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Colorado War
The Colorado War (1863–1865) was a conflict on the central Great Plains between the US Army and Colorado militia and the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, and Kiowa.
Conquest of Kaffa
The conquest of Kaffa was the 1897 campaign in which Emperor Menelik II's forces under Ras Wolde Giorgis defeated the Kingdom of Kaffa and annexed it to the Ethiopian Empire.
Conquest of Wolaita
The Conquest of Wolaita was the 1894 campaign by which Emperor Menilek II of Ethiopia destroyed the independent Wolaitta kingdom in southern Ethiopia, ending centuries of independence.
Dakota War of 1862
The Dakota War of 1862 (U.S.-Dakota War, Sioux Uprising) was a six-week Minnesota River Valley conflict sparked by broken treaties and starvation, ending at Wood Lake and Camp Release, with 38 Dakota men hanged at Mankato on December 26, 1862, the largest mass execution in U.S. history, followed by Dakota exile from Minnesota.
Dakota–Ojibwe War
Dakota–Ojibwe War: the long intertribal conflict between the Dakota (Eastern Sioux) and Ojibwe over hunting grounds and fur-trade access, erupting in the late 1730s, driving the Santee from central and northern Minnesota, and ending by the mid-1800s under settler-colonial pressure.
Dog Soldiers
The Dog Soldiers (Hotamétaneo'o, Dog Men) were one of six Cheyenne military societies that from the late 1830s became a dominant militaristic band resisting US expansion, led by Tall Bull until Summit Springs in 1869.
Dutch conquest of Bali
The Dutch conquest of Bali was a series of military campaigns between 1846 and 1908 that brought the Balinese kingdoms under Dutch colonial rule, including the Puputan Badung of 1906.
Dutch conquest of Jambi
The Dutch conquest of Jambi was the 1858 Netherlands Indies expedition that bombarded the sultan's palace on Sumatra, deposed Sultan Thaha Saifuddin, and installed a rival sultan.
Dutch expedition to Palembang
The Dutch expedition to Palembang of 1821, also called the Second Expedition to Palembang, captured Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II's palace and exiled him to Ternate.
Dutch intervention in Bali (1846–1849)
The Dutch intervention in Bali (1846–1849) was a series of three military expeditions by the Netherlands Indies against the Balinese kingdoms of northern Bali, chiefly Buleleng and Karangasem.
Egyptian–Ethiopian War
The Egyptian–Ethiopian War of 1874–1876 pitted Khedivate Egypt under Khedive Ismail Pasha against the Ethiopian Empire under Yohannes IV; Ethiopian victories at Gundet in 1875 and Gura in 1876 ended Egypt's expansionist ambitions.
Eight-Nation Alliance (八国联军)
Eight-Nation Alliance (八国联军), 1900–01 coalition of Britain, the US, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that relieved the besieged Beijing legations during the Boxer Uprising and imposed the 1901 Boxer Protocol.
European colonisation of Southeast Asia
European colonisation of Southeast Asia: Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, British, French, and American rule from 1511 to 1975; Dutch in Indonesia, British in Malaya and Burma, French in Indochina, Siam independent.
Fashoda Incident
Fashoda Incident (Fashoda Crisis, 1898): Anglo-French standoff at Fashoda (Kodok, South Sudan) between Marchand's French expedition and Kitchener's British force; France withdrew on 7 November 1898, leading to the 1899 Nile basin accord and the 1904 Entente Cordiale.
Fifth Xhosa War
The Fifth Xhosa War, or Fifth Frontier War, was an 1818 to 1819 conflict on the Cape Colony's eastern border, decided by Makhanda's failed attack on Grahamstown.
First Anglo-Afghan War (جنگ اول افغان و انگلیس)
The First Anglo-Afghan War (جنگ اول افغان و انگلیس), 1839-1842: Britain's East India Company invaded Afghanistan to depose Dost Mohammad and restore Shah Shuja, ending with the destruction of the retreating Kabul garrison, one European survivor, and Dost Mohammad's restoration in 1843.
First Anglo-Burmese War (ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ်)
First Anglo-Burmese War (ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ်), 1824–1826, first of three Anglo-Burmese wars: East India Company versus Konbaung Burma, ended by Treaty of Yandabo ceding Arakan, Assam, Manipur, Tenasserim and a £1 million indemnity.
First Anglo-Maratha War
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782): first armed conflict between the East India Company and the Maratha Empire, sparked by Raghunathrao's succession bid, marked by the British reverse at Wadgaon (1779) and ended by the Treaty of Salbai (17 May 1782).
First Anglo-Sikh War
The First Anglo-Sikh War, also called the Sutlej War, was an 1845–46 war won by the British East India Company against the Sikh Empire of the Punjab.
First Boer War
First Boer War, also called the First Anglo-Boer War or Transvaal War: 1880–1881 war between Britain and Transvaal Boers after the 1877 annexation; Boer victory at Majuba Hill led to the Pretoria Convention of 1881.
First Matabele War
The First Matabele War (October 1893 to January 1894) was a war of conquest in what is now Zimbabwe, in which Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company destroyed King Lobengula's Ndebele Kingdom.
First Opium War (第一次鸦片战争)
First Opium War (第一次鸦片战争), or First Anglo-Chinese War: 1839–1842 conflict between Britain and Qing China triggered by Lin Zexu's destruction of over 20,000 chests of opium at Humen; ended by the Treaty of Nanjing, which ceded Hong Kong Island and opened five treaty ports.
First Samori–French War
The First Samori–French War (1882–1887) was the first phase of armed conflict between France and the Wassoulou Empire of Samori Ture in the upper Niger region of West Africa.
First Seminole War
The First Seminole War (1817–1818) was an armed conflict in which US forces under Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida to attack Seminole towns, helping bring about Spain's cession of Florida.
Flagstaff War
The Flagstaff War, also known as the Northern War, was an 1845–1846 conflict in New Zealand's Bay of Islands between Ngāpuhi chief Hōne Heke and British forces.
Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War
The Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War (1895–1896) was a British expedition against the Asante Empire in present-day Ghana that occupied Kumasi without fighting and deposed King Prempeh I.
Franco-Moroccan War
The Franco-Moroccan War of 1844 was a brief conflict in which France attacked Morocco to end its support for Abd al-Qadir, winning the Battle of Isly.
Fraser Canyon War
The Fraser Canyon War, also called the Canyon War, was an 1858 conflict between Nlaka'pamux people and American miners during the Fraser River gold rush.
French conquest of Algeria
French conquest of Algeria (1830–1847 and beyond): invasion of Algiers July 1830, Abd el-Kader's resistance, Bugeaud's total conquest, razzias and enfumades, and the ongoing genocide debate among historians.
French conquest of Dahomey
The French conquest of Dahomey was the series of campaigns between 1890 and 1894 by which France destroyed the independence of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, and deposed King Béhanzin.