# List of wars involving Mexico

This is a list of wars involving the United 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 | Spanish Empire  Crown of Castile | Defeat |
| Spanish conquest of Tabasco (1518–1564) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas | Chontal Maya | Spanish empire | Defeat |
| Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521) The Night of Sorrows Fall of Tenochtitlan Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas | Aztec Empire | Spanish empire conquistadores Indian auxiliaries Tlaxcala Cempoala | Defeat Aztec empire is annexed to Spanish Empire Viceroyalty of New Spain is created Start of Mexican Indian Wars |

## 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 | Spain New Spain Indian auxiliaries | 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 | Spain 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 | Spain 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 | Spain 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 | Spain 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) | Spain 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 | Spain New Spain Indian auxiliaries (Tutul-Xiu) | Mayan tribes | Victory Creation of Captaincy General of Yucatán. |
| Narváez expedition (1527–1536) | Spain 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 | New Spain  Mexico (since 1821)  United States (since 1896) | Yaqui | Stalemate |
| Expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1535–1554) | New Spain Indian auxiliaries | Pueblo | Stalemate Spanish withdrawal |
| Grijalva expedition to the Equatorial Pacific (1537–1542) | Spain 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 | New Spain Indian auxiliaries Portuguese volunteers | Northern Utina Coosa chiefdom Tuskaloosa Chickasaw | Defeat |
| Tiguex War (1540–1541) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain | Tiwa Indians | Victory |
| Mixtón war (1540–1542) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain | Caxcanes | Victory |
| Chichimeca war (1550–1590) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain Indian auxiliaries (Tlaxcalteca, Caxcan, Otomí, Mexica, Purépecha) | Chichimeca Confederation Zacatecos Caxcanes Guachichiles Pames Guamares | Defeat |
| Guamares Rebellion (1563–1569) | New Spain | Guamares | Victory |
| Spanish assault on French Florida (1565) | Spanish Empire New Spain Spanish Florida | Kingdom of France French Florida 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) | Spanish Empire 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) | Spanish Empire Peru 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) | Spain New Spain Filipino loyalists | Filipino rebel groups Muslim resistance  British supporters Bruneian and Ottoman supporters Japanese and Chinese supporters | Victory Most revolts failed |
| Blockade of Cebu (1568) | Spain Filipino loyalists | 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) | Spanish Empire Spanish Netherlands Crown of Castile New Spain Peru Crown of Portugal (1580–1640) State of Brazil Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sardinia  Holy Roman Empire Archduchy of Austria Electorate of Bavaria Catholic League Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Supported by: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Papal States | United Provinces Dutch East Indies  Dutch West Indies  England  France Nassau Bohemia Electorate of the Palatinate Transylvania Denmark–Norway  Venice  Savoy Duchy of Mantua Duchy of Modena  Duchy of Parma Sweden  Saxony Brandenburg-Prussia Kingdom of Portugal (1640–58) Principality of Catalonia (from 1640) Supported by: Tsardom of Russia 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 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 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) | Spain New Spain Spanish Philippines Indian auxiliaries from Mexico (mostly Tlaxcalans) | 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) | Spanish Empire Spanish Netherlands Crown of Castile New Spain Peru Crown of Portugal (1580–1640) State of Brazil Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sardinia Duchy of Parma Grand Duchy of Tuscany Duchy of Savoy Duchy of Castro Order of Saint John co-belligerent French rebels Irish rebels | Kingdom of England Corsairs Ireland co-belligerent Portuguese rebels  United Provinces France 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 | New Spain | Acoma Pueblo | Victory |
| Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600) | Spanish Empire El Piñal Captaincy General of the Philippines | Portuguese Empire Macau 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 seizured. |
| Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1607) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain | Acaxee Indians | Victory |
| Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620) | New Spain | Tepehuánes | Victory |
| Spanish conquest of Petén (c. 1618 – c. 1697) Part of Spanish colonization of the Americas | New Spain 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) | 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) | Spanish Empire Spanish Netherlands Spanish Italy New Spain Modena and Reggio (1635–46)  Holy Roman Empire (until 1648) English Royalists (from 1657) | France Dutch Republic (until 1648)  Duchy of Savoy Duchy of Modena (1647–1649 and 1655–1659)  Duchy of Parma (1635–1637)  Commonwealth of England (1654–59) Principality of Catalonia (from 1640) 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 | New Spain (until 1821)  Mexico (1821–1915)  United States (1850–1924)  Confederate States (1861–1865) | Apache | Spanish/Mexican victory |
| Navajo Wars (c. 1641–1864) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain (until 1821)  Mexico (1821–1848)  United States (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 | Spain New Spain Peru | 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) | 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) | New Spain 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) | New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala Peru New Kingdom of Granada | English pirates | Defeat. Looting and then burning the town of Chepo, Panama. |
| Pueblo Revolt (1680) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | 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 | Spain loyal to Philip Crown of Castile New Spain Spanish Texas Peru Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily  Kingdom of France New France French East India Company Bavaria (until 1704) Duchy of Mantua (until 1708) Cologne (until 1702) Liège (until 1702) Indian Allies:  Wabanaki Confederacy  Caughnawaga Mohawk  Choctaw  Timucua  Apalachee  Natchez co-belligerent: Kuruc (Kingdom of Hungary) Principality of Transylvania | Holy Roman Empire: Austria  Prussia (from 1702) Hanover  Great Britain (formed on 1707)  England (until 1707)  Scotland (until 1707) British America British East India Company  Dutch Republic  Duchy of Savoy (after 1703) Kingdom of Portugal (from 1703) State of Brazil Spain loyal to Charles Crown of Aragon Spanish Netherlands Danish Auxiliary Corps Indian Allies:  Muscogee (Creek)  Chickasaw  Yamasee Iroquois Confederacy co-belligerent: Hungarian Royalists 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 | 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 | New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala | Talamanca Teribe Cabécare | Victory |
| Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712 (1712) Part of Mexican Indian Wars | New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala | Maya communities | Victory |
| War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) Villasur expedition Capture of Pensacola (1719) Raid on Nassau (1720) | Spain New Spain Spanish Florida Spanish Texas Jacobites | Great Britain British West Indies  France New France  Holy Roman Empire Austria Viceroyalty of Naples Viceroyalty of Sardignia  Dutch Republic  Savoy 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) | New Spain Spanish Texas | New France French Louisiana | Victory French raids to New Spain stops Beginning of Spanish ranching in Texas |
| Pericúes Rebellion (1734–1737) | 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 | New Spain 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 | Spanish Empire New Spain Viceroyalty of Peru  France French West Indies New France Abenaki nation | Great Britain 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) | New Spain Captaincy General of Yucatán | Maya rebel forces lidered by Jacinto Canek | Victory Instigators are captured and punished |
| Louisiana Rebellion of 1768 (1768) | New Spain Louisiana | 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 Battle of Arkansas Pos 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 Spain New Spain Louisiana  France Canadian Auxiliaries Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw  Dutch Republic  Mysore | Great Britain 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 | Spanish Empire New Spain 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 | Spanish Empire New Spain | Great Britain British North America (The Canadas) Nuu-chah-nulth people  Russian Empire Russian Alaska  United States | Defeat Nootka Convention |
| Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) | 1791–1793 Ex-slaves French royalists Spanish Empire (from 1793) New Spain Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1793–1798 French royalists  Great Britain Spanish Empire (until 1795) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1798–1801 Louverture Loyalists 1802–1804 Ex-slaves United Kingdom | 1791–1793 Slave owners Kingdom of France (until 1792) French Republic 1793–1798 French Republic Ex-slaves 1798–1801 Rigaud Loyalists French Republic Polish Legions | Defeat |
| French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) West Indies Campaign East Indies theatre Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) | French Republic French India Spanish Empire (since 1795) Spanish East Indies  Batavian Republic Dutch East Indies Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics:  Helvetic Republic Cisalpine Republic Roman Republic (until 1799) Parthenopaean Republic (1799) | Great Britain British East India Company  Portugal Spanish Empire (until 1795)  Holy Roman Empire Austria  Prussia (until 1795)  Russia (until 1801) Septinsular Republic Sardinia (until 1796)  Naples Sanfedismo Grand Duchy of Tuscany Order of Saint John (1798) Malta (1798–1800)  Ottoman Empire (since 1798) French Royalists  United States (Quasi-War) (until 1800) | Inconclussive Treaty of Amiens |
| Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) Caribbean campaign of 1803–1810 Anglo-Spanish War (1804-1808) | Coalition forces: United Kingdom Holy Roman Empire (until 1806) Austria Prussia Russia Spain Sweden Portugal Ottoman Empire Bavaria Brunswick French Royalists Hanover Hungary Liechtenstein Montenegro Nassau Netherlands Baden Papal States Qajar Iran Sardinia Saxony Sicily Switzerland Tuscany Württemberg Denmark | French Empire (from 1804) French clients:  Batavian Republic Bonapartist SpainConfederation of the Rhine Bavaria  Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Duchy of Warsaw Etruria Holland Italy Lucca-Piombino Naples Polish Legions Switzerland Austria Denmark–Norway Qajar Iran Ottoman Empire Prussia Russia Spain | Victory Congress of Vienna Ceasefire on New Spain and start of Mexican War of Independence |
| Anglo-American war (1812–1814) Battle of Pensacola (1814) | United Kingdom British North America (The Canadas) Tecumseh's Confederacy Kingdom of Spain (from 1813) New Spain 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 | Viceroyalty of New Spain | Republican Army of the North Filibuster | Victory |
| Seminole Wars (1817–18) | Seminole New Spain 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) | New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala | K'iche of Totonicapán | Victory |

## Independent Mexico
### Key

    Mexican victory
    Mexican defeat
    Ceasefire or other result
    Ongoing conflict
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Casualties |
| Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821) | Mexico Mexican Insurgents European Volunteers Mexican Ex-Royalists Army of the Three Guarantees | Spain Spanish Royalists 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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 | Crown of Castile (1600s–1716)  Spain (1600s–1821) Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico (after 1822)  United States  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) Mexican Empire (1821–1822) Mexico (after 1822)  United States (1896–1918) | Yaqui | Victory Yaqui revolts put down | |
| Mexican Indian Wars (1821–1933) | 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)  England (1638–1707) United Kingdom (1707–1862) British Honduras (1862–1933)  Republic of Texas (1836–1846) California Republic (1846) United States (1850–1933) Confederate States (1861–1865) | Various Native Mexicans Aztec Empire Maya people Tarascans Chichimecans Puebloans Comanches Apaches Yaquis | Victory | |
| Rebellion of Felipe de la Garza | Mexico | Republicans | Imperialist victory | |
| Salvadoran-Mexican War | Mexico | El Salvador | Victory El Salvador is annexed to Mexico | |
| Casa Mata Plan Revolution (1822–1823) | Republicans United Kingdom Gran Colombia | Imperialists Spain | Republican Victory | |
| Rebellion of Oaxaca (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government | Oaxaca | Provisional Government Victory | |
| Rebellion of Guadalajara (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government | Jalisco | Provisional Government Victory Constitution of Colima as Territory of the Nation | |
| Rebellion of Puebla (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government | Puebla | Provisional Government Victory | |
| Revolt of Querétaro (1823) | Mexican Provisional Government | 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) | Conservatives | 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) | 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 United Kingdom | Defeat Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos | |
| Federalist Revolt (Tabasco) (1839–1840) | Mexico Tabasco centralists | Tabasco federalists Texas 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 | 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 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) | Liberals | 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) | Liberals | Conservatives | Liberal Victory Benito Juárez rises to power in Mexico | |
| Cortina Troubles (1859–1861) | Mexico United States Confederate States | Cortinista Militia | Victory Raids ended | |
| Second Franco–Mexican War (1861–1867) | Mexico | French Empire 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 Guatemalan Exiles | Guatemala | Stalemate Status quo ante bellum | |
| Third Totoposte War (1906) | El Salvador Mexico Guatemalan Exiles | Guatemala | Stalemate Status quo ante bellum | |
| Acayucan Rebellion (1906) | Mexican Government | Liberal Party of Mexico | Government Victory | |
| Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) | Counter-Revolutionaries  Mexico  United States (1910–1913)  Germany (1913–1917) Porfiristas Huertistas | Revolutionaries  United States (1913–1918)  United Kingdom (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) | Mexican Government | 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 | Mexican Government Castillistas Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers Agrarians | Delahuertistas PNC PLC | Government Victory | |
| Cristero War (1926–1929) | 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) | Mexican Government | Escobar Rebels | Government Victory Escobar rebels defeated | |
| Saturnino Cedillo Rebellion (1938) | Mexican Government PRI Supported by: Mexican Communist Party Popular Socialist Party | Cedillistas Confederation of the Middle Class Pro-Race Committee Revolutionary Mexicanist Action National Synarchist Union 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 China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Panama Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Dominican Republic Cuba Chile Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Argentina | Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Croatia Slovakia Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang | 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 | |