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This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Belgium and its colonial empire.

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Belgium)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Verbündete	Enemies	Outcome
1789	1790	Brabant Revolution	United Belgian States	Habsburg Austria	Austrian victory Revolution suppressed
1830	1839	Belgian Revolution Ten Days' Campaign	Belgian rebels Frankreich	United Kingdom of the Netherlands	Treaty of London: Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
1832	1834	Liberal Wars	Portugal Vereinigtes Königreich Frankreich Spanien	Miguelites	Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored
1861	1867	French intervention in Mexico	Mexican Empire Frankreich Austrian Empire Spanien Vereinigtes Königreich Egypt Eyalet Polish Revolutionaries	United Mexican States United States of America (entered in 1865)	French withdrawal, Republican victory
1881	1899	Mahdist War	British Empire Kingdom of Italy Congo Free State Ethiopian Empire	Mahdist Sudanese	Anglo-Egyptian victory
1891	1892	Stairs Expedition to Katanga	Congo Free State supported by: Belgien	Yeke state of Msiri	Congo Free State victory Msiri killed, Mukanda-Bantu becomes vassal prince Belgium acquires the colony of Katanga
1892	1894	Belgo-Arab War	Congo Free State	Zanzibari slave traders	Congo Free State victory
1895	1895	Luba rebellion	Congo Free State supported by: Belgien	Luba rebels	Congo Free State victory Many Luba men had to perform forced labour in the Katanga mines^[1]
1895	1908	Batetela Rebellions	Congo Free State	Batetela people	Congo Free State victory
1905	1917	Kasongo Nyembo rebellion^[1]	Congo Free State (until 1908) Belgien Belgian Congo (from 1908)	Luba rebels led by Kasongo Nyembo	Belgian victory Kasongo Nyembo banished^[1]
1914	1918	World War I	Verbündete: Frankreich British Empire Russian Empire (1914–17) Vereinigte Staaten (1917–18) and others	Central Powers German Empire Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria (1915–18)	Allied victory Belgium acquires Eupen-Malmedy from Germany
1914	1918	East African campaign (part of World War I)	Verbündete: Vereinigtes Königreich Südafrika Indien Rhodesia British East Africa Nyasaland Uganda Belgien Belgian Congo Portugal Portuguese Mozambique	Central Powers German Empire German East Africa	Allied victory Allied conquest and partition of German East Africa Belgium acquires Ruanda-Urundi from German East Africa
10 May 1940	28 May 1940	Battle of Belgium (part of World War II)	Belgien Frankreich British Empire Niederlande Luxemburg	Nazi Germany	Belgian surrender and German occupation of Belgium
1940	1945	World War II	Verbündete	Axis powers	Allied victory
1950	1953	Korean War	United Nations (UN Resolution 84)	North Korea China Soviet Union	Ceasefire
1959	1962	Rwandan Revolution			Independence of the Republic of Rwanda Independence of the Kingdom of Burundi
1960	1966	Congo Crisis	Katanga South Kasai	Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) United Nations (United Nations Operation in the Congo)	Withdrawal of Belgian Armed Forces Debellation of the State of South Kasai in 1961 Debellation of the State of Katanga in 1963 New Belgian intervention Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Dragon Noire in 1964
1978	1978	Shaba II	Zaire Frankreich Vereinigte Staaten	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo	Franco-Belgian victory
1990	1991	Gulf War	Coalition forces	Ba'athist Iraq	Coalition victory
1991	2003	Iraqi no-fly zones	Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigtes Königreich Frankreich (1991–1998) Australien Niederlande Saudi-Arabien Türkei Italien	Ba'athist Iraq	Coalition victory
1992	1995	Somali Civil War	Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigtes Königreich Spanien Saudi-Arabien Malaysia Pakistan Italien Indien Griechenland Deutschland Frankreich Kanada Botswana Australien	United Somali Congress	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled. About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance. Civil war is ongoing.
1998	1999	Kosovo War	Kosovo Liberation Army Albanien NATO force	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	NATO victory United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
2001	2021	War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan Vereinigte Staaten ISAF	Taliban	Taliban victory
2011		2011 military intervention in Libya	National Transitional Council NATO forces	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Fall of Gaddafi régime
2014	ongoing	2014 military intervention against ISIS		Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Appiah, Anthony; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Volume 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 656. ISBN 9780195170559. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[Africana-1] Appiah, Anthony; Henry Louis Gates (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Volume 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 656. ISBN 9780195170559. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

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-This article is an incomplete '''list of wars and conflicts involving [[Belgium]] and [[Belgian colonial empire|its colonial empire]]''' since its secession and independence from the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] in 1830–39.
+This article is an incomplete '''list of wars and conflicts involving [[Belgium]] and [[Belgian colonial empire|its colonial empire]]'''.
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+|1789
+|1790
+|'''[[Brabant Revolution]]'''
+|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Brabantine Revolution.svg}} [[United Belgian States]]
+|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Austria]]
+|Austrian victory
+*Revolution suppressed
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 |[[Treaty of London (1839)|Treaty of London]]:
 *Recognition by the European powers of the independence and neutrality of Belgium
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-| 1839
-| 1839
-| '''{{interlanguage link|Cotton Riot|nl|Katoenoproer}}'''
-| Protesting cotton labourers<br />[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|border|20px]] [[Orangism (Belgium)|Orangists]]
-| [[File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg|border|20px]] [[Belgian Government]]
-| Belgian Government victory
-* Riot suppressed by government soldiers
-* Some protectionist measures
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 |{{flagicon|Portugal|1707}} [[Miguelites]]<br/>
 |Liberal victory, Constitutional monarchy is restored
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-| 1856
-| 1857
-| '''Labour riots in Ghent and Tournai'''<ref>{{Cite book |author=Els Witte, Jean-Pierre Nandrin, Eliane Gubin, Gita Deneckere |date= |title=Nieuwe geschiedenis van Belgie / 1 1830-1905 / druk 1: 1830-1904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9CTW6Wt9-YC&pg=PA35-IA56 |location= |publisher=Lannoo Uitgeverij |page=35 |isbn=9789020962192 |accessdate=8 August 2020 |language=nl}}</ref>
-| Protesting labourers
-| [[File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg|border|20px]] [[Belgian Government]]
-| Belgian Government victory
-* Riots suppressed by government soldiers
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 |1861
 |1867
-|'''[[French intervention in Mexico]]'''
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 |{{Flagicon|Mexico|1864}} [[Second Mexican Empire|Mexican Empire]]<br/>
 {{flagicon|France}} [[Second French Empire|France]]<br/>
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 * {{flagicon image|Flag of Kenya (1895–1921).svg|23px}} [[East Africa Protectorate|British East Africa]]
 * {{flagicon image|Flag of Nyasaland (1914–1919).svg|23px}} [[Nyasaland]]
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 * {{flagicon image|Reichskolonialflagge.svg}} [[German East Africa]]
 |[[Allies of World War I|Allied]] victory
-* Allied conquest and partition of German East Africa
+* Allied conquest and partition of [[German East Africa]]
-* Belgium acquires [[Ruanda-Urundi]] from German East Africa
+* Belgium acquires [[Ruanda-Urundi]] from [[German East Africa]]
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 *New Belgian intervention [[Operation Dragon Rouge]] and [[Operation Dragon Noire]] in 1964
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+|1978
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-|1973
-|'''[[Second Cod War]]'''
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-|{{Flag|Iceland}}
-|Icelandic victory
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-|1975
-|1976
-|'''[[Third Cod War]]'''
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-|{{Flag|Iceland}}
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-|May<br />1978
-|June<br />1978
 |'''[[Shaba II]]'''
 |{{Country|Zaire}}<br/>
 {{Country|France}}<br/>
 {{Country|United States}}
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 |Franco-Belgian victory
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 |2001
+|2021
-|ongoing
 |'''[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]'''
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 |{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]]
-|Fall of Taliban régime<br>
+|Taliban victory
-Ongoing Taliban insurgency
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 |2011
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 ==See also==
 * [[List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560]] – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.
-* For wars in the [[Southern Netherlands]] ([[Spanish Netherlands]] & [[Austrian Netherlands]]), the [[Principality of Liège]], and the [[Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy]] during 1560–1830, see
+* [[List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)]] – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the [[Southern Netherlands]] ([[Spanish Netherlands]] & [[Austrian Netherlands]]), the [[Principality of Liège]], the [[Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy]],, the [[Cambrésis|Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis]] and the Imperial City of Cambray, the [[Duchy of Bouillon]] and smaller states.
+* [[List of wars involving the Netherlands]] (1815–1839) – includes colonial wars in which the south participated as part of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
-**[[List of wars involving Spain]] (1560–1713)
+* [[History of Belgium]]
-**[[List of wars involving Austria]] (1713–1795)
+* [[Belgian Army]]
-**[[List of wars involving France]] (1795–1815)
-**[[List of wars involving the Netherlands]] (1815–1890)
-**[[List of wars involving Belgium]] (1830–present)
-**[[List of wars involving Luxembourg]] (1890–present).
-* The 1789–91 [[Brabant Revolution|Brabant]] and [[Liège Revolution]]s are sometimes seen as foreshadowing the 1830–39 [[Belgian Revolution]]
-*[[History of Belgium]]
-*[[Belgian Army]]
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Military history of Belgium|*]]
 [[Category:Belgium history-related lists|Wars]]
-[[Category:Lists of wars by country|Belgium]]
+[[Category:Lists of wars by country involved|Belgium]]
+[[Category:Belgian military-related lists|Wars]]

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