# List of wars of independence

This is a list of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence.

## List

    Independence failed
    Independence succeeded
    De facto independence with limited recognition
    Autonomy granted
    Stalemate
    Ongoing conflict
| Dates | Name | Independent state | Anti-independence state | Result |
| 722–710 BC | Rebellion of Merodach-Baladan II | Babylonia | Assyria | Restoration of Babylonian independence from Assyria in 722 BC; reconquest of Babylonia by Assyria in 710 BC |
| 701 BC | Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant | Phoenicia, Philistia, Judah | Assyria | Defeat of rebel states; reestablishment of Assyrian control over the Levant |
| 626–620 BC | Rebellion of Nabopolassar | Babylonia | Assyria | Creation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire; beginning of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire |
| 601–586 BC | Judah's revolts against Babylon | Judah | Babylonia | Defeat and destruction of the Kingdom of Judah; Babylonian captivity |
| 499–493 BC | Ionian Revolt | Ionia, Aeolis, Doris, Caria, Cyprus | Persia | Defeat of Greek insurgents; beginning of the first Persian invasion of Greece |
| 484 BC | Babylonian revolts | Babylonia | Persia | Defeat of Babylonian insurgents |
| 460–454 BC | Rebellion of Inaros II | Egypt | Persia | Defeat of Egyptian insurgents |
| 411–400 BC | Rebellion of Amyrtaeus | Egypt | Persia | Restoration of Egyptian independence from Persia |
| 335 BC | Battle of Thebes | Thebes | Macedonia | Defeat and destruction of Thebes |
| 323–322 BC | Lamian War | Central Greek states led by Athens | Macedonia | Defeat of rebel Greek states; reestablishment of Macedonian control over central Greece |
| 206–186 BC | Great Theban Revolt | Upper Egypt | Ptolemaic Empire | Defeat of Egyptian insurgents |
| 167–141 BC | Maccabean Revolt | Judea | Seleucid Empire | Independence of Judea from the Seleucid Empire; creation of the Jewish Hasmonean dynasty |
| 155–139 BC | Lusitanian War | Lusitanian tribes | Roman Republic | Defeat of Lusitanian insurgents; annexation of Lusitania by the Roman Republic |
| 54–50 BC | Gaul revolts from Gallic Wars | Gaulish tribes | Roman Republic | Defeat of Gaulish insurgents; annexation of Gaul by the Roman Republic |
| 6–9 | Great Illyrian Revolt | Illyrian tribes | Roman Empire | Defeat of Illyrian insurgents |
| 9 | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest | Germanic tribes | Roman Empire | Liberation of Germania from Roman rule |
| 15–24 | Tacfarinas revolt | Musulamii, Mauri, Garamantes, Gaetuli | Roman Empire | Defeat of Berber insurgents; consolidation of Roman rule in Africa |
| 40–43 | Trung sisters' rebellion | Lạc Việt | Han China | Rebellion suppressed; reestablishment of Chinese rule in Vietnam |
| 60–61 | Boudican revolt | Brittonic tribes | Roman Empire | Defeat of Celtic Briton insurgents |
| 66–135 | Jewish–Roman wars | Judea | Roman Empire | Defeat of Jewish insurgents; Jewish diaspora |
| 192 | Khu Liên revolt | Lâm Ấp (Champa) | Han China | Independence of Lâm Ấp from China |
| 260–274 | Postumus revolt | Gallic Empire | Roman Empire | Disestablishment of the Gallic Empire; reestablishment of Roman imperial rule in Gaul, Hispania, and Britain |
| 270–273 | Zenobia's revolt | Palmyrene Empire | Roman Empire | Disestablishment of the Palmyrene Empire; reestablishment of Roman imperial rule in Egypt, Palestine, Phoenicia, Syria, and Anatolia |
| 286–296 | Carausian revolt | Britannic Empire | Roman Empire | Disestablishment of the Britannic Empire; reestablishment of Roman imperial rule in Britain and northern Gaul |
| 372–375 | Firmus revolt | Numidia | Roman Empire | Defeat of Berber insurgents |
| 409–417 | Bagaudae Revolt | Bagaudae | Western Roman Empire | Defeat of Gaulish insurgents; reestablishment of Roman imperial rule in northwestern Gaul |
| 484–573 | Samaritan revolts | Samaria | Byzantine Empire | Defeat of Samaritan insurgents |
| 541–543 | Lý Bí revolt | Vietnam | Liang China | Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule |
| 660–663 | Baekje revival movement | Baekje Korea | Tang China Silla Korea | Movement defeated; Baekje initially annexed by China, subsequently ransferred to Silla after the Silla-Tang War |
| 698 | Battle of Tianmenling | Balhae | Zhou China | Independence of Balhae from China |
| 720–832 | Bashmurian revolts | Bashmur | Umayyad Caliphate (720–750) Abbasid Caliphate (750–832) | Defeat of Egyptian Coptic insurgents |
| 722 | Battle of Covadonga | Asturias | Umayyad Caliphate | Asturias retains independence; beginning of the Reconquista |
| 740–743 | Berber Revolt | Barghawata, Tlemcen, Sijilmasa | Umayyad Caliphate | Independence of Berber states in western Maghreb from the Umayyad Caliphate |
| 782–804 | Saxon revolts from Saxon Wars | Saxony | Carolingian Empire | Defeat of Saxon insurgents; Frankish annexation of Saxony |
| 782–793 | Frisian revolts against Frankish rule | Frisia | Carolingian Empire | Defeat of Frisian insurgents |
| 816–837 | Babak's revolt | Khurramites | Abbasid Caliphate | Defeat of Persian insurgents |
| 824 | Second Battle of Roncevaux Pass | Pamplona (Basques) | Carolingian Empire | Creation of the Kingdom of Pamplona |
| 841–847 | Yu'firid conquest of Yemen | Yu'firids | Abbasid Caliphate | Independence of Yemen from the Abbasid Caliphate |
| 864–869 | Uprising of Hasan ibn Zayd | Alavids | Abbasid Caliphate | Independence of Tabaristan from the Abbasid Caliphate |
| 938 | Battle of Bạch Đằng | Vietnam | Southern Han | Independence of Vietnam from Chinese rule |
| 1011–1013 | Jarrahid revolt | Jarrahids | Fatimid Caliphate | Defeat of Bedouin insurgents; reestablishment of Fatimid rule in Palestine |
| 1024–1029 | Bedouin uprising | Jarrahids, Mirdasids, Kalbs | Fatimid Caliphate | Defeat of Bedouin insurgents; reestablishment of Fatimid rule in Palestine, Damascus and Homs |
| 1038–1047 | Miecław's Rebellion | Miecław's State | Poland | Defeat of Miecław; reintegration of Mazovia into Poland |
| 1067–1075 | Anglo-Saxon resistance to Norman rule | England | Normandy | Defeat of Anglo-Saxon insurgents |
| 1128 | Battle of São Mamede | Portugal | León | Independence of Portugal from León |
| 1185–1188 | Uprising of Asen and Peter | Bulgaria | Byzantine Empire | Restoration of Bulgarian independence from the Byzantine Empire; creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire |
| 1238 | Rebellion of Bang Klang Hao | Thailand | Cambodia | Independence of Thailand from Cambodia |
| 1270–1273 | Sambyeolcho Rebellion | Sambyeolcho | Yuan Empire (Mongols) | Defeat of Korean insurgents; Korea as a vassal state of the Yuan Empire |
| 1282 | Sicilian Vespers | Sicily | Angevin-Neapolitan monarchy | Liberation of Sicilly from Angevin regime |
| 1296–1357 | Wars of Scottish Independence | Scotland | England | Scotland retains independence |
| 1300–1301 | Second Mongol invasion of Myanmar | Myinsaing | Yuan Empire (Mongols) | Myinsaing retains independence; withdrawal of Yuan forces from Upper Burma |
| 1327 | Tver Uprising | Tver | Golden Horde (Mongols) | Defeat of Russian insurgents |
| 1343–1345 | Saint George's Night Uprising | Estonians | Denmark Teutonic Order | Defeat of Estonian insurgents; transferral of Estonia from Denmark to the Teutonic Order |
| 1346–1347 | Rebellion of Ismail Mukh | Bahmani Sultanate | Delhi Sultanate | Creation of the Bahmani Sultanate; loss of Delhi's control over the Deccan |
| 1351–1368 | Red Turban Rebellions | Ming China | Yuan Empire (Mongols) | Creation of the Chinese Ming dynasty; Yuan retreat to the Mongolian Plateau |
| 1353–1359 | Ekdala Wars | Bengal | Delhi Sultanate | Independence of Bengal from Delhi |
| 1400–1415 | Glyndŵr rebellion | Wales | England | Defeat of Welsh insurgents; reestablishment of English rule in Wales |
| 1418–1427 | Lam Sơn uprising | Vietnam | Ming China | Restoration of Vietnamese independence from Chinese rule |
| 1432–1479 | Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Albanian League | Ottoman Empire | Independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire in 1444; reconquest of Albania by the Ottoman Empire in 1479 |
| 1468–1500 | Kazakh War of Independence | Kazakh Khanate | Uzbek Khanate | Kazakh Khanate retains independence |
| 1480 | Battle of the Ugra | Muscovy | Great Horde (Mongols) | End of Tatar yoke in Russia |
| 1499 | Swabian War | Old Swiss Confederacy | Holy Roman Empire | De facto independence of Switzerland from the Holy Roman Empire |
| 1500 | Rebellion of Oyake Akahachi | Ishigaki | Ryukyu | Rebellion suppressed; Sakishima Islands annexed by Ryukyu |
| 1515–1523 | Frisian peasant rebellion | Frisia | Habsburg Netherlands | Defeat of Frisian insurgents |
| 1521–1523 | Swedish War of Liberation | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Restoration of Swedish independence from the Kalmar Union |
| 1536–1537 | Siege of Cusco | Inca Empire | Spain | Inca retreat to Vilcabamba |
| 1540–1542 | Mixtón War | Caxcans | Spain | Defeat of Native Mexican insurgents |
| 1552–1556 | Kazan rebellion | Kazan | Russia | Defeat of Tatar insurgents |
| 1568–1571 | Morisco Revolt | Moriscos | Spain | Defeat of Morisco insurgents |
| 1568–1648 | Eighty Years' War | Netherlands | Spain | Independence of the Netherlands from Spain |
| 1573 | Uprising of Mohamed Thakurufaanu | Maldives | Portugal | Restoration of Maldivian independence from Portugal |
| 1576–1612 | Baro-Bhuyan resistance to Mughal rule | Baro-Bhuyans | Mughal Empire | Defeat of Baro-Bhuyans; Bengal totally under Mughal control |
| 1584–1593 | Nandric War | Thailand | Myanmar | Restoration of Thailand's independence from Myanmar |
| 1586–1589 | Kashmiri resistance to Mughal rule | Kashmir | Mughal Empire | Defeat of Kashmiri insurgents |
| 1591 | Restoration of Lan Xang | Laos | Myanmar | Restoration of Laos' independence from Myanmar |
| 1593–1603 | Tyrone's Rebellion | Irish confederacy | England | Defeat of Irish clans; annexation of Gaelic Ireland by Tudors |
| 1594 | Uprising in Banat | Serbia | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Serb insurgents |
| 1596–1597 | Grdan's Uprising | Serbia | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Serb insurgents |
| 1598 | First Tarnovo Uprising | Bulgaria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Bulgarian insurgents |
| 1598–1604 | Destruction of the Seven Cities | Mapuches | Spain | Elimination of Spanish settlements south of the Bio-Bio River in Chile |
| 1604–1606 | Bocskai uprising | Hungary | Habsburg monarchy | Treaty of Vienna; recognition of the independent Principality of Transylvania |
| 1618–1620 | Bohemian Revolt | Bohemia | Habsburg monarchy | Defeat of Czech insurgents; abolishment of the elective monarchy of Bohemia in favour of the hereditary succession of Habsburg monarchs |
| 1640–1659 | Reapers' War | Catalan Republic | Spain | Partition of Catalonia between Spain and France |
| 1640–1668 | Portuguese Restoration War | Portugal | Spain | Restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain |
| 1647–1648 | Neapolitan Revolt of 1647 | Neapolitan Republic | Spain | Revolt suppressed |
| 1648–1657 | Khmelnytsky Uprising | Cossack Hetmanate | Poland–Lithuania | Independence of Ukraine from Poland–Lithuania |
| 1669–1672 | Shakushain's revolt | Ainu | Edo Japan | Defeat of Ainu insurgents; consolidation of Japanese control over Hokkaido |
| 1673–1681 | Revolt of the Three Feudatories | Zhou | Qing Empire | Defeat of Han Chinese insurgents; consolidation of Qing rule in Southern China |
| 1675–1678 | King Philip's War | Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands | New England Confederation | Defeat of Native Americans |
| 1679–1707 | Rathore rebellion | Marwar | Mughal Empire | Marwar retains independence |
| 1680–1696 | Pueblo Revolt | Puebloans | Spain | Liberation of New Mexico from Spanish rule in 1680; recapture of New Mexico by Spain in 1692 |
| 1703–1711 | Rákóczi's War of Independence | Hungary | Habsburg monarchy | Defeat of Hungarian insurgents |
| 1715–1717 | Yamasee War | Yamasees | South Carolina | Defeat of Native American insurgents |
| 1722–1730 | Syunik rebellion | Armenia | Template:Country data Safavid Iran Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Armenian insurgents |
| 1729–1731 | Natchez revolt | Natchez | France | Defeat of Native American insurgents |
| 1729–1769 | Corsican Revolution | Corsican Republic | Genoa (1729–1768) France (1768–1769) | De facto independence of Corisca from Genoa in 1755; disestablishment of the Corsican Republic in 1769; annexation of Corsica by France |
| 1740 | Mon revolt | Hanthawaddy | Myanmar | Independence of Lower Burma; beginning of the Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War |
| 1742–1752 | Juan Santos Rebellion | Native Peruvians | Spain | Liberation of Yungas from Spanish rule |
| 1744–1829 | Dagohoy rebellion | Bohol | Spain | Defeat of Philippine insurgents |
| 1754–1762 | Rebellion of Sukh Jiwan Mal | Kashmir | Afghanistan | Independence of Kashmir from Afghanistan in 1754; reconquest of Kashmir by Afghanistan in 1762 |
| 1763–1766 | Pontiac's War | Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region | Britain | Establishment of the Indian Reserve |
| 1767 | Battle of Phosamton | Thailand | Myanmar | Liberation of Thailand from Burmese occupation |
| 1770 | Orlov revolt | Greece | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Greek insurgents |
| 1775–1783 | American Revolutionary War | United States | Britain | Independence of the United States from Britain |
| 1780–1783 | Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II | Native Peruvians | Spain | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1781 | Rebellion of Túpac Katari | Native Bolivians | Spain | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1785–1795 | Northwest Indian War | Northwestern Confederacy | United States | Defeat of Native Americans; annexation of the Old Northwest by the United States |
| 1789–1790 | Brabant Revolution | United Belgian States | Habsburg monarchy | Revolution suppressed; reestablishment of Austrian rule in Belgium |
| 1791–1804 | Haitian Revolution | Haiti | France | Independence of Haiti from France |
| 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | Poland–Lithuania | Russia Prussia | Third Partition of Poland; fall of Poland–Lithuania |
| 1794–1796 | British Invasion of Corsica | Kingdom of Corsica | France | French reconquest of Corsica |
| 1798–1804 | Irish Rebellion of 1798 | Irish Republic | Britain | Defeat of Irish insurgents; abolition of the Parliament of Ireland; establishment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1802–1805 | Russo-Tlingit War | Tlingits | Russian-American Company | Defeat of Native Alaskan insurgents |
| 1804–1817 | Serbian Revolution | Serbia | Ottoman Empire | Establishment of the Principality of Serbia under Ottoman suzerainty |
| 1806 | Vellore Mutiny | Mysore | British East India Company | Revolt suppressed |
| 1806–1807 | Greater Poland uprising of 1806 | Poland | Prussia | Creation of the Napoleonic Poland |
| 1807 | Tunisian–Algerian War of 1807 | Tunisia | Algeria | Liberation of Tunisia from Algerian suzerainty |
| 1808–1814 | Peninsular War | Portugal Spain | France | Restoration of independent Portugal and Spain from France |
| 1810s–1820s | Latin American wars of independence | Latin American wars of independence | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Bolivian War of Independence | Bolivia | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Ecuadorian War of Independence | Ecuador | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Venezuelan War of Independence | Venezuela | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Argentine War of Independence | Río de la Plata | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Colombian War of Independence | Colombia | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Mexican War of Independence | Mexico | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Paraguay campaign | Paraguay | Río de la Plata | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Chilean War of Independence | Chile | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810s–1820s | Peruvian War of Independence | Peru | Spain | Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1810–1813 | Tecumseh's War | Tecumseh's confederacy | United States | Defeat of Native American insurgents |
| 1813 | German campaign | German states | France | Dissolution of the Rhine Confederation |
| 1814 | Swedish–Norwegian War | Norway | Sweden | Convention of Moss; establishment of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
| 1817 | Pattimura War | Ambon | Netherlands | Defeat of Ambonese insurgents |
| 1817 | Pernambucan revolt | Pernambuco | Portugal | Defeat of Brazilian insurgents |
| 1817–1819 | Third Anglo-Maratha War | Maratha | British East India Company | Defeat of Maratha; Britain takes over all Maratha territories |
| 1817–1864 | Caucasian War | Circassian Confederation Principality of Abkhazia Caucasian Imamate | Russia | Annexation of North Caucasus by Russia; Circassian genocide |
| 1821–1829 | Greek War of Independence | Greece | Ottoman Empire | Independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1822–1824 | Brazilian War of Independence | Brazil | Portugal | Independence of Brazil from Portugal |
| 1824 | Confederation of the Equator | Confederation of the Equator | Brazil | Revolt suppressed |
| 1825–1828 | Cisplatine War | Uruguay | Brazil Río de la Plata | Disputation between Brazil and Río de la Plata; independence of Uruguay from Brazil |
| 1825–1830 | Java War | Java | Netherlands | Defeat of Javanese insurgents |
| 1826–1828 | Anouvong's Rebellion | Vientiane Champasak | Thailand | Defeat of rebel Lao states; beginning of the Siamese–Vietnamese War |
| 1830–1831 | November Uprising | Poland | Russia | Defeat of Polish insurgents; liquidation of autonomy of Congress Poland |
| 1830–1839 | Belgian Revolution | Belgium | Netherlands | Independence of Belgium from the Netherlands |
| 1830–1875 | Pacification of Algeria | Emirate of Mascara | France | Disestablishment of the Emirate of Mascara; defeat of Algerian insurgents |
| 1834–1835 | Ja Thak Wa uprising | Champa | Vietnam | Defeat of Cham insurgents |
| 1835–1836 | Texas Revolution | Texas | Mexico | De facto independence of Texas from Mexico |
| 1835–1845 | Ragamuffin War | Riograndense Republic Juliana Republic | Brazil | Juliana, Riograndense disestablished and reintegrated into Brazil |
| 1836–1839 | War of the Confederation | Peru | Peru–Bolivian Confederation | Restoration of Peruvian independence; dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation |
| 1837–1838 | Rebellions of 1837–1838 | Republic of Lower Canada Republic of Canada | Britain | Defeat of insurgents; unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada |
| 1838–1840 | Second Central American Civil War | Guatemala Nicaragua Honduras | Federal Republic of Central America | Dissolution of the Federal Republic of Central America |
| 1839–1840 | Rio Grande rebellion | Republic of the Rio Grande | Mexico | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1840–1841 | Cambodian rebellion of 1840 | Cambodia | Vietnam | Independence of Cambodia from Vietnam |
| 1840–1843 | First separation of Yucatán | Republic of Yucatán | Mexico | Yucatán as a state of Mexico |
| 1843 | Gwalior campaign | Gwalior | British East India Company | Defeat of Gwalior |
| 1844–1847 | Franco-Tahitian War | Tahiti Huahine Raiatea Bora Bora | France | Tahiti under French protection; Huahine, Raiatea, and Bora Bora retain independence |
| 1844–1856 | Dominican War of Independence | Dominican Republic | Haiti | Independence of the Dominican Republic from Haiti |
| 1846 | Kraków uprising | Poland | Austria | Defeat of Polish insurgents; annexation of Kraków by Austria |
| 1847–1915 | Caste War of Yucatán | Maya state of Chan Santa Cruz | Mexico | De facto independence of the Maya state in 1849; disestablishment of the Maya state in 1901; Mexico recaptures the Yucatan Peninsula |
| 1848 | Poznań Uprising | Poland | Prussia | Defeat of Polish insurgents; transformation of the Grand Duchy of Posen into the Province of Posen |
| 1848–1849 | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | Hungary | Austria | Revolution suppressed; Hungary placed under military dictatorship until the 1867 Compromise |
| 1848–1866 | Italian Wars of Independence | Italy | Austria | Creation of the Kingdom of Italy; unification of the Italian peninsula |
| 1848–1849 | Second Anglo-Sikh war | Sikh Empire | British East India Company | Fall of the Sikh Empire; Britain's annexation of Punjab |
| 1848–1849 | Los Altan rebellion | Los Altos | Guatemala | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1856–1873 | Panthay Rebellion | Dali sultanate | Qing Empire | Defeat of Chinese Muslim insurgents |
| 1857–1858 | First War of Indian Independence | Mughal Empire | British East India Company | Fall of the Mughal Empire; transferral of East India Company's power to the government of Britain |
| 1861–1865 | American Civil War | Confederate States | United States (Union) | Defeat and dissolution of the Confederacy; reintegration of the Confederate states into the United States |
| 1861–1883 | Pacification of Araucanía | Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia | Chile | Defeat of the Mapuche; annexation of Araucanía by Chile |
| 1862–1877 | Tongzhi Hui Revolt | Yettishar | Qing Empire | Qing reconquest of Xinjiang |
| 1863–1865 | January Uprising | Poland | Russia | Defeat of Polish insurgents |
| 1863–1865 | Dominican Restoration War | Dominican Republic | Spain | Restoration of Dominican independence from Spanish occupation |
| 1868 | Lares revolt | Republic of Puerto Rico | Spain | Defeat of Puerto Rican insurgents |
| 1868–1878 | Ten Years' War | Cuban Liberation Army | Spain | Defeat of Cuban insurgents |
| 1874–1903 | Acehnese resistance to Dutch rule | Aceh | Netherlands | Defeat of Acehnese insurgents |
| 1876 | April Uprising | Bulgaria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Bulgarian insurgents; beginning of the Russo-Turkish War, which led to de facto independence of Bulgaria in 1878 |
| 1876–1878 | Serbian Wars for Independence | Serbia | Ottoman Empire | Independence of Serbia from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1877 | Romanian War of Independence | Romania | Ottoman Empire | Independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1880–1881 | First Boer War | South African Republic | Britain | Restoration of the South African Republic |
| 1881–1899 | Mahdist War | Mahdist Sudan | Egypt (1881–1882) Britain (1882–1899) | Disestablishment of Mahdist Sudan; establishment of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| 1882 | Anglo-Egyptian War | Egypt | Britain | British occupation of Egypt |
| 1885–1895 | Burmese resistance to British rule | Myanmar | Britain | Revolts suppressed |
| 1885–1896 | Cần Vương movement | Vietnam | France | Defeat of Vietnamese insurgents |
| 1887–1897 | Leewards War | Huahine Raiatea Bora Bora | France | Defeat of Tahitian insurgents; annexation of the Leeward Islands into French Polynesia |
| 1895 | Taiwanese resistance to Japanese invasion | Formosan Republic | Japan | Defeat of Taiwanese militia; annexation of Taiwan by Japan |
| 1895–1898 | Cuban War of Independence | Cuba | Spain | Independence of Cuba from Spain after four years of American occupation |
| 1896–1898 | Philippine Revolution | Philippines | Spain | Creation of the First Philippine Republic; beginning of the Philippine–American War |
| 1896–1903 | Menalamba rebellion | Madagascar | France | Defeat of Merina insurgents; consolidation of French rule in Madagascar |
| 1899–1913 | Philippine–American War | Philippines | United States | Philippines defeated and annexed by the United States |
| 1899–1920 | Somali Dervish movement | Somalia | Britain Italy | Dissolution of the movement |
| 1903 | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | Kruševo Republic Strandzha Commune | Ottoman Empire | Defeat of Macedonian and Bulgarian insurgents |
| 1905–1907 | Maji Maji Rebellion | Matumbi, Ngindo, Ngoni, Yao | Germany | Defeat of Tanzanian insurgents |
| 1905–1910 | Righteous Armies wars | Korea | Japan | Defeat of Korean militia; annexation of Korea by Japan |
| 1912 | Battle of Khovd | Mongolia | Qing Empire | Liberation of Outer Mongolia from Qing rule; de facto independence of Outer Mongolia from China |
| 1912 | First Expulsion of the Han | Tibet | Qing Empire | Liberation of Tibet from Qing rule; de facto independence of Tibet from China |
| 1912 | Battle of Sidi Bou Othman | Morocco | France | Defeat of Moroccan insurgents; annexation of southern Morocco into the French protectorate |
| 1914–1915 | Boer revolt | Transvaal Republic | South Africa | Defeat of Boer insurgents; occupation of German South West Africa by South Africa |
| 1915–1918 | Senussi campaign | Senussi Order | Italy | Defeat of the Senussi Order; reestablishment of Italian rule in Libya |
| 1916–1921 | Irish Revolution | Ireland | Britain | Anglo-Irish Treaty; creation of the Irish Free State; partition of Ireland |
| 1916–1917 | Kaocen revolt | Tuaregs | France | Revolt suppressed |
| 1916–1918 | Arab Revolt | Hejaz | Ottoman Empire | Independence of the Hejaz from the Ottoman Empire; partition of the remaining Ottoman-controlled Arab territories in the Levant and Iraq by Britain and France |
| 1916–1934 | Basmachi movement | Turkestan | Soviet Russia (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1934) | Defeat of the movement; Turkestan conquered by the Red Army |
| 1917–1921 | Ukrainian War of Independence | Ukraine | Soviet Russia Poland | Independence of Ukraine from Russia; partition of Ukraine by Soviet Union and Poland |
| 1918–1919 | Poznań War | Poland | Germany | Independence of Poland from Germany |
| 1918–1920 | Estonian War of Independence | Estonia | Soviet Russia | Independence of Estonia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR |
| 1918–1920 | Latvian War of Independence | Latvia | Soviet Russia | Independence of Latvia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR |
| 1918–1920 | Lithuanian War of Independence | Lithuania | Soviet Russia Poland | Independence of Lithuania from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR and Poland |
| 1919–1920 | Revolt of the Ingrian Finns | North Ingria | Soviet Russia | Defeat of Ingrian insurgents; Genocide of the Ingrian Finns |
| 1919 | Christmas Uprising | Montenegrin Greens | Yugoslavia | Uprising suppressed; Montenegro integrated into Yugoslavia |
| 1919 | Third Anglo-Afghan War | Afghanistan | Britain | Britain recognizes Afghanistan's independence |
| 1919–1923 | Turkish War of Independence | Turkey | Ottoman Empire Greece France Britain Armenia | Creation of the Republic of Turkey; fall of the Ottoman Empire; replacement of the Treaty of Sèvres by the Treaty of Lausanne |
| 1919–1924 | Mahmud Barzanji revolts | Kingdom of Kurdistan | Britain  Iraq | Defeat of Kurdish insurgents |
| 1920 | Franco-Syrian War | Arab Kingdom of Syria | France | Disestablishment of the Arab Kingdom of Syria; establishment of French Syria |
| 1920 | Iraqi Revolt | Iraq | Britain | Anglo-Iraqi Treaty; establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration |
| 1920 | Ganja revolt | Azerbaijan | Soviet Russia | Defeat of Azerbaijani insurgents |
| 1920 | Slutsk uprising | Belarus | Soviet Russia | Defeat of Belarusian insurgents |
| 1920–1926 | Rif War | Rif Republic | Spain | Disestablishment of the Rif Republic; consolidation of Spanish rule in Rif |
| 1921 | February Uprising | Mountainous Armenia | Soviet Russia | Defeat of Armenian insurgents |
| 1921 | Mongolian Revolution of 1921 | Mongolia | China | Restoration of Outer Mongolian independence from Chinese occupation; creation of the Mongolian People's Republic |
| 1921–1922 | East Karelian uprising | Karelian United Government | Soviet Russia | Defeat of East Karelian insurgents |
| 1922–1932 | Second Italo-Senussi War | Senussi Order | Fascist Italy | Defeat of the Senussi Order; consolidation of Italian rule in Libya; Libyan genocide |
| 1924 | August Uprising | Committee for the Independence of Georgia | Soviet Union | Defeat of Georgian insurgents; consolidation of Soviet rule in Georgian SSR |
| 1924–1925 | Tungus Uprising | Tungus Republic | Soviet Union | Peace surrender of Yakut and Tungusic insurgents |
| 1925–1927 | Great Syrian Revolt | Syria | France | Defeat of Syrian insurgents |
| 1927–1931 | Ararat rebellion | Republic of Ararat | Turkey | Defeat of Kurdish insurgents |
| 1931–1934 | Kumul Rebellion | East Turkestan | China | Defeat of Uyghur insurgents |
| 1936–1939 | Arab revolt in Palestine | Arab Higher Committee | Britain | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1936–1939 | Waziristan uprising | Waziristan | Britain | Defeat of Pashtun insurgents |
| 1939–1945 | Polish resistance in World War II | Polish Underground State People's Guard | Nazi Germany | Establishment of the Provisional Government of National Unity |
| 1940–1941 | Abyssinian campaign | Ethiopia | Fascist Italy | Restoration of Ethiopian independence from Italy after three years of British administration |
| 1940–1944 | 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya | Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia | Soviet Union | Insurgency suppressed; deportation of Chechens and Ingushes |
| 1941–1942 | Japanese invasion of Myanmar | State of Burma | Britain | Creation of the State of Burma under Japanese occupation |
| 1941–1945 | Yugoslav National Liberation War | Yugoslavia | Nazi Germany Fascist Italy Hungary | Creation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| 1942–1944 | Albanian National Liberation Movement | Albania | Fascist Italy (1942–1943) Nazi Germany (1943–1944) | Creation of the People's Republic of Albania |
| 1944 | Operation U-Go | Free India | Britain | Defeat of Free India |
| 1944–1946 | Ili Rebellion | East Turkestan | China | Establishment of the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province |
| 1944–1948 | Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine | Jewish Resistance Movement | Britain | Insurgency unsuppressed, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the First Arab–Israeli War |
| 1944–1956 | Guerrilla war in the Baltic states | Lithuanian partisans Latvian partisans Estonian partisans | Soviet Union | Defeat of insurgents |
| 1945 | Burmese Army's resistance to Japanese occupation | Burma Independence Army | Japan | Myanmar returns to Britain's rule and later becomes independent |
| 1945 | August Revolution | Democratic Republic of Vietnam | Japan | Creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| 1945–1949 | Indonesian National Revolution | Indonesia | Netherlands | Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands |
| 1946–1954 | First Indochina War | South Vietnam Laos Cambodia | France | Independence of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from French rule; partition of Vietnam |
| 1947–1949 | Malagasy Uprising | Madagascar | France | Defeat of Malagasy insurgents |
| 1948–1949 | First Arab–Israeli War | Israel | Arab League | State of Israel established over 78% of the territory of former Mandatory Palestine; the rest under Jordanian and Egyptian control |
| 1948–1950 | First Balochistan conflict | Kalat | Pakistan | Defeat of Brahui insurgents |
| 1948–1960 | Malayan Emergency | Malayan Communist Party | Britain | Independence of Malaya from Britain in 1957; surrender of MCP to the government of Malaya |
| 1950–1954 | Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency | Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico | United States | Revolts suppressed |
| 1950–1963 | Ambonese resistance to Indonesian rule | South Maluku | Indonesia | South Maluku defeated and annexed by Indonesia |
| 1952–1960 | Mau Mau rebellion | Kenya Land and Freedom Army | Britain | Rebellion suppressed |
| 1954–1962 | Algerian War | Algeria | France | Independence of Algeria from France |
| 1954–ongoing | Insurgency in Northeast India | Separatist groups in Northeast India | India | Ongoing (low level insurgency) |
| 1955–1959 | Cyprus Emergency | Cyprus | Britain | Independence of Cyprus from Britain |
| 1955–2005 | South Sudanese wars of independence | South Sudan | Sudan | Independence of South Sudan from Sudan after six years of autonomy |
| 1956 | Hungarian Uprising | Hungary | Soviet Union | Uprising suppressed; Hungary remains a communist state until 1989 |
| 1959 | 1959 Tibetan uprising | Tibet | People's Republic of China | Defeat of Tibetan insurgents; abolition of the Tibetan Government; Tibetan diaspora |
| 1959–2011 | Basque conflict | Basque National Liberation Movement | Spain France | Dissolution of ETA |
| 1960–1963 | Katanga and South Kasai secessions | State of Katanga South Kasai | Congo-Léopoldville | Katanga, South Kasai defeated and reintegrated into Congo-Léopoldville |
| 1961–1963 | Aden Emergency | South Yemen | Britain | Independence of South Yemen from Britain |
| 1961–1974 | Angolan War of Independence | Angola | Portugal | Independence of Angola from Portugal |
| 1961–1991 | Eritrean War of Independence | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia |
| 1962–1982 | Rwenzururu movement | Rwenzururu | Uganda | Autonomy granted to Rwenzururu |
| 1962–1990 | Communist insurgency in Sarawak | North Kalimantan Communist Party | Britain (1962–1963) Malaysia (1963–1990) | Dissolution of NKCP |
| 1962–ongoing | Papua conflict | Free Papua Movement | Indonesia | Ongoing |
| 1963–1974 | Guinea-Bissau War of Independence | Guinea-Bissau | Portugal | Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal |
| 1963–1977 | Dhofar War | Dhofar Liberation Front | Oman | Defeat of communist insurgents |
| 1964–1974 | Mozambican War of Independence | Mozambique | Portugal | Independence of Mozambique from Portugal |
| 1966–1988 | Namibian War of Independence | Namibia | South Africa | Independence of Namibia from South Africa |
| 1967–1970 | Nigerian Civil War | Biafra | Nigeria | Biafra defeated and reintegrated into Nigeria |
| 1968–2019 | Moro conflict | Bangsamoro | Philippines | Peace agreement; establishment of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority |
| 1969–1998 | The Troubles | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Britain | Good Friday Agreement; dissolution of Provisional IRA; devolution of government to Northern Ireland |
| 1970–ongoing | Western Sahara conflict | Sahrawi Republic | Spain (1970–1975) Morocco (1975–present) | On going; 70% of Western Sahara occupied and administered by Morocco |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan |
| 1974 | Cyprus Peace Operation | Northern Cyprus | Cyprus | De facto independence of Northern Cyprus; partition of Cyprus |
| 1975–1976 | Timorese resistance to Indonesian invasion | Timor-Leste | Indonesia | Timor-Leste defeated and annexed by Indonesia |
| 1975–ongoing | Cabinda War | Cabinda | Angola | Ongoing |
| 1976–2005 | Insurgency in Aceh | Free Aceh Movement | Indonesia | Autonomy granted to Aceh; disarmament of GAM |
| 1976–ongoing | Corsican conflict | National Liberation Front of Corsica | France | Low-level conflict since 2014 |
| 1979–1983 | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran | Iranian Kurdistan | Iran | Defeat of Kurdish insurgents |
| 1981–1991 | Somaliland War of Independence | Somaliland | Somalia | De facto independence of Somaliland from Somalia |
| 1982–ongoing | Casamance conflict | Casamance | Senegal | Low-level conflict since 2014 |
| 1983–2009 | Sri Lankan civil war | Tamil Eelam | Sri Lanka | Defeat of LTTE; reestablishment of Sri Lankan government's control over entire island |
| 1984–1995 | Insurgency in Punjab | Khalistan movement | India | Insurgency suppressed |
| 1988–2023 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Artsakh | Azerbaijan | De facto independence of Artsakh in 1991; disestablishment of the Republic of Artsakh in 2023; Azerbaijan takes over Nagorno-Karabakh |
| 1988–1998 | Bougainville Civil War | Bougainville | Papua New Guinea | Bougainville receives autonomy in 2002; votes in favor of independence in 2019 |
| 1989–ongoing | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | All Parties Hurriyat Conference | India | Ongoing |
| 1990–1992 | Transnistria War | Transnistria | Moldova | De facto independence of Transnistria from Moldova |
| 1991 | Liberation of Kuwait campaign | Kuwait | Iraq | Restoration of Kuwaiti independence from Iraqi occupation |
| 1991–1992 | South Ossetia War | South Ossetia | Georgia | De facto independence of South Ossetia from Georgia |
| 1991–1995 | Croatian War of Independence | Croatia | Yugoslavia | Independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia |
| 1991 | Ten-Day War | Slovenia | Yugoslavia | Independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia |
| 1992–1995 | Bosnian War | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | FR Yugoslavia Croatia | Dayton Agreement; creation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1992–1993 | War in Abkhazia | Abkhazia | Georgia | De facto independence of Abkhazia from Georgia |
| 1994–2009 | Chechen Wars | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | Russia | De facto independence of Chechnya in 1991; disestablishment of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in 2000; Chechnya as a federal subject of Russia |
| 1998–1999 | Kosovo War | Kosovo | FR Yugoslavia | Independence of Kosovo from Serbia after nine years of UN administration |
| 2000–2005 | Second Intifada | Palestine | Israel | Uprising suppressed; Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip |
| 2001–2021 | Taliban insurgency | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | United States | Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan; restoration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| 2003–2011 | Iraqi insurgency | Ba'athists Mahdi Army Islamic State of Iraq | United States | Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq; beginning of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) |
| 2004–ongoing | South Thailand insurgency | Patani | Thailand | Ongoing |
| 2006–ongoing | Insurgency in Bakassi | Democratic Republic of Bakassi (2006–2018) Biafra Nations League (2021–present) | Cameroon Nigeria | Ongoing |
| 2012 | 2012 Tuareg rebellion | Azawad | Mali | Unrecognized independence of Azawad in 2012; renouncement of its independence in 2013; beginning of the Mali War |
| 2014–ongoing | Russo-Ukrainian War | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing |
| 2017–ongoing | Anglophone Crisis | Ambazonia | Cameroon | Ongoing |
| 2020–ongoing | Western Togoland Rebellion | Western Togoland | Ghana | Ongoing |