List of wars involving Hungary
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This is a list of wars in which the Hungarian armed forces participated or that took place on the historical territory of Hungary.
For more comprehensive information on military conflicts, see:
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (800–1300)
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1301–1526)
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1527–1700)
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1701–1900)
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (1901–2000)
- List of military conflicts involving Hungary (2001–)
The list includes the name, date, Hungarian allies and enemies, and the result of each conflict, using the following legend:
- Victory
- Defeat
- Result of civil or internal conflict
- Treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, an unknown or indecisive result
- Ongoing conflict
Middle Ages
Wars under the Árpád dynasty's rule
| Date | Conflict | Allies | Enemies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811 | Byzantine–Bulgarian war | First Bulgarian Empire Hungarian Tribes Avar mercenaries |
Byzantine Empire | Decisive Bulgarian victory
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| ~830 | Hungarian – Khazar War | Hungarian Tribes | Khazars | Hungarian victory |
| 862–895 | Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin | Hungarian Tribes | East Francia Great Moravia First Bulgarian Empire |
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
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| 894–896 |
Bulgarian victory
| |||
| 895 | Campaign of Kiev |
Hungarian Tribes | Kievan Rus' | Hungarian victory |
| 898–900 | Hungarian–Venetian War | Hungarian Tribes | Republic of Venice | Venetian victory |
| 899–970 | Hungarian invasions of Europe
|
Hungarian Tribes | Kingdom of Italy East Francia West Francia Middle Francia Great Moravia Byzantine Empire Al-Andalus First Bulgarian Empire Principality of Serbia |
More than a century of raids and decisive wars
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| 917 | Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 | First Bulgarian Empire Principality of Hungary Pechenegs |
Byzantine Empire | Bulgarian victory
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| 960 | Battle of Drina (Its existence is questionable) | Principality of Hungary | Principality of Serbia | Serbian victory
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| 960 | Battle of Syrmia (Its existence is questionable) | Principality of Hungary | Principality of Serbia | Hungarian victory
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| 984 | Hungarian – German border conflict at Melk | Principality of Hungary | Margraviate of Austria | Hungarian defeat
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| 997 | Koppány's revolt |
Principality of Hungary Holy Roman Empire |
Koppány's Army | Koppány's defeat |
| 1002 | King Stephen I's military campaign against Gyula of Transylvania | Hungarian Royal Army | Gyula III of Transylvania | Successful campaign of King Saint Stephen of Hungary
|
| 1008 (?),
1029 (?) |
King Stephen I's military campaign against Ajtony, a tribal leader in the Banat | Kingdom of Hungary | Ajtony's Army | Successful campaign, Ajtony's defeat |
| 1017–1018 | Hungarian – Polish war | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Poland | Stalemate |
| ~1018 | Pecheneg attack against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Pecheneg tribes | Hungarian victory |
| 1018 | Hungarian – Bulgarian War | Kingdom of Hungary Byzantine Empire |
First Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian – Byzantine victory |
| 1018 | The intervention of Boleslaw the Brave, Duke of Poland in the Kievan succession crisis | Duchy of Poland Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire Pechenegs |
Kievan Rus' | Temporary victory for Sviatopolk and Bolesław, Polish sack of Kiev |
| 1030–1031 | German–Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian victory
|
| 1041 | Uprising against King Peter Orseolo | Hungarian Army | Hungarian nobles | Suppression of King Peter |
| 1042–1043 | German – Hungarian wars | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian defeat |
| 1044 | Henry III's military campaign against Hungary | The army of King Samuel Aba | Holy Roman Empire Peter Orseolo and his allies |
Defeat of Samuel Aba, restoration of Peter |
| 1046 | War between King Peter and Prince Andrew | King Peter's army Holy Roman Empire |
Prince Andrew's army Kievan Rus' |
Hungarian victory |
| 1046 | Vata pagan uprising |
King Peter, later King Andrew I | Paganic rebels | Prince Andrew's victory
|
1051–1052
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Emperor Henry III's military campaigns against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Hungarian victory |
| 1052 | Emperor Henry III's fifth military campaign against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian victory
|
| 1056–1058 | German – Hungarian border war | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Stalemate, treaty of Marchfeld |
| 1060 | Civil war between King Andrew I and his brother, Prince Béla | King Andrew I's army Holy Roman Empire |
Prince Béla's army Kingdom of Poland |
Prince Béla's victory |
| 1061 | Second paganic uprising | Hungarian army | Paganic rebels | Uprising suppressed |
| 1063 | German invasion of Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian defeat |
| 1067 | Croatian campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Carinthia | Hungarian victory
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| 1068 | Hungarian – Bohemian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
King Solomon of Hungary occupies Bohemia[8][9] |
| 1068 | Pecheneg attack against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Pechenegs Ouzes |
Hungarian victory |
| 1071–1072 | Hungarian – Byzantine war | Kingdom of Hungary | Byzantine Empire Pechenegs |
Hungarian victory
|
| 1074 | Civil war between King Solomon and his cousins Géza and Ladislaus | King Solomon's army Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Prince Géza's army Prince Ladislaus's army Prince Otto's army |
Prince Géza and Ladislaus defeat the armies of King Solomon and Emperor Henry IV. King Solomon was dethroned. |
| 1075 | Henry IV's military campaign against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Solomon's army |
Hungarian victory |
| The Campaigns of King Ladislaus I (1079–1095) | ||||
| 1079 | Henry IV's military campaign against King Saint Ladislaus | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian victory[11] |
| 1085 | Cuman attack against Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Cuman tribes Solomon's army |
Hungarian victory
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| 1091 | Hungarian conquest of Croatia | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Croatia | Hungarian victory
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| 1091 | Cuman attack against Hungary |
Kingdom of Hungary | Cuman tribes | Hungarian victory
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| 1092 | Ruthenian campaign by King Saint Ladislaus | Kingdom of Hungary | Kievan Rus' | Hungarian victory
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| 1094 | King Ladislaus I's intervention in a Polish conflict | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Poland | Hungarian victory
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| The Campaigns of King Coloman (1095–1116) | ||||
| 1095 | Campaign in Apulia | Kingdom of Hungary Republic of Venice |
Principality of Taranto | Hungarian victory
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| 1096 | First Crusade
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Kingdom of Hungary | French and German crusaders | Hungarian victories
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| 1096 | Occupation of Biograd na Moru / Tengerfehérvár | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Croatia | Hungarian occupation of Biograd na Moru
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| 1097 | War of the Croatian Succession | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Croatia | Decisive Hungarian victory
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| 1099 | King Coloman's war against Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Hungary | David Igorevich's army Cuman tribes |
Hungarian defeat
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| 1105 | Siege of Zara and occupation of Dalmatia | Kingdom of Hungary | Dalmatian cities Republic of Venice |
Hungarian victory |
| 1107 | Campaign in Apulia | Kingdom of Hungary Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice |
Principality of Taranto | Hungarian victory
|
| 1108 | Hungarian war with the Holy Roman Empire | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Hungarian victory |
| 1115–1119 | Hungarian – Venetian wars | Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice | Hungarian defeat |
| 1123 | Stephen II's intervention in Kievan Rus' internal conflict | Kingdom of Hungary | Iaroslav from Vladimir Kievan Rus' |
Hungarian retreat |
| 1124–1125 | Hungarian – Venetian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice | Hungarian defeat |
| 1127–1129 | Byzantine-Hungarian War (1127–29) | Kingdom of Hungary Grand Principality of Serbia |
Byzantine Empire | Stalemate, peace agreement |
| 1132 | Hungarian – Polish war | Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Austria |
Kingdom of Poland | Hungarian victory |
| 1136–1137 | Béla II's Balkan campaigns | Kingdom of Hungary | Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice |
Hungarian victory |
| 1146 | Battle of the Fischa |
Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Bavaria Duchy of Austria |
Hungarian victory |
| 1149–1152 | Géza II's intervention in Principality of Halych vs Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Hungary Kievan Rus' |
Principality of Halych | Peace agreement |
| 1149–1155 | Hungarian–Byzantine wars | Kingdom of Hungary Grand Principality of Serbia |
Byzantine Empire | Ceasefire |
| 1154 | Siege of Braničevo | Kingdom of Hungary Cumans |
Byzantine Empire | Abandoned siege, Hungarian retreat |
| 1162–1165 | Hungarian civil war: Stephen III vs uncles Ladislaus & Stephen | Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire |
Ladislaus & Stephen's army Byzantine Empire |
Stephen III's victory |
| 1167 | Battle of Sirmium | Kingdom of Hungary Banate of Bosnia |
Byzantine Empire Serbian Grand Principality |
Decisive Byzantine victory; Hungary lost Dalmatia |
| 1168 | Hungarian–Bohemian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia |
Hungarian victory |
| 1176 | Battle of Myriokephalon | Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Hungary Principality of Antioch Grand Principality of Serbia |
Sultanate of Rum | Seljuk victory
|
| 1180–1185 | Hungarian–Byzantine war | Kingdom of Hungary Grand Principality of Serbia (1183–1185) |
Byzantine Empire | Hungarian victory; Hungary reoccupied Dalmatia |
| 1188–1189 | King Béla III's campaign against Halych | Kingdom of Hungary | Principality of Halych | Hungarian victory; occupation of Halych |
| 1190 | Third Crusade | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary |
Sultanate of Rum | Crusader victory; main Seljuk army routed
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| 1192-1193 | Attack of the Hungarian King Bela III on the Grand Principality of Serbia[15] | Kingdom of Hungary | Grand Principality of Serbia | Defeat
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| 1198 | Attack of Andrew II of Hungary on Hum[16] | Kingdom of Hungary | Grand Principality of Serbia | Inconclusive
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| 1197–1203 | Brothers' quarrel, civil war between King Emeric and his brother Andrew | Emeric's army | Andrew's army |
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| 1201–1205 | Emeric's balcanic wars | Kingdom of Hungary | Second Bulgarian Empire Grand Principality of Serbia Bosnia |
Hungarian victories |
| 1202 | Fourth Crusaide | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia |
Soldiers of the Fourth Crusade Republic of Venice |
Hungarian defeat
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| 1213–1214, 1219,
1233–1234 |
King Andrew II's military campaigns against Halych | Kingdom of Hungary | Principality of Halych | Hungarian defeat |
| 1217–1218 | King Andrew II's participation in the Fifth Crusade
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Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Austria Latin Empire of Constantinople |
Ayyubids | Hungarian victories on the battlefields. Muslim forces retreated to their fortresses and towns. |
| 1225 | King Andrew II expels the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania, the order had to move to Poland | Kingdom of Hungary |
Teutonic Knights | Hungarian victory |
| 1237–1241 | Bosnian Crusade The Hungarian successes were followed by quick Hungarian retreat because of the Mongol invasion of Hungary | Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria | "Heretics" within the Banate of Bosnia | Stalemate after the quick Hungarian retreat due to the Mongol attacks |
| 1241–1242 | First Mongol invasion of Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Mongols | Mongol victory at the Battle of Mohi. Mongols retreated within a year from Hungary due to the local Hungarian withstand. Both sides suffered a heavy casualties.[17] |
| 1242 | King Béla IV's punishing campaign against Frederick II, Duke of Austria | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Austria | Hungarian victory[18] |
| 1243 | Siege of Zara | Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice | Hungarian defeat |
| 1246–1282 | War of the Babenberg Succession | Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia |
Kingdom of Bohemia Margraviate of Moravia Duchy of Austria Duchy of Styria Duchy of Silesia Duchy of Carinthia |
Hungarian defeat
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| 1250–1278 | Hungarian – Bohemian wars | Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire |
Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Austria |
Bohemian defeat |
| 1259 | Battle of Pelagonia | Empire of Nicaea Cuman cavalry Hungarian mounted archers Turkish cavalry Serbian horsemen German knights |
Despotate of Epirus Principality of Achaea Duchy of Athens Duchy of the Archipelago Triarchy of Negroponte Kingdom of Sicily |
Decisive Nicaean victory |
| 1261–1262 | Occupation of Konstantin Tih's Bulgarian Empire by King Béla IV. | Kingdom of Hungary | Second Bulgarian Empire | Hungarian victory[19][20] |
| 1264–1265 | Internal conflict between King Béla IV and his son, Stephen | King Béla IV's army | Duke Stephen's army | Stephen's victory, he got eastern Hungary as a duchy |
| 1268 | Mačva War Béla IV 's army captures Stefan Uroš I. Their conflict was solved with dynastic marriage. | Béla IV of Hungary | Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Stefan Uroš I | Hungarian victory |
| 1272–1279 | Feudal anarchy | King Ladislaus IV Csák noble family |
Kőszegi noble family Gutkeled noble family |
Royal victory |
| 1277 | Stefan Dragutin – Stefan Uroš I conflict | Stefan Dragutin Kingdom of Hungary |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) Stefan Uroš I | Hungarian victory |
| 1277 | Hungary's war with Litovoi in Cumania | Kingdom of Hungary | Litovoi's army | Hungarian victory |
| 1282 | Cumanic uprising | Kingdom of Hungary | Cumanic tribes | Hungarian victory |
| 1285–1286 | Second Mongol invasion of Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Golden Horde | Decisive Hungarian victory |
| 1287–1288 | Third Mongol invasion of Poland | Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary |
Golden Horde Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia |
Polish – Hungarian victory |
| 1291 | German – Hungarian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1290–1301 | Croato–Hungarian war of succession after the death of king Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Croatia | Árpád dynasty Šubić family |
House of Anjou Kőszegi family |
Indecisive
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| 1298 | Battle of Göllheim | Duchy of Austria Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary |
County of Nassau Electoral Palatinate |
Habsburg victory |
Wars between 1301 and 1526
| Date | Conflict | Allies | Enemies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301–1308 | Árpád war of succession, after the extinction of the Árpád dynasty | Charles Robert of Anjou Duchy of Austria Matthew III Csák's army László Kán's army |
Kingdom of Bohemia Duchy of Bavaria Kőszegi Hungarian noble family |
Angevin victory
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| 1310–1321 | King Charles I's wars for the centralized power against the Hungarian aristocracy | Kingdom of Hungary Order of Saint John Zipser Saxons |
Matthew III Csák Aba dynasty Borsa family Apor family Kőszegi family |
Royal victory
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| 1319 | Belgrade and Banate of Mačva | Charles I of Hungary | Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Stefan Milutin | Victory for Charles I |
| 1322–1337 | Hungarian – Austrian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Duchy of Austria Holy Roman Empire Kőszegi family Babonić Croatian noble family |
Hungarian victory
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| 1321–1324 | Hungarian–Serbian War | Kingdom of Hungary Bosnia Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) | Hungarian defeat |
| 1330 | Hungarian-Wallachian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia | Hungarian defeat
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| 1344 | King Louis the Great's invasion and occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia[21] | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia Moldavia |
Hungarian victory, Wallachia and Moldavia became vassal states of King Louis the Great[22] |
| 1345–1358 | Hungarian – Venetian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice | Decisive Hungarian victory with the Treaty of Zadar. Venice had to pay annual tribute to Louis. Venetians also had to raise the Angevin flag on Piazza San Marco.
End of the Croatian–Venetian wars |
| 1345 | The campaign of King Louis I against the rebellious Croatian nobles | Kingdom of Hungary | Croatian nobles | Hungarian victory |
| 1345 | Hungary's war with the Golden Horde | Kingdom of Hungary | Golden Horde | Hungarian victory |
| 1347–1349, 1350–1352 | Hungarian-Naples Wars | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Naples | First campaign: temporary Hungarian victory Second campaign: status quo ante bellum |
| 1348 | Battle of Capua | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Naples | Hungarian victory, occupation of the kingdom |
| 1356–1359 | Crusade against Francesco Ordelaffi | Pope Innocent VI | Francesco II Ordelaffi | Victory |
| 1360–1369 | Louis I's balcanic wars (against Serbia, Bulgaria, Wallachia and Bosnia) | Kingdom of Hungary | Serbian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire Bosnia Wallachia |
Temporary Hungarian victories |
| 1366–1367 | Hungarian – Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary Duchy of Savoya Padua Republic of Venice Kingdom of France Byzantine Empire |
Ottoman Empire Second Bulgarian Empire |
Christian victory |
| 1369 | Wallachian campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia | Hungarian victory |
| 1372–1381 | War of Chioggia, Hungary defeated the Venetians in several times, and finally expelled Venetians from Dalmatia, however Genoa, Padoa and Austria lost the War. The war resulted in the Treaty of Turin (1381) | Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice Milan Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Cyprus |
Hungarian victory, Venice had to pay annual tribute to King of Hungary |
| 1375–1377 | Hungarian–Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire Second Bulgarian Empire |
Hungarian victory |
| 1377 | Hungarian – Lithuanian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Hungarian victory, Louis I enters Vilnius[23] |
| 1384–1394 | Civil war between a part of the Hungarian nobility and Mary, Queen of Hungary and Sigismund king | Kingdom of Hungary | Horváti family Kingdom of Naples |
Sigismund's victory |
| 1389–1396 | Hungarian–Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France Knights Hospitaller Duchy of Burgundy Duchy of Savoy Wallachia Lands of the Bohemian Crown Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Croatia Swiss Confederacy Kingdom of England Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre Second Bulgarian Empire Teutonic Order Byzantine Empire |
Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia |
Crusader defeat
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| 1394–1395 | Wallachian campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia | Wallachia became a Hungarian vassal, Mircea I the Great accepted the lordship of King Sigismund without any fight. |
| 1394–1395 | Moldavian campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Moldavia | Hungarian victory |
| 1407–1408 | Bosnian campaign
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Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Bosnia | Hungarian victory
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| 1411–1433 | Hungarian – Venetian War
|
Kingdom of Hungary Milan |
Republic of Venice | Dalmatia became part of Venice |
| 1415–1419 | Hungarian – Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Stalemate |
| 1419–1434 | Hussite Wars | Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Hungary Moderate Hussites (since 1423) |
Hussites (mostly united until 1434) Radical Hussites (since 1434) | Victory of the moderate Hussites and Catholics over the radical Hussites.
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| 1420–1432 | War of the South Danube | Kingdom of Hungary Wallachia Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
Ottoman Empire | Armistice |
| 1437 | Transylvanian peasant revolt of Budai Nagy Antal | Transylvanian aristocracy | Transylvanian peasants | Defeat of the rebels
|
| 1437–1442 | Hungarian–Ottoman War
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Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1440–1442 | Hungarian Civil War (1440–1442) |
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Peace agreement, Vladislaus is accepted as Hungarian king
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| 1443–1444 | Long campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1444 | Battle of Varna | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Croatia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Crown of Bohemia Wallachia Bulgarian rebels Kingdom of Bosnia Papal States Teutonic Knights |
Ottoman Empire | Crusader defeat
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| 1447 | Wallachian campaign | Kingdom of Hungary | Wallachia Ottoman Empire |
Hungarian victory
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| 1445–1448 | Hungarian–Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary Wallachia |
Ottoman Empire Wallachia (Switched to the Ottoman side on the third day of the battle)[24][25][26][27][28] |
Ottoman victory |
| 1449–
1456 |
Hungarian–Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1458–1459 | Matthias I's war with Ján Jiskra | Kingdom of Hungary | Jiskra's soldiers | Royal victory |
| 1458–1465 | War in Bosnia | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Partial Bosnian territory occupied by the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1465–1471 | Hussite uprising in North-Hungary | Kingdom of Hungary | Czech hussite rebels | Hungarian victory |
| 1467 | Hungarian - Moldavian war | Kingdom of Hungary | Moldavia | Both side claimed victory |
| 1468–1478 | Bohemian War (1468–1478) | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Bohemia | Treaty of Olmütz, Matthias became king of Bohemia |
| 1471 | Hungarian – Polish war | Kingdom of Hungary | Kingdom of Poland | Hungarian victory
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| 1471–1476 | Matthias's intervention in the Moldovian – Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary Moldavia |
Ottoman Empire | After initial Hungarian-moldavian victories Hungary stopped the advocating of Moldavia, so Stephen III moldavian ruler became vasal of the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1476 | Siege of Šabac / Szabács | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | King Matthias besieged and seized Šabac, an important Ottoman border fort |
| 1477–1488 | Austrian – Hungarian War | Kingdom of Hungary | Holy Roman Empire | Decisive Hungarian victory
|
| 1479 | Battle of Breadfield / Kenyérmező | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire Wallachia |
Hungarian victory
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| 1480–1481 | Battle of Otranto | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Naples Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Sicily Papal States |
Ottoman Empire | Christian victory |
| 1490–1491 | War of the Hungarian Succession | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Bohemia |
Kingdom of Poland | Treaty |
| 1490 | Battle of Bonefield | The supporters of John Corvinus | The supporters of Beatrice of Naples | The supporters of Beatrice of Naples, Stephen Báthory and Paul Kinizsi defeated John Corvinus. |
| 1491–1495 | Hungarian – Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Stalemate |
| 1492–1493 | The Black Army's uprising | Kingdom of Hungary | Black Army | Destruction of the Black Army |
| 1499–1504 | Hungarian – Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Stalemate |
| 1512–1520 | Hungarian – Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Successful defensive operations against the Ottomans |
| 1514 | Peasants revolt, led by György Dózsa | Kingdom of Hungary | Peasants | Revolt suppressed |
| 1521–1526 | Hungarian-Ottoman War | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian defeat
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Wars between 1526 and 1699
| Date | Conflict | Allies | Enemies | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1526–1538 | Hungarian Civil War | Kingdom of Hungary Habsburg monarchy |
Ottoman Empire Eastern Hungarian Kingdom |
Inconclusive
|
| 1526–1527 | Jovan Nenad uprising | Eastern Hungarian Kingdom | Serbs of Vojvodina | Hungarian victory |
| 1529–1533 | Habsburg–Ottoman war | Habsburg monarchy | Ottoman Empire Moldavia |
Ottoman victory |
| 1540–1547 | Habsburg–Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary Habsburg monarchy |
Ottoman Empire Eastern Hungarian Kingdom |
Ottoman victory
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| 1550–1558 | Habsburg–Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory |
| 1556–1567 | Hungarian war of succession[30] |
Royal Hungary Habsburg monarchy |
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom Zápolya family |
Habsburg victory; Treaty of Szatmár (13 March 1565):
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| 1562 | First Székely uprising | Eastern Hungarian Kingdom | Székelys | Eastern Hungarian victory |
| 1565–1568 | Habsburg–Ottoman war | Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia |
Ottoman Empire Eastern Hungarian Kingdom |
Ottoman victory
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| 1575 | Bekes uprising and the second Székely uprising | Principality of Transylvania | Kingdom of Hungary | Transylvanian victory |
| 1575–1577 | Danzig rebellion | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania |
City of Gdańsk | Victory
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| 1577–1583 | Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Principality of Transylvania |
Tsardom of Russia | Victory |
| 1588 | Battle of Szikszó | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1593–1606 | Fifteen Years' war | Kingdom of Hungary Habsburg monarchy |
Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive |
| 1596 | Third Székely uprising | Principality of Transylvania | Székelys | Transylvanian victory |
| 1604–1606 | Bocskai's War of Independence |
Habsburg monarchy | Hajduk | Hungarian victory
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| 1610–1611 | Transylvanian Civil War | Principality of Transylvania | Wallachia
Transylvanian Saxons |
Transylvanian (Báthory) victory |
| 1612–1613 | Ottoman–Transylvanian war | Principality of Transylvania (Báthorys) | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
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| 1618–1648 | Thirty Years' War
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Habsburg monarchy | Inconclusive | |
| 1632 | Peasants revolt, led by Péter Császár (in Transylvania and in the Royal Hungary) | Principality of Transylvania | Peasants | Revolt crushed |
| 1636 | Transylvanian Civil War | Principality of Transylvania | Ottoman Empire | Transylvanian (Rákóczi) Victory |
| 1652 | Battle of Vezekény | Kingdom of Hungary | Ottoman Empire | Hungarian victory |
| 1656–1657 | Deluge | Swedish Empire Principality of Transylvania |
Poland–Lithuania | Polish-Tatar Victory |
| 1657–1662 | Ottoman–Transylvanian war
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Principality of Transylvania | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory
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| 1663–1664 | Austro-Turkish War
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Habsburg monarchy | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory |
| 1678–1685 | Thököly Uprising |
Habsburg monarchy | Principality of Upper Hungary | Habsburg victory |
| 1683–1699 | Great Turkish War | Habsburg monarchy | Ottoman Empire | Holy League victory |
| 1697 | Hegyalja uprising | Habsburg monarchy | Kuruc | Habsburg victory
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Wars between 1700 and 1900
- ^ In rebellion against Bavaria
Wars in the 20th century
| Conflict | Belligerents | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | |
| 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 | World War I | Central Powers Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Allied Powers France British Empire Russian Empire (1914–17) Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Montenegro Belgium Japan Italy (from 1915) Portugal (from 1916) Romania (from 1916) Greece (from 1917) Siam (from 1917) Co-belligerents Hejaz (from 1916) United States (from 1917) Brazil (from 1917) |
Defeat
| |
| December 1918 – June 1919 | Hungarian–Czechoslovak War | First Hungarian Republic Hungarian Soviet Republic Slovak Soviet Republic |
Czechoslovakia | Military VictoryPolitical Defeat
| |
| 13 November 1918 – 3 August 1919 | Hungarian–Romanian War | Hungarian Soviet Republic | Romania | Defeat
| |
| 2–6 June 1919 | Hungarian invasion of Prekmurje | Hungarian Soviet Republic | Republic of Prekmurje | Victory
| |
| 3 August – 13 October 1921 | Uprising in West Hungary | Austria Hungary (disarmament of the rebels in 1921) |
Rongyos Gárda Lajtabánság Bosnian and Albanian Muslim volunteers |
Victory
| |
| 20 - 23 October 1921 | Charles IV's second coup attempt | Hungary | Habsburg Royalists | Victory
| |
| 15 – 18 March 1939 | Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | Hungary | Carpatho-Ukraine | Victory
| |
| 23 – 31 March 1939 | Slovak-Hungarian War | Hungary | Slovakia | Victory
| |
| 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 Hungary entered: 27 June 1941 Hungary exited: 11 May 1945 |
World War II | Axis powers Germany Italy (1940–43) Empire of Japan Affiliate states Romania (1941–44) Hungary (from 1941) Bulgaria (1941–44) Thailand (1942–45) Client States Slovakia Croatia Government of National Salvation Mengjiang Albania Co-belligerents Finland (1941–44) Iraq (1941) Vichy France (1940–44) Active neutrality Soviet Union (1939–41) Spain (1941–44) Argentina (1939–44 |
Allied Powers Soviet Union (from June 1941) United States (from December 1941) United Kingdom China France (1939–40, 1944–45) In exile for part of the war Poland Norway Netherlands Belgium Free France (1940–44) Luxembourg Greece Czechoslovakia Other important belligerents Canada India Australia New Zealand South Africa Yugoslavia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Philippines Mongolia Co-belligerents Italy (1943–1945) Romania (1944–1945) |
Defeat
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| 23 October – 10 November 1956 | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | Hungarian revolutionaries | Soviet Union People's Republic of Hungary |
Defeat
| |
| 20 – 21 August 1968 | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | Warsaw Pact Soviet Union Bulgaria Poland Hungary supported by East Germany |
Czechoslovakia | Victory
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Wars in the 21st century
| Conflict | Belligerents | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | Allies | Enemies | Outcome | Losses |
| March 2003 – 2009 | Iraq War |
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Ba'athist Iraq Ansar al-Islam Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation For fighting between insurgent groups, see Civil war in Iraq (2006–07). |
Victory
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1 soldier killed
12 wounded. |
| 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 | War in Afghanistan | Taliban Victory / US-allied defeat
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7 soldiers killed
14 wounded. | ||
See also
Footnotes
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