List of longest wars

Table columns:
War
Start date
End date
Duration

Table rows:
cells: Reconquista
000000000718-01-01-0000718-000000000722-01-01-0000722
000000001492-01-01-00001492
774 years[1]
cells: Roman–Persian Wars
-999999999946-01-01-000054 BC
000000000628-01-01-0000628
681 years[citation needed]
cells: Germanic Wars
-999999999887-01-01-0000113 BC
000000000569-01-01-0000569
681 years
cells: Ottoman wars in Europe
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001918-01-01-00001918
653 years
cells: Serbian–Turkish conflict
000000001312-01-01-00001312
000000001918-01-01-00001918
606 years
cells: Croatian–Ottoman wars
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001878-01-01-00001878
435 years
cells: Arab–Byzantine wars
000000000634-01-01-0000634
000000001050-01-01-00001050
416 years
cells: Mexican Indian Wars
000000001519-01-01-00001519
000000001933-01-01-00001933
414 years
cells: Spanish–Moro conflict
000000001500-01-01-00001500
000000001900-01-01-00001900
400 years
cells: Byzantine–Arab wars (780–1180)
000000000780-01-01-0000780
000000001180-01-01-00001180
400 years
cells: Yaqui Wars
000000001533-01-01-00001533
000000001929-01-01-00001929
396 years
cells: Polish–Russian Wars
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001939-01-01-00001939
381 years
cells: Philippine revolts against Spain
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001898-01-01-00001898
377 years
cells: Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
000000001415-01-01-00001415
000000001769-01-01-00001769
354 years
cells: Russo-Turkish wars
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001918-01-01-00001918
350 years
cells: Dano-Swedish wars
000000001470-01-01-00001470
000000001814-01-01-00001814
344 years
cells: Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001986-01-01-00001986
335 years[2]
cells: Apache–Mexico Wars
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001915-01-01-00001915
315 years
cells: Russo–Swedish Wars
000000001495-01-01-00001495
000000001809-01-01-00001809
314 years
cells: Ottoman–Persian Wars
000000001514-01-01-00001514
000000001823-01-01-00001823
309 years
cells: Burmese–Siamese wars
000000001547-01-01-00001547
000000001855-01-01-00001855
308 years
cells: American Indian Wars
000000001622-01-01-00001622
000000001924-01-01-00001924
302 years[citation needed]
cells: Ottoman–Venetian Wars
000000001422-01-01-00001422
000000001718-01-01-00001718
296 years
cells: Arauco War
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001825-01-01-00001825
289 years[3]
cells: Arauco War
000000001536-01-01-00001536
000000001818-01-01-00001818
282 years
cells: Hispano-Moroccan wars
000000001681-01-01-00001681
000000001958-01-01-00001958
277 years
cells: Viking invasions of England
000000000793-01-01-0000793
000000001066-01-01-00001066
273 years
cells: Navajo Wars
000000001600-01-01-00001600
000000001866-01-01-00001866
266 years
cells: Ottoman–Habsburg wars
000000001526-01-01-00001526
000000001791-01-01-00001791
265 years
cells: Byzantine–Seljuq wars
000000001048-01-01-00001048
000000001308-01-01-00001308
260 years[citation needed]
cells: Polish–Ottoman Wars
000000001443-01-01-00001443
000000001699-01-01-00001699
256 years
cells: Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
000000001481-01-01-00001481
000000001718-01-01-00001718
237 years
cells: Chechen–Russian conflict
000000001785-01-01-00001785
Ongoing
232 years
cells: Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
000000000642-01-01-0000642
000000000870-01-01-0000870
228 years
cells: Anglo-Spanish Wars
000000001585-01-01-00001585
000000001808-01-01-00001808
223 years
cells: Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
000000001265-01-01-00001265
000000001479-01-01-00001479
214 years[citation needed]
cells: Polish–Teutonic War
000000001308-01-01-00001308
000000001521-01-01-00001521
213 years
cells: Franco-Moroccan conflicts
000000001765-01-01-00001765
000000001958-01-01-00001958
193 years
cells: Cossack uprisings
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001775-01-01-00001775
184 years
cells: Russo-Persian Wars
000000001651-01-01-00001651
000000001828-01-01-00001828
177 years
cells: Spanish conquest of Guatemala
000000001521-01-01-00001521
000000001697-01-01-00001697
176 years
cells: Spanish conquest of Chiapas
000000001523-01-01-00001523
000000001695-01-01-00001695
172 years
cells: Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
000000001368-01-01-00001368
000000001537-01-01-00001537
169 years
cells: Russian conquest of Siberia
000000001580-01-01-00001580
000000001747-01-01-00001747
167 years
cells: Fitnas
000000000656-01-01-0000656
000000000819-01-01-0000819
163 years
cells: Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
000000001366-01-01-00001366
000000001526-01-01-00001526
160 years
cells: Polish–Swedish wars
000000001563-01-01-00001563
000000001721-01-01-00001721
158 years
cells: Anglo-Dutch Wars
000000001652-01-01-00001652
000000001810-01-01-00001810
158 years
cells: Australian frontier wars
000000001788-01-01-00001788
000000001934-01-01-00001934
146 years
cells: Mongol invasions and conquests
000000001206-01-01-00001206
000000001337-01-01-00001337
131 years
cells: Early Muslim conquests
000000000622-01-01-0000622
000000000750-01-01-0000750
128 years
cells: Second Hundred Years' War
000000001689-01-01-00001689
000000001815-01-01-00001815
126 years
cells: Mughal-Sikh Wars
000000001635-01-01-00001635
000000001753-01-01-00001753
118 years
cells: Hundred Years' War
000000001337-01-01-00001337
000000001453-01-01-00001453
116 years[4]
cells: Russo-Kazan Wars
000000001438-01-01-00001438
000000001552-01-01-00001552
114 years
cells: Jin–Song Wars
000000001125-01-01-00001125
000000001234-01-01-00001234
109 years
cells: Seleucid–Parthian wars
-999999999762-01-01-0000238 BC
-999999999871-01-01-0000129 BC
109 years
cells: Georgian–Seljuk wars
000000001099-01-01-00001099
000000001203-01-01-00001203
104 years
cells: Russo-Circassian War
000000001763-01-01-00001763
000000001864-01-01-00001864
101 years
cells: Xhosa Wars
000000001779-01-01-00001779
000000001889-01-01-00001889
110 years
cells: Tuareg rebellion
000000001916-01-01-00001916
Ongoing
101 years
cells: Kurdish separatism in Iran
000000001918-01-01-00001918
Ongoing
99 years
cells: Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
000000001921-03-06-00006 March 1921
Ongoing
96 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days
cells: Afghan–Sikh Wars
000000001751-01-01-00001751
000000001837-01-01-00001837
86 years
cells: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000002003-01-01-00002003
85 years
cells: Dagohoy Rebellion
000000001744-01-24-000024 January 1744
000000001829-08-31-000031 August 1829
85 years, 7 months and 1 week
cells: Anglo-Afghan War
000000001839-01-01-00001839
000000001919-01-01-00001919
80 years
cells: Eighty Years' War
000000001568-01-01-00001568
000000001648-01-01-00001648
80 years[5]
cells: Spanish conquest of Petén
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001697-01-01-00001697
79 years
cells: Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
000000000673-01-01-0000673
000000000751-01-01-0000751
78 years
cells: Anglo-Ashanti wars
000000001823-01-01-00001823
000000001900-01-01-00001900
77 years
cells: Umayyad conquest of Hispania
000000000711-01-01-0000711
000000000788-01-01-0000788
77 years
cells: Muslim conquest of Sicily
000000000827-06-01-0000June 827
000000000902-08-01-0000August 902
75 years and 2 months
cells: Apache Wars
000000001849-01-01-00001849
000000001924-01-01-00001924
75 years
cells: Jewish–Roman wars
000000000066-01-01-000066
000000000136-01-01-0000136
70 years
cells: Dzungar–Qing Wars
000000001687-01-01-00001687
000000001758-01-01-00001758
71 years
cells: Indo-Pakistani wars
000000001947-10-22-000022 October 1947
Ongoing
70 years and 2 weeks
cells: Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
000000001947-01-01-00001947
Ongoing
70 years
cells: Internal conflict in Myanmar
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years
cells: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years
cells: Israeli–Lebanese conflict
000000001948-05-14-000014 May 1948
Ongoing
69 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day
cells: Arab–Israeli conflict
000000001948-05-15-000015 May 1948
Ongoing
69 years, 5 months and 3 weeks
cells: Balochistan conflict
000000001948-01-01-00001948
Ongoing
69 years
cells: Pacification of Algeria
000000001835-01-01-00001835
000000001903-01-01-00001903
68 years
cells: Kashmir conflict
000000001948-10-22-000022 October 1948
Ongoing
69 years and 2 weeks
cells: Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Ongoing
68 years
cells: Karen conflict
000000001949-01-01-00001949
Ongoing
68 years[6] Civil war between the Bamar people and the Karen people that has been ongoing since 1948, little less than a year after Myanmar gained independence from the British.[7]
cells: Korean War (Fatherland Liberation War)
000000001950-01-01-00001950
Ongoing (Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953)
67 years[citation needed]
cells: Argentine Civil Wars
000000001814-01-01-00001814
000000001880-01-01-00001880
66 years
cells: Italian Wars
000000001494-01-01-00001494
000000001559-01-01-00001559
65 years
cells: Darfurs Civil War
000000001722-01-01-00001722
000000001786-01-01-00001786
46 years
cells: Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
000000001954-01-01-00001954
Ongoing
63 years
cells: Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
000000000647-01-01-0000647
000000000709-01-01-0000709
62 years
cells: Sudanese Civil Wars
000000001955-08-18-000018 August 1955
Ongoing
62 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days
cells: Sixty Years' War
000000001754-01-01-00001754
000000001814-01-01-00001814
60 years
cells: Dutch–Portuguese War
000000001601-01-01-00001601
000000001661-01-01-00001661
60 years
cells: Lelantine War
-999999999290-01-01-0000710 BC
-999999999350-01-01-0000650 BC
60 years
cells: Italian unification
000000001815-01-01-00001815
000000001871-01-01-00001871
56 years
cells: South Thailand insurgency
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Ongoing
57 years
cells: Xinjiang conflict
000000001960-01-01-00001960
Ongoing
57 years
cells: Texas–Indian wars
000000001820-01-01-00001820
000000001875-01-01-00001875
55 years
cells: Papua conflict
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Ongoing
55 years
cells: Moro attacks on Sabah
000000001962-01-01-00001962
Ongoing
55 years
cells: Insurgency in Northeast India
000000001963-01-01-00001963
Ongoing
54 years
cells: Colombian Conflict
000000001964-01-01-00001964
Ongoing
53 years
cells: Basque conflict
000000001959-01-01-00001959
000000002011-01-01-00002011
52 years
cells: Bulgarian–Ottoman wars
000000001344-01-01-00001344
000000001396-01-01-00001396
52 years
cells: Galicia–Volhynia Wars
000000001340-01-01-00001340
000000001392-01-01-00001392
52 years
cells: Insurgency in Manipur
000000001964-11-24-000024 November 1964
Ongoing
52 years, 11 months, 1 week and 5 days
cells: Communist insurgency in Myanmar
000000001939-01-01-00001939
000000001989-01-01-00001989
50 years
cells: Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
000000000968-01-01-0000968
000000001018-01-01-00001018
50 years
cells: Greco-Persian Wars
-999999999501-01-01-0000499 BC
-999999999551-01-01-0000449 BC
50 years[8]
cells: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
000000001967-05-18-000018 May 1967
Ongoing
50 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 4 days
cells: Comanche–Mexico Wars
000000001821-01-01-00001821
000000001870-01-01-00001870
49 years
cells: Wars of the Diadochi
-999999999678-01-01-0000322 BC
-999999999725-01-01-0000275 BC
47 years[9]
cells: Civil conflict in the Philippines
000000001969-01-01-00001969
Ongoing
48 years
cells: CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion
000000001969-03-29-000029 March 1969
Ongoing
48 years, 7 months and 1 week
cells: Moro conflict
000000001969-03-29-000029 March 1969
Ongoing
48 years, 7 months and 1 week
cells: Caucasian War
000000001817-01-01-00001817
000000001864-01-01-00001864
47 years
cells: Western Sahara conflict
000000001970-01-01-00001970
Ongoing
47 years
cells: Chadian Civil Wars
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000002010-01-01-00002010
45 years
cells: Kongo Civil War
000000001665-01-01-00001665
000000001709-01-01-00001709
44 years
cells: Sino-Dutch conflicts
000000001620-01-01-00001620
000000001662-01-01-00001662
42 years
cells: Thirty-Eight Years' War
000000000770-01-01-0000770
000000000811-01-01-0000811
41 years[citation needed]
cells: Cabinda War
000000001975-11-08-00008 November 1975
Ongoing
41 years, 11 months and 4 weeks
cells: Insurgency in Laos
000000001975-12-03-00003 December 1975
Ongoing
41 years, 11 months and 2 days
cells: Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict
000000001976-01-01-00001976
Ongoing
41 years
cells: Polish–Czechoslovak border conflicts
000000001918-01-01-00001918
000000001958-01-01-00001958
40 years
cells: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
000000001532-01-01-00001532
000000001572-01-01-00001572
40 years
cells: Chichimeca War
000000001550-01-01-00001550
000000001590-01-01-00001590
40 years
cells: Umayyad invasion of Gaul
000000000719-01-01-0000719
000000000759-01-01-0000759
40 years
cells: Comanche Wars
000000001836-01-01-00001836
000000001875-01-01-00001875
39 years
cells: War in Afghanistan (1978–present)
000000001978-04-27-000027 April 1978
Ongoing
39 years, 6 months, 1 week and 2 days[citation needed]
cells: Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
000000001978-11-27-000027 November 1978
Ongoing
38 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days
cells: Assam separatist movements
000000001979-01-01-00001979
Ongoing
38 years
cells: Guatemalan Civil War
000000001960-01-01-00001960
000000001996-01-01-00001996
36 years[10]
cells: Internal conflict in Peru
000000001980-05-17-000017 May 1980
Ongoing
37 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 5 days
cells: French Wars of Religion
000000001562-01-01-00001562
000000001598-01-01-00001598
36 years
cells: Maoist insurgency in Turkey
000000001980-01-01-00001980
Ongoing
37 years
cells: Banana Wars
000000001898-01-01-00001898
000000001934-01-01-00001934
36 years
cells: Anglo-Powhatan Wars
000000001610-01-01-00001610
000000001646-01-01-00001646
36 years
cells: Holy Man's Rebellion
000000001901-01-01-00001901
000000001936-01-01-00001936
35 years
cells: Ayutthaya-Lan Na War
000000001441-01-01-00001441
000000001474-01-01-00001474
33 years
cells: Wars of the Roses
000000001455-01-01-00001455
000000001487-01-01-00001487
32 years[11]
cells: First War of Scottish Independence
000000001296-01-01-00001296
000000001328-01-01-00001328
32 years[12]
cells: Casamance conflict
000000001982-01-01-00001982
000000002014-01-01-00002014
32 years
cells: Anglo-Mysore Wars
000000001767-01-01-00001767
000000001799-01-01-00001799
32 years
cells: Libyan resistance movement
000000001911-01-01-00001911
000000001943-01-01-00001943
32 years
cells: Second Viking Invasion of the British Isles
000000000980-01-01-0000980
000000001012-01-01-00001012
32 years
cells: Aceh War
000000001873-01-01-00001873
000000001904-01-01-00001904
31 years[13]
cells: Afaqi Khoja revolts
000000001826-01-01-00001826
000000001857-01-01-00001857
31 years
cells: Somali Civil War
000000001986-01-01-00001986
Ongoing
31 years
cells: The Troubles
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001998-01-01-00001998
30 years
cells: French conquest of Algeria
000000001827-01-01-00001827
000000001857-01-01-00001857
30 years
cells: Thirty Years' War
000000001618-01-01-00001618
000000001648-01-01-00001648
30 years[14]
cells: Eritrean War of Independence
000000001961-09-01-00001 September 1961
000000001991-05-29-000029 May 1991
29 years, 8 months and 4 weeks
cells: Murid War
000000001830-01-01-00001830
000000001859-01-01-00001859
29 years
cells: Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
000000001987-01-01-00001987
Ongoing
30 years
cells: Portuguese Restoration War
000000001640-01-01-00001640
000000001668-01-01-00001668
28 years[15]
cells: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
000000001988-01-01-00001988
Ongoing
29 years
cells: Insurgency in Aceh
000000001976-12-04-00004 December 1976
000000002005-08-15-000015 August 2005
28 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days
cells: Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine
000000001920-03-01-00001 March 1920
000000001948-05-15-000015 May 1948
28 years, 2 months and 2 weeks
cells: Nicaraguan Revolution
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001990-01-01-00001990
28 years
cells: FULRO insurgency against Vietnam
000000001964-01-01-00001964
000000001992-01-01-00001992
28 years
cells: Communist insurgency in Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day
cells: Peloponnesian War
-999999999569-01-01-0000431 BC
-999999999596-01-01-0000404 BC
27 years[16]
cells: New Zealand Wars
000000001845-01-01-00001845
000000001872-01-01-00001872
27 years
cells: Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years
cells: Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years
cells: Georgian–Ossetian conflict
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years
cells: Communist insurgency in Sarawak
000000001962-12-01-0000December 1962
000000001990-11-03-00003 November 1990
27 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day
cells: Sectarianism in Pakistan
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years
cells: Internal conflict in Bangladesh
000000001989-01-01-00001989
Ongoing
28 years
cells: Angolan Civil War
000000001975-01-01-00001975
000000002002-01-01-00002002
27 years[17]
cells: Russo-Finnish wars
000000001918-01-27-000027 January 1918
000000001944-09-19-000019 September 1944
26 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
cells: DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
000000001990-04-01-00001 April 1990
Ongoing
27 years, 7 months and 4 days
cells: Mughal–Maratha Wars
000000001681-09-01-0000September 1681
000000001707-05-01-0000May 1707
25 years and 8 months
cells: Livonian War
000000001558-01-01-00001558
000000001583-01-01-00001583
25 years[18]
cells: Somali Civil War
000000001991-05-01-0000May 1991
Ongoing
26 years and 6 months
cells: Sri Lankan Civil War
000000001983-07-23-000023 July 1983
000000002009-05-18-000018 May 2009
25 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days
cells: Spanish American wars of independence
000000001808-01-01-00001808
000000001833-01-01-00001833
25 years
cells: Oromo conflict
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Ongoing
25 years
cells: Insurgency in Meghalaya
000000001992-01-01-00001992
Ongoing
25 years
cells: Indonesian occupation of East Timor
000000001975-12-07-00007 December 1975
000000001999-10-31-000031 October 1999
23 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days
cells: South African Border war
000000001966-08-26-000026 August 1966
000000001990-03-21-000021 March 1990
24 years
cells: First Punic War
-999999999736-01-01-0000264 BC
-999999999759-01-01-0000241 BC
23 years
cells: Silesian Wars
000000001740-01-01-00001740
000000001763-01-01-00001763
23 years
cells: Laotian Civil War
000000001953-11-09-00009 November 1953
000000001975-12-02-00002 December 1975
22 years, 3 weeks and 2 days
cells: Second Sudanese Civil War
000000001983-01-01-00001983
000000002005-01-01-00002005
22 years
cells: Occupation of Araucanía
000000001861-01-01-00001861
000000001883-01-01-00001883
22 years
cells: Chiapas conflict
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Ongoing
23 years
cells: Insurgency in Ogaden
000000001994-01-01-00001994
Ongoing
23 years
cells: Norman conquest of England
000000001066-01-01-00001066
000000001088-01-01-00001088
22 years
cells: Kandyan Wars
000000001796-01-01-00001796
000000001818-01-01-00001818
22 years
cells: Little War in Hungary
000000001530-01-01-00001530
000000001552-01-01-00001552
22 years
cells: Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89)
000000001968-06-17-000017 June 1968
000000001989-12-02-00002 December 1989
21 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 1 day
cells: Second Afar insurgency
000000001995-01-01-00001995
Ongoing
22 years
cells: United States occupation of Nicaragua
000000001912-01-01-00001912
000000001933-01-01-00001933
21 years
cells: Lazic War
000000000541-01-01-0000541
000000000562-01-01-0000562
21 years
cells: Great Northern War
000000001700-01-01-00001700
000000001721-01-01-00001721
21 years[19]
cells: Ottoman conquest of Habesh
000000001557-01-01-00001557
000000001578-01-01-00001578
21 years
cells: Muslim conquest of Persia
000000000633-01-01-0000633
000000000654-01-01-0000654
21 years
cells: Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
000000001996-01-01-00001996
Ongoing
21 years
cells: Eumerella Wars
000000001840-01-01-00001840
000000001860-01-01-00001860
20 years
cells: War of the Sicilian Vespers
000000001282-01-01-00001282
000000001302-01-01-00001302
20 years
cells: Somaliland Campaign
000000001900-01-01-00001900
000000001920-01-01-00001920
20 years
cells: Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict
000000001977-01-01-00001977
000000001997-12-02-00002 December 1997
20 years, 3 weeks and 6 days
cells: Vietnam War
000000001955-11-01-00001 November 1955
000000001975-04-30-000030 April 1975
19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day[20]
cells: Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591
000000000572-01-01-0000572
000000000591-01-01-0000591
19 years
cells: United States occupation of Haiti
000000001915-07-28-000028 July 1915
000000001934-08-01-00001 August 1934
19 years and 4 days
cells: Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
000000001854-01-01-00001854
000000001873-01-01-00001873
19 years
cells: Gothic War
000000000535-01-01-0000535
000000000554-01-01-0000554
19 years[citation needed]
cells: Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Ongoing
19 years
cells: Communal conflicts in Nigeria
000000001998-01-01-00001998
Ongoing
19 years
cells: Jeroboam's Revolt
-999999999069-01-01-0000931 BC
-999999999087-01-01-0000913 BC
18 years
cells: Communist insurgency in Thailand
000000001965-01-01-00001965
000000001983-01-01-00001983
18 years
cells: Basmachi movement
000000001916-01-01-00001916
000000001934-01-01-00001934
18 years
cells: Mahdist War
000000001881-01-01-00001881
000000001899-01-01-00001899
18 years
cells: Second Punic War
-999999999782-01-01-0000218 BC
-999999999799-01-01-0000201 BC
17 years
cells: Ethiopian Civil War
000000001974-09-12-000012 September 1974
000000001991-06-04-00004 June 1991
16 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
cells: First Sudanese Civil War
000000001955-08-18-000018 August 1955
000000001972-03-27-000027 March 1972
16 years, 7 months, 1 week and 2 days
cells: Bolivian War of Independence
000000001809-01-01-00001809
000000001825-01-01-00001825
16 years
cells: Chilean War of Independence
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001821-01-01-00001821 or 000000001826-01-01-00001826
11-16 years
cells: Polish–Ottoman War (1683–99)
000000001683-01-01-00001683
000000001699-01-01-00001699
16 years
cells: Western Sahara War
000000001975-10-30-000030 October 1975
000000001991-09-06-00006 September 1991
15 years, 10 months and 1 week
cells: Great Turkish War
000000001683-07-14-000014 July 1683
000000001699-01-26-000026 January 1699
15 years, 6 months, 1 week and 5 days
cells: Lebanese Civil War
000000001975-04-13-000013 April 1975
000000001990-10-13-000013 October 1990
15 years and 6 months
cells: Rhodesian Bush War
000000001964-07-04-00004 July 1964
000000001979-12-12-000012 December 1979
15 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day
cells: War on Terror
000000002001-09-11-000011 September 2001
Ongoing
16 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 4 days[21]
cells: Morean War
000000001684-01-01-00001684
000000001699-01-01-00001699
15 years
cells: Long Turkish War
000000001591-01-01-00001591
000000001606-01-01-00001606
15 years
cells: Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
000000002002-04-11-000011 April 2002
Ongoing
15 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 4 days
cells: Cambodian–Vietnamese War
000000001977-04-30-000030 April 1977
000000001991-10-23-000023 October 1991
14 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
cells: Taliban insurgency
000000002002-01-01-00002002
Ongoing
15 years
cells: Jewish–Babylonian War
-999999999399-01-01-0000601 BC
-999999999414-01-01-0000586 BC
15 years
cells: Third Indochina War
000000001978-01-01-00001978
000000001992-01-01-00001992
14 years
cells: Dhofar Rebellion
000000001962-01-01-00001962
000000001976-01-01-00001976
14 years
cells: Years of Lead (Italy)
000000001968-01-01-00001968
000000001982-01-01-00001982
14 years
cells: Taiping Rebellion
000000001850-01-01-00001850
000000001864-01-01-00001864
14 years
cells: Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
000000001686-01-01-00001686
000000001700-01-01-00001700
14 years
cells: Abyssinian–Adal war
000000001529-01-01-00001529
000000001543-01-01-00001543
14 years
cells: Marcomannic Wars
000000000166-01-01-0000166
000000000180-01-01-0000180
14 years
cells: Second Sino-Japanese War
000000001931-09-18-000018 September 1931
000000001945-09-09-00009 September 1945
13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 1 day
cells: War in Darfur
000000002003-02-26-000026 February 2003
Ongoing
14 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days
cells: War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
000000002001-10-07-00007 October 2001
000000002014-12-28-000028 December 2014
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks
cells: Portuguese Colonial War
000000001961-02-04-00004 February 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 April 1974
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks
cells: Angolan War of Independence
000000001961-02-04-00004 February 1961
000000001974-04-25-000025 April 1974
13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks
cells: Darul Islam Rebellion
000000001949-08-01-0000August 1949 – 000000001962-09-02-00002 September 1962
000000001962-09-01-0000September 1962
13 years, 3 weeks and 5 days
cells: War of the Spanish Succession
000000001702-07-09-00009 July 1702
000000001715-07-11-000011 July 1715
13 years and 2 days
cells: Conflict in the Niger Delta
000000002003-01-01-00002003
Ongoing
14 years
cells: Peruvian War of Independence
000000001811-01-01-00001811
000000001824-01-01-00001824
13 years
cells: Venezuelan War of Independence
000000001810-01-01-00001810
000000001823-01-01-00001823
13 years
cells: Wars of Alexander the Great
-999999999664-01-01-0000336 BC
-999999999677-01-01-0000323 BC
13 years
cells: War in North-West Pakistan
000000002004-03-16-000016 March 2004
Ongoing
13 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 6 days
cells: Iran–PJAK conflict
000000002004-04-01-00001 April 2004
Ongoing
13 years, 7 months and 4 days
cells: Napoleonic Wars
000000001803-05-18-000018 May 1803
000000001815-11-20-000020 November 1815
12 years, 6 months and 2 days[22]
cells: Burundian Civil War
000000001993-10-21-000021 October 1993
000000002006-04-15-000015 April 2006
12 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days
cells: Haitian Revolution
000000001791-08-21-000021 August 1791
000000001804-01-01-00001 January 1804
12 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days
cells: Salvadoran Civil War
000000001979-10-15-000015 October 1979
000000001992-01-16-000016 January 1992
12 years, 3 months and 1 day
cells: Malayan Emergency
000000001948-06-16-000016 June 1948
000000001960-07-12-000012 July 1960
12 years, 3 weeks and 5 days
cells: Kivu conflict
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Ongoing
13 years
cells: Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
000000002004-01-01-00002004
Ongoing
13 years
cells: Iraqi no-fly zones conflict
000000001991-01-01-00001991
000000002003-01-01-00002003
12 years
cells: Wars of the Three Kingdoms
000000001639-01-01-00001639
000000001651-01-01-00001651
12 years
cells: Cimbrian War
-999999999887-01-01-0000113 BC
-999999999899-01-01-0000101 BC
12 years
cells: Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
000000001963-01-23-000023 January 1963
000000001974-09-10-000010 September 1974
11 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 4 days
cells: Paraguayan People's Army insurgency
000000002005-08-27-000027 August 2005
Ongoing
12 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days
cells: Mexican War of Independence
000000001810-09-16-000016 September 1810
000000001821-09-27-000027 September 1821
11 years, 1 week and 4 days
cells: Dano-Swedish War (1501–12)
000000001501-01-01-00001501
000000001512-01-01-00001512
11 years
cells: Pool Department insurgency
000000001997-01-01-00001997
000000002008-01-01-00002008
11 years
cells: Insurgency in Punjab
000000001984-01-01-00001984
000000001995-01-01-00001995
11 years
cells: Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90
000000001979-01-01-00001979
000000001990-01-01-00001990
11 years
cells: Queen Anne's War
000000001702-01-01-00001702
000000001713-01-01-00001713
11 years
cells: Sierra Leone Civil War
000000001991-03-23-000023 March 1991
000000002002-01-18-000018 January 2002
10 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days
cells: Nepalese Civil War
000000001996-02-13-000013 February 1996
000000002006-11-21-000021 November 2006
10 years, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day
cells: Houthi insurgency in Yemen
000000002004-06-18-000018 June 2004
000000002015-02-06-00006 February 2015
10 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days
cells: Yugoslav Wars
000000001991-03-31-000031 March 1991
000000002001-11-12-000012 November 2001
10 years, 7 months, 1 week and 5 days
cells: Gaza–Israel conflict
000000002006-06-01-0000June 2006
Ongoing
11 years and 5 months
cells: Mexican Drug War
000000002006-12-11-000011 December 2006
Ongoing
10 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days
cells: Algerian Civil War
000000001991-12-26-000026 December 1991
000000002002-02-08-00008 February 2002
10 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days
cells: Mexican Revolution
000000001910-01-01-00001910
000000001920-01-01-00001920
10 years
cells: Herzegovina uprising (1852–62)
000000001852-01-01-00001852
000000001862-01-01-00001862
10 years

Questions about this table:
originalText: what has been the longest war in history
answer: answerTexts: Reconquista