Conflict and date Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Eighty Years' War [a] (c. 1566–1648) Geuzen and Orangist troops (c. 1566–1570s) [b] United Provinces (c. 1576–1580s) [c]
Dutch Republic (1581/8–1648)
Allies :
Kingdom of England (1585–1604 , 1625–30 ) Kingdom of France (1595–8 , 1635–48 ) Duchy of Bouillon (1593–5 )
Spanish Empire (incl. Habsburg Netherlands ) Portuguese Empire (1580–1640) Austrian Habsburgs (1598 –1621 ) Allies : Prince-Bishopric of Liège (1595 )
Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) Dutch Republic Portugal Spanish Empire
* Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia * Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa and Macau * Both sides claim victory in India Beaver Wars 1609–1701 Iroquois League Supported by : England Dutch Republic
* Huron Indecisive Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts 1530–1605 (intermittently) Sultanate of Ternate Dutch East India Company (from 1599) Portuguese Empire Spanish Empire Sultanate of Tidore Victory Ming–Qing War (1618-1683) Victory Uskok War (1615-1617) Republic of Venice Dutch Republic England
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Croatia Spain
Victory Many Uskok pirates executed or exiled; Austrian garrison installed to check Uskoks. Dutch-Barbary war (1618-1622) Dutch Republic Ottoman Algeria Tunisia Victory Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621) Dutch East India Company (VOC) Dutch Republic Bandanese fighters East India Company Kingdom of England Victory Expedition to Algiers (1624) Dutch Republic Ottoman Algeria Victory Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636)[2] [3] [4] Siam Dutch East India Company
Iberian Union Victory Siege of Batavia (1628–1629) Dutch Republic Mataram Sultanate Victory The Mataram siege repelled Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636) Dutch Republic Natives of Mattau , Bakloan , Soulang , Taccariang and Tevorang Victory Increased Dutch area of control Lamey Island Massacre (1636) Dutch Republic Taiwanese militia Victory Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) Tokugawa shogunate Dutch Republic Christian peasant and ronin rebels Victory Cambodian–Dutch War (1643-1644) Dutch East India Company Kingdom of Cambodia Defeat Kieft's War (1643–1645)[5] Dutch Republic Lenape Victory Torstenson War (1643–1645) Sweden Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway Victory Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538–1640) Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Kandy Dutch East India Company (from 1638) Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Kotte
Victory Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652) Dutch Republic Guo Huaiyi's peasant army Victory Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668) Portugal Dutch Republic (1641-1648) France (1641–1659) England (1662–1668) Spain Victory Acclamation of John IV as the new King of Portugal (1640) The Habsburgs relinquish all claims to the Portuguese Throne Treaty of Lisbon (1668) End of the Iberian Union The Great Ambon War (1651-1656) Dutch Republic other allies Sultanate of Ternate other allies Victory First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) Dutch Republic Commonwealth of England Inconclusive [e] Peach War (1655)[5] Dutch Republic Lenape Defeat Outlying Dutch settlements ordered to garrison at Fort Amsterdam Staten Island abandoned but eventually retaken and equipped with better defenses. Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) Denmark–Norway Dutch Republic Sweden Victory Second Northern War (1655–1660) Poland (Poland-Lithuania) Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Russia (1656–58) Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60) Dutch Republic Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57) Principality of Transylvania Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)[6] Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia Victory First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660) Dutch Republic Khoikhoi militia Victory Esopus Wars (1659–1663)[5] Dutch settlersMohawk Esopus Victory Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1661-1662) Dutch East India Company Koxinga 's Ming Loyalists Defeat Dano-Dutch War (1661-1665) Dutch West India Company Denmark–Norway England Defeat First Tondano War (1661–1664) Dutch Republic Minahasan peoples Victory Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)-(1774–1777) Trịnh lords Dutch East India Company Tây Sơn rebellion Nguyễn lords Portugal Victory Makassar War (1666–1669) Dutch Republic Sultanate of Gowa Victory Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) Dutch Republic Denmark France England Bishopric of Münster Victory Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts (1666-1758) Dutch East India Company Zamorin United Kingdom Portuguese Empire English East India Company Victory Kandyan-Dutch War (1670-1675) Dutch Republic Kingdom of Kandy France Victory Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674) Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway England France Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne Victory Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire (from 1673) Spain (from 1673) Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673) Lorraine (from 1673) Denmark–Norway (from 1674) England (1678) France England (1672–74) Münster (1672–1674) Cologne (1672–1674) Swedish Empire (from 1674) Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677) Dutch Republic Khoikhoi militia Victory Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680) Mataram Sultanate Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677)
Victory Scanian War (1675-1679) Denmark-Norway Dutch Republic Brandenburg-Prussia Habsburg Monarchy Supported by: Scanian insurgents Swedish Empire Kingdom of France Nine Years' War (1688–1697) Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Scotland France Jacobites Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) Phetracha and various Siamese lords Dutch Republic Prasat Thong dynasty Kingdom of France Victory Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691) Williamites Dutch Republic Jacobites France Victory Treaty of Limerick Withdrawal of remaining Jacobite forces to France Confirmation of William as King of Ireland War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) Dutch Republic Austrian monarchy Prussia England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Habsburg Spain Portugal France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707) Dutch Republic Mataram Sultanate Victory Dutch-Algerian war(1715-1726)[7] Dutch Republic Ottoman Algeria Victory War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) Great Britain France Austria Dutch Republic Spain Victory Jacobite rising of 1719 Great Britain Dutch Republic Jacobites Spain Victory Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) Dutch Republic Mataram Sultanate Rebel Princes Victory 1740 Batavia massacre (1740) Dutch Republic Native Indonesians allies Chinese Indonesian militia Military victory Political failure War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) Dutch Republic (1744–48) Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Hanover Saxony (1743–45) Sardinia (1742–48) Russia (1741–43, 1748) France Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45) Spain Bavaria (1741–45) Saxony (1741–42) Sardinia (1741–42) Genoa (1745–48) Sweden (1741–43) Duchy of Modena Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757) Dutch Republic Kingdom of Cochin Kingdom of Travancore Maratha Empire Mysore Military Stalemate Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743) Dutch Republic Joint army of Chinese and Javanese Victory Battle of Penfui (1749) Dutch Republic Timorese allies Topasses Timorese allies Victory Third Javanese War of Succession (1749–1757) Mataram Sultanate (until 1755) Dutch Republic Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755)Surakarta Sunanate (from 1755) Anti-Dutch rebels Victory Cirebon War (1753–1773) Dutch Republic Cirebon Sultanate Victory Berbice slave uprising (1763–1764) Dutch Republic Arawak and Carib allies Army of the Negroes of Berbice Victory Kandyan-Dutch war (1764-1766) Dutch Republic Kingdom of Kandy Victory Dutch-Moroccan War (1775-1777) Dutch Republic Sultanate of Morocco Victory American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) United States France Spain Netherlands Mysore Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw
Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee
Mixed results for the Dutch Republic First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781) Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) Dutch Republic Kingdom of France Great Britain Defeat Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) Kingdom of Mysore Kingdom of France Dutch Republic East India Company Great Britain Stalemate Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Mangalore Kettle War (8 October 1784) Dutch Republic Habsburg monarchy Status quo ante bellum Patriot–Orangist battles (c. 1786–1787) Orangists Patriots Inconclusive Prussian invasion of Holland (late 1787) Kingdom of Prussia Orangists States of Holland Patriots Prussian–Orangist victory Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793) Dutch Republic Xhosa militia Victory War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Holy Roman Empire Austria Prussia (until 1795) Great Britain French Royalists Spain (until 1795) Portugal Sardinia (until 1796) Naples and Sicily Other Italian states Dutch Republic Kingdom of the French (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) Spain (from 1796) Batavian Republic (from 1795) French satellite states Polish Legions (from 1797) Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic