraine | Republika Srpska Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit Police, volunteers and paramilitaries from Yugoslavia Greek volunteers Russian volunteers | Defeat Decisive Bosnian Serb victory Beginning of the Srebrenica massacre |
| Operation Deliberate Force (30 August – 20 September 1995) | NATO United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Germany Italy France Turkey | Republika Srpska | Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group |
| Kosovo War (1998–1999) | Kosovo Liberation Army United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Canada Denmark Germany Italy | Yugoslavia | Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo United Nations Resolution 1244 NATO intervention KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Bulldozer Revolution in 2000 |
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Netherlands Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain ISAF | Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition IMU Other groups | Defeat Fall of Taliban régime in 2001 Osama bin Laden killed Taliban retakes Kabul Return of Taliban régime in 2021 |
| Iraq War (2003–2011) | United States United Kingdom Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Netherlands Denmark Iraqi Kurdistan | Iraq under Saddam Hussein Sunni insurgents al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004–2006) Islamic State of Iraq (2006–2011) Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah Shia insurgents Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Others | Victory Fall of Ba'athist rule in Iraq Occupation of southern Iraq Dutch withdrawal in 2009, conflict ended in 2011 |
| Operation Ocean Shield (2009–15 December 2016) Operation Atalanta (2009–present) | EU NATO Netherlands | Somali Pirates | Victory NATO and EU operations being conducted. Action of 5 April 2010 Task Force Barracuda: sabotage of 5 Somali piracy mother ships |
| Libyan Civil War (2011) | Anti-Gaddafi forces United States United Kingdom France Denmark Netherlands Italy Canada several Arab League states Sweden | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Armed forces Pro-Gaddafi Militia Foreign mercenaries | Victory Fall of Gaddafi regime Muammar Gaddafi killed National Transitional Council take control |
| Dutch military intervention against ISIL Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War (2014–2019) | Netherlands | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar ash-Sham | Victory Operation Inherent Resolve is in play. 2014 Iraqi intervention against ISIL Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Spillover of the Syrian Civil War: American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War |
* War of succession
* War of conquest (territorial control)
* Religious war (including the European wars of religion)
* Economic war (including colonial wars)
* Revolt or rebellion (political)