List of conflicts in South America

This is a list of armed conflicts in South America.

Colombia

 * 1470 — 1490: Muisca warfare
 * 1499 — 1602: Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
 * 1828 — 1829: Gran Colombia – Peru War
 * 1860 — 1862: Colombian Civil War
 * 1899 — 1902: Colombian Thousand Days War
 * 1932 — 1933: Colombia-Peru War
 * 1948 — 1958: La Violencia in Colombia.
 * 1964 — present: the Colombian Armed Conflict between the government and guerrilla insurgencies devastates the country.
 * 2012: 6th Summit of the Americas, North American rejection (United States and Canada) to Cuba in the Summit of the Americas, provoked the creation of more wars and maintenance of simultaneous wars due to a discussion.

Peru

 * circa 1230 Sinchi Roca, the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, waged war against a nearby kingdom after the killing of the Inca diplomat Teuotihi
 * circa 1290 Mayta Cápac, the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, put the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua under the control of the Inca empire
 * circa 1320 Cápac Yupanqui, the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, was the first Inca to conquer territory outside the valley of Cuzco
 * circa 1350 — circa 1380 Inca Roca, the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, is said to have conquered the Chancas
 * circa 1380 Yáhuar Huácac, the seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, abandoned the capital in an attack by the Chancas
 * circa 1410 Viracocha Inca, the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defended the capital against the attack by the Chancas
 * 1438 — 1472 Pachacuti, the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defeated the Chancas and the Chimú
 * 1471 — 1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes through modern Ecuador, and developed a special fondness for the city of Quito, and conquered Chimor
 * 1527 Huayna Capac, the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, had his forces pushed back by the Shuar at the Chinchipe River Basin
 * 1529 — 1532: Inca Civil War
 * 1529: Battle of Chillopampa
 * 1531: Battle of Mullihambato
 * 1531: Battle of Chimborazo War between Atahualpa and Huascar.
 * 1532: Battle of Huanucopampa
 * 1532: Battle of Quipaipan


 * 1525 — 1572: Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
 * 1525: Battle of Punta Quemada
 * 1531: Battle of Puná
 * 1532: Battle of Cajamarca
 * 1533: Battle of Vilcaconga
 * 1533: Battle of Cuzco
 * 1534: Battle of Maraycalla
 * 1534: Battle of Mount Chimborazo
 * 1536: Siege of Cuzco
 * 1537: Battle of Ollantaytambo
 * 1537: Battle of Abancay
 * 1538: Battle of Las Salinas
 * 1542: Battle of Chupas
 * 1546: Battle of Añaquito
 * 1547: Battle of Huarina
 * 1548: Battle of Jaquijahuana
 * 1572: Final war with Spain


 * 1812 — 1821 Peruvian War of Independence
 * 1836 — 1839: War of the Confederation between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and Chile
 * 1941 — 1942: The Ecuadorian-Peruvian war occurs.
 * 1981: Ecuador and Peru clash again in the Paquisha Incident.
 * 1980 — present: The Peruvian Armed Conflict fought between the Shining Path insurgents and the Peruvian government.
 * 1995: Ecuador and Peru dispute territory in the Cenepa War.

Chile

 * 1536 — 1826: War of Arauco
 * 1536: Battle of Reynogüelén
 * 1546: Battle of Quilacura
 * 1550: Battle of Andalien
 * 1550: Battle of Penco
 * 1553: Battle of Tucapel
 * 1554: Battle of Marihueñu
 * 1556: Battle of Peteroa
 * 1557: Battle of Mataquito
 * 1557: Battle of Lagunillas
 * 1557: Battle of Millarapue
 * 1558: Battle of Quiapo
 * 1564: Siege of Concepcion
 * 1564: Battle of Angol
 * 1569: Battle of Catirai
 * 1598: Disaster of Curalaba
 * 1599 — 1604: Destruction of the Seven Cities
 * 1612: Defensive War
 * 1655: Mapuche Insurrection of 1655
 * 1712: 1712 Huilliche rebellion
 * 1723: The Mapuche Uprising of 1723
 * 1759, 1766, and 1769: The Mapuche Rebellions of 1759, 1766 and 1769
 * 1792: The Huilliche Rebellion of 1792


 * 1810 — 1826 Chilean War of Independence
 * 1829 — 1830: Chilean Civil War of 1829
 * 1832: Battle of Epulafquen
 * 1851: Revolution of 1851
 * 1859: Revolution of 1859
 * 1861 — 1883: Occupation of Araucanía
 * 1864 — 1866: The Chincha Islands War between Spain and former colonies Peru and Chile occurs
 * 1879 — 1884: Bolivia and Peru fight Chile in the War of the Pacific
 * 1891: 1891 Chilean Civil War

Brazil

 * 1557 — 1575: French-Portuguese conflict over France Antarctique, a French colony in Rio de Janeiro.
 * 1591: Thomas Cavendish, a British corsair, occupied Santos
 * 1821 — 1825 Brazilian War of Independence
 * 1835: Malê Revolt
 * 1835 — 1845: Republican revolt against the Empire of Brazil is put down in the Ragamuffin War
 * 1896 — 1897: War of Canudos
 * 1912 — 1916: Contestado War, a rebellion in Brazil, fails.

Argentina

 * 1754 — 1757: Spanish-Portuguese invasion of the Jesuit-sponsored "Guarani Nation"
 * 1810 — 1818 Argentine War of Independence
 * 1976 — 1983: The Dirty War in Argentina.
 * 1982: The Falklands War occurs.

French Guiana

 * 1809: Portuguese invasion of French Guiana

Venezuela

 * 1811 — 1823 Venezuelan War of Independence
 * 1859 — 1863: Federal War in Venezuela
 * 1908: Dutch-Venezuela War, a dispute between Venezuela and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Paraguay

 * 1864 — 1870: The Paraguayan War occurs
 * 1932 — 1935: The Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay is fought.
 * 1947: The Colorado Party gains the upper hand in the Paraguayan Civil War.

Uruguay

 * 1820 — 1828: The Cisplatine War over the status of future Uruguay occurs
 * 1839 — 1851: Uruguayan Civil War
 * 1864 — 1865: The Uruguayan War
 * 1851 — 1852: Platine War