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List of conflicts in North America

This is a list of conflicts in North America. This list includes all present-day countries starting northward first from Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America), southward to Middle America (Aridoamerica, Oasisamerica, and Mesoamerica in Mexico; and Central America over Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), and eastward to the Caribbean (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Martin, the Dominican Republic, and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). Conflicts are also arranged chronologically starting from the Pre-Columbian era (the Lithic, Archaic, Formative, Classic, Post-Classic, and Colonial periods/stages of North America and Mesoamerica; ) up to the post-colonial period ( – ). This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as falling within any of the aforementioned modern nations; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global, Indian wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

Northern America

Bermuda

As a British Colony Bermuda served as a staging point for Great Britain during the American Revolution and War of 1812. During the Battle of the Atlantic the island served as an allied airbase for Anti-submarine warfare submarine hunters. NATO also used Bermuda as a base during the Cold War.

Canada

11th century

  • 1020s Skirmishes between Norse and native peoples in the Vinland settlement

16th century

17th century

18th century

*1702 Raid on Newfoundland
*1704 Raid on Chignecto
*1704 Raid on Grand Pré
*1705 Siege of St. John's
*1707 Siege of Port Royal
*1709 Battle of St. John's
*1709 Battle of Fort Albany
*1710 Siege of Port Royal
*1711 Battle of Bloody Creek
*1722 Battle of Winnepang
*1723 Raid on Canso
*1724 Raid on Annapolis Royal
*1725 Raid on Canso
*1744 Raid on Canso
*1744 Siege of Fort Anne
*1745 Siege of Port Toulouse
*1745 Siege of Louisbourg
*1746 Battle at Port-la-Joye
*1747 Battle of Grand Pré
*1749 Raid on Dartmouth
*1749 Siege of Grand Pre
*1749–1750 Battles at Chignecto
*1750 Battle at St. Croix
*1751 Raid on Dartmouth
*1751 Raid on Chignecto
*1751 Raids on Halifax
*1753 Attack at Country Harbour
*1755 Naval Action off Newfoundland
*1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour
*1755 Bay of Fundy Campaign
*1755 Battle of Petitcodiac
*1756 Raid on Lunenburg
*1757 Battle on Snowshoes
*1757 Battle of Bloody Creek
*1758 Siege of Louisbourg
*1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac
*1758 Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign
*1758 Île Saint-Jean Campaign
*1758 Petitcodiac River Campaign
*1758 Battle on Snowshoes – occurred in the British Province of New York and New France.
*1759 St. John River Campaign
*1759 Battle of Beauport
*1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham
*1759 St. Francis Raid
*1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy
*1760 Siege of Quebec
*1760 Battle of Restigouche
*1760 Montreal Campaign
*1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands
*1762 Battle of Signal Hill
*1763 Battle of Point Pelee
*1763 Siege of Fort Pitt
*1763 Battle of Bushy Run
*1774 Yellow Creek massacre
*1774 Battle of Point Pleasant
*1775 Invasion of Canada
*1775 Arnold's expedition to Quebec
*1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
*1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean
*1775 Battle of Quebec
*1776 Battle of the Cedars
*1776 Battle of Saint-Pierre
*1776 Battle of Trois-Rivières
*1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland
*1777 Siege of Saint John
*1781 Naval battle off Cape Breton
*1782 Naval battle off Halifax
*1782 Raid on Lunenburg
*1782 Hudson Bay Expedition
*1796 Newfoundland expedition

19th century

*1812 Raid on Gananoque
*1812 Battle of Queenston Heights
*1812 Naval action off Kingston
*1812 Battle of Lacolle Mills
*1813 Raid on Elizabethtown
*1813 Battle of York
*1813 Battle of Fort George
*1813 Battle of Stoney Creek
*1813 Battle of Beaver Dams
*1813 Capture of the Growler and the Julia
*1813 Battle of Chateauguay
*1813 The "Burlington Races"
*1813 Battle of River Canard
*1813 Battle of the Thames
*1813 Massequoi Village
*1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm
*1814 Battle of Longwoods
*1814 Battle of Lacolle Mills
*1814 Battle of Odelltown
*1814 Raid on Port Dover
*1814 Capture of Fort Erie
*1814 Battle of Chippawa
*1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane
*1814 Siege of Fort Erie
*1814 Engagements on Lake Huron
**1814 Action at Nottawasaga
**1814 Capture of the Tigress and the Scorpion
*1814 Capture of Fort Erie
*1814 Siege of Fort Erie
*1814 Battle of Cook's Mills
*1814 Battle of Malcolm's Mills
*1816 Capture of Fort Gibraltar
*1816 Battle of Seven Oaks
*1816 Capture of Fort Douglas
*1816 Capture of Fort William
*1837 Battle of Saint-Denis
*1837 Battle of Saint-Charles
*1837 Battle of Saint-Eustache
*1838 Battle of Lacolle
*1838 Battle of Odelltown
*1838 Battle of Beauharnois
*1837 Battle of Montgomery's Tavern
*1838 Battle of Pelee Island
*1838 Short Hills Raid
*1838 Battle of the Windmill
*1838 Battle of Windsor
*1866 Battle of Ridgeway
*1866 Battle of Fort Erie
*1866 Battle of Pigeon Hill
*1870 Battle of Eccles Hill
*1870 Battle of Trout River
*1870 Wolseley Expedition
*1885 Battle of Duck Lake
*1885 Frog Lake Massacre
*1885 Battle of Fort Pitt
*1885 Battle of Fish Creek
*1885 Battle of Cut Knife
*1885 Battle of Batoche
*1885 Battle of Frenchman's Butte
*1885 Battle of Loon Lake

20th century

*1939–1945 – Battle of the Atlantic
*1940 – Occupation of St. Pierre and Miquelon
*1942–1944 – Battle of the St. Lawrence
*1942 – Bombardment of Estevan Point lighthouse
*1944 – Terrace Mutiny
*1945 – Halifax Riot on Victory in Europe Day.

21st century

Greenland

United States

This includes all conflicts that have taken place within the modern territory of the United States. See also

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is geographically located within the Caribbean; however, because Puerto Rico territory of the United States the island's conflicts are listed here.

Precolonial

This includes all known conflicts that occurred within the territory of the United States of America prior to European exploration.

American Indian Wars

This list covers all wars regarding Native Americans and First Nations within the 49 continental states of the United States (does not include territories) and the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada. This includes conflicts fought between American Indian and First Nation tribes and wars against encroachment from European Colonial Powers or the United States and Canada. Generally American Indian Wars classifies all conflicts for Native Americans and First Nations between 1540 and 1924 however this list also includes 20th century incidents on Indian Reservations.

*1540-1542 Herando de Soto's Expedition
*1609–1701 Beaver Wars
:*February 1692 Mohawk Valley raid
*1610–1646 Anglo-Powhatan Wars
:*1610–1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War
:*1622–1632 Second Anglo-Powhatan War
:*1644–1646 Third Anglo-Powhatan War
*1634–1638 Pequot War
*1640 French and Iroquois Wars
*1643 Kieft's War
*1659 First Esopus War
*1663 Second Esopus War
*1675–1678 King Philip's War
*1680 Pueblo Revolt
*1689–1697 King William's War
*1702–1713 Queen Anne's War
*1706–1877 Comanche Wars
*1711-1715 Tuscarora War
*1715–1717 Yamasee War
*1744–1748 King George's War
*1760-1850 Russian Colonization of the Americas
:*1784 Awa'uq Massacre
:*1804 Battle of Sitka
*1758–1761 Anglo-Cherokee War
*1763 Pontiac's Rebellion
*1774 Dunmore's War
*1776-1795 Cherokee-American wars
*1785–1795 Northwest Indian War
*Tecumseh's War 1811-1813
:*1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
*1813–1814 Creek War
*1816–1858 Seminole Wars
*1820–1875 Texas–Indian wars
*August 1823 Arikara War
*1832 Black Hawk War
*1835–1842 Second Seminole War
*1842 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation
*1846–1866 Navajo Wars
*1849–1924 Apache Wars
:*Victorio's War
:*Renegade period of the Apache Wars 1881-1924
::*Geronimo's War 1881-1886
*1849–1923 Ute Wars
*1849–1855 Jicarilla War
*1850-1880 California Indian Wars
*1850–1851 Mariposa War
* Sioux Wars 1854–1891
:*August 19, 1854 Grattan massacre
:*1862 Dakota War
:*1863–1865 Colorado War::*August 1 – September 24, 1865
:*Powder River Expedition
:*1866–1868 Red Cloud's War
:*1876-1877 Great Sioux War
:*December 29, 1890 – January 15, 1891 Ghost Dance War
::*December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
*1855–1856 Yakima War
*February 1856 Tintic War
*1857–1858 Utah War
*1859–1860 Mendocino War
*1860 Paiute War
*1862 Dakota War
*1865–1872 Black Hawk War
*1872–1873 Modoc War
*1879 White River War
*1898 Battle of Sugar Point
*March 1914 – March 11, 1915 Bluff War
*March 20–23, 1923 Posey War
*February 27 – May 8, 1973 Wounded Knee incident
*June 26, 1975 Pine Ridge Shootout

17th century

This covers all conflicts in the 1600s that occurred between rival European Colonial Powers, or between Colonists and their Colonial Administration. This section does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans.

18th century

This covers all conflicts in the 1700s that occurred between rival European Colonial Powers, or between the early United States against European Colonial Powers. Many of the wars in this period were extensions of wars from continental Europe. This section does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans.

*October 7–18, 1702 Battle of Flint River
*November 10 – December 30, 1702 Siege of St. Augustine
*August 10 – October 6, 1703 Northeast Coast Campaign
*February 29, 1704 Raid on Deerfield
*January 25–26, 1704 Apalachee massacre
*September 1706 Charles Town expedition
*August 12 – November 30, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
*August 29, 1708 Raid on Haverhill
*1712 New York Slave Revolt of 1712
*1739 Stono Rebellion

*1754–1763 The French and Indian War Was fought within both Canada and the United States

*May 28, 1754 Battle of Jumonville Glen
*July 3, 1754 Battle of Fort Necessity
*June 16, 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour
*July 9, 1755 Braddock Expedition
*1755 Battle of Lake George
*April 18, 1756 Battle of Great Cacapon
*August, 1756 Battle of Fort Oswego
*September 8, 1756 Kittanning Expedition
*January 21, 1757 Battle on Snowshoes
*July 26, 1757 Battle of Sabbath Day Point
*August 9, 1757 Battle of Fort William Henry
*March 23, 1758 Battle on Snowshoes
*July 27, 1758 Battle of Louisburg
*August, 1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac
*July 8, 1758 Battle of Carillon
*September 14, 1758 Battle of Fort Duquesne
*October 12, 1758 Battle of Fort Ligonier
*November 25, 1758 Forbes Expedition
*1759 Battle of Ticonderoga
*1759 Battle of Fort Niagara
*July 31, 1759 Battle of Beauport
*1762 Battle of Signal Hill
* 1774–1776 Boston campaign
* 1775–1776 Invasion of Canada
* 1776 New York Campaign
* 1777 Saratoga Campaign
* 1779 Sullivan Expedition

1775–1783 American Revolutionary War

*April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord
*April 20, 1775 – March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
*May 10, 1775 Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
*June 11–12, 1775 Battle of Machias
*June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
*August 8, 1775 Battle of Gloucester
*August 23 – November 3, 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean
*September 24, 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
*November 14, 1775 Battle of Kemp's Landing
*November 28 – December 9, 1775 Battle of Great Bridge
*February 27, 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
*March 2–4, 1776 Fortification of Dorchester Heights
*March 2–3, 1776 Battle of the Rice Boats
*May 15–26, 1776 Battle of the Cedars
*June 8, 1776 Battle of Trois-Rivières
*August 27, 1776 Battle of Long Island
*September 15, 1776 Landing at Kip's Bay
*September 16, 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
*October 11, 1776 Battle of Valcour Bay
*October 28, 1776 Battle of White Plains
*December 26, 1776 Battle of Trenton
*January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton
*July 5–6, 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
*August 6, 1777 Battle of Oriskany
*August 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington
*September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine
*September 19, 1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm
*October 2, 1777 Battle of Germantown
*October 7, 1777 Battle of Bemis Heights
*October 17, 1777 Battle of Saratoga
*May 25, 1778 Battle of Freetown
*June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth
*June 30, 1778 Battle of Alligator Bridge
*July 27, 1778 First Battle of Ushant
*August 29, 1778 Battle of Rhode Island
*February 23–25, 1779 Battle of Vincennes
*July 16, 1779 Battle of Stony Point
*July 24 – August 12, 1779 Penobscot Expedition
*August 29, 1779 Battle of Newtown
*October 9, 1779 Siege of Savannah
*January 16, 1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent
*March 29, 1780 Siege of Charleston
*August 8, 1780 Battle of Piqua
*August 16, 1780 Battle of Camden
*October 7, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain
*January 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens
*March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House
*September 6, 1781 Battle of Groton Heights
*September 8, 1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
*September 28 – October 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown*
*December 12, 1781 Second Battle of Ushant
*February 17, 1782 Battle of Sadras
*April 9–12, 1782 Battle of the Saintes
*August 19, 1782 Battle of Blue Licks
*1791 Mina's Conspiracy
*1795 Pointe Coupee Conspiracy

19th century

This covers all conflicts in the 1800s that occurred between the governments of North America that took place within the modern territory of the United States of America and conflicts between North American and European states. This does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans. *1812–1814 War of 1812

*December 1812,Siege of Detroit
*1813 Battle of Lake Erie
*1813 – August 1814 Creek War
*August 24, 1814 Battle of Bladensburg
** August 24, 1814 Burning of Washington
*November 7–9, 1814 Battle of Pensacola
*December 13, 1814 Action of 13 December 1814 (Louisiana Campaign)
*December 14, 1814 Battle of Lake Borgne
*January 9–18, 1815 Siege of Fort St. Philip
*January 13–14, 1815 Battle of Fort Peter
*Battle of New Orleans - August, 1815
*August 21–23, 1831 Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

*1835–1836 Texas Revolution

*October 2, 1835 Battle of Gonzales
*October 10, 1835 Battle of Goliad
*November 4, 1835 Battle of Lipantitlán
*October 28, 1835 Battle of Concepción
*November 26, 1835 Grass Fight
*October 12 – December 11, 1835 Siege of Béxar
*February 27, 1836 Battle of San Patricio
*March 2, 1836 Battle of Agua Dulce
*February 23 – March 6, 1836 Battle of the Alamo
*March 12–15, 1836 Battle of Refugio
*March 19–20, 1836 Battle of Coleto
*April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto

*1846–1848 Mexican–American War

*August 13 – September 30, 1846 Siege of Los Angeles

*1861–1865 American Civil War

20th Century

This covers all conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States from Eurasian powers.

21st century

This includes domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another.

*September 11, 2001 September 11 attacks
*May 8, 2007 Fort Dix attack plot
*November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting
*April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
*April 2, 2014 Fort Hood shootings

Middle America

Mexico

Pre-Columbian

16th century

*The Cholula Massacre of 1519
*Siege of Tenochtitlan (May 26 – August 13, 1521)
*1533 Yaqui Wars
*1540 Conquest of Cíbola
*1540 Tiguex War
*1540–1542 Mixtón War
*1550–1590 Chichimeca War
*1599 Acoma Massacre

17th century

*1601 Acaxee Rebellion
*1616 Tepehuán Revolt
*1641–1924 Apache–Mexico Wars
*1641–1864 Navajo Wars
*1680 Pueblo Revolt

18th century

*1751 Pima Revolt
*1757 First Magdalena Massacre

19th century

*1821–1870 Comanche–Mexico Wars
*1847–1901 Caste War of Yucatán

20th century

21st century

*December 11, 2006– Mexican drug war
:*December 11, 2006– Operation Michoacán
:*January 2, 2007– Operation Baja California
:*2008– Operation Sinaloa
:*2007– Joint Operation Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
::*November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
::*August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
::*April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
::*August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
::*June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
:*2008– Operation Chihuahua
:*February 2009 – Operation Quintana Roo
:*July 16, 2011 – August 4, 2011 Operación Lince Norte
::*June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
::*August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
::*November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
::*April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
::*June 3, 2011 Coahuila mass graves
::*August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
:*August 28, 2011 – October 31, 2011 Operación Escorpión
::*June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
::*August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
::*November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
::*April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
::*August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
::*June 3, 2011 Coahuila mass graves

Central America

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Honduras

Panama

Belize

Caribbean

All conflicts which occurred on the islands in the Caribbean Sea are listed here. US Territories such as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are exceptions to this rule as they included in the United States' Section.

Dominican Republic

Cuba

Saint Martin

Tobago

Haiti

*October 24–25, 1915 Battle of Fort Dipitie
*November 17, 1915 Battle of Fort Rivière
*October 6 or 7, 1919 Battle of Port-au-Prince (1919)
*January 15, 1920 Battle of Port-au-Prince (1920)

Jamaica

Grenada

Anguilla

See also

References