List of conflicts in South America
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[edit] 16th - 18th century
- 1532: Pizarro captures and ransoms the Incan ruler Atahualpa at Cajamarca.
- 1557-1575: French-Portuguese conflict over France Austral, a French colony in Rio de Janeiro.
- 1591: Thomas Cavendish, a British corsair, occupied Santos
- 1612-1615: French invasion of Maranhão
- 1621-1654: Dutch occupation of Northeast Brazil, or the thirty-years war in Brazil.
- 1680-1750: Spanish-Portuguese conflict over Sacramento colony (today's Uruguay).
- 1754-1757: Spanish-Portuguese invasion of the Jesuit-sponsored "Guarani Nation"
[edit] 19th century
- 1809: Portuguese invasion of French Guiana.
- 1810s and 1820s: South American Wars of Independence.
- c. 1820-1828: The Argentina-Brazil War over the status of future Uruguay occurs.
- 1828: Gran Colombia-Peru War.
- 1835-1845: Republican revolt against the Empire of Brazil is put down in the War of Tatters.
- 1836-1839: War of the Confederation between the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and Chile.
- 1851-1852: War against Oribe and Rosas
- 1864-1866: The Chincha Islands War between Spain and former colonies Peru and Chile occurs.
- 1864-1870: The War of the Triple Alliance occurs.
- 1879-1884: Bolivia and Peru fight Chile in the War of the Pacific.
[edit] Twentieth century
- 1912-1916: Contestado War, a rebellion in Brazil, fails.
- 1932-1935: The Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay is fought.
- 1941: The Ecuadorian-Peruvian war occurs.
- 1947: The Colorado Party gains the upper hand in the Paraguayan Civil War.
- 1964-present: the Colombian Armed Conflict between the government and guerrilla insurgencies devastates the country.
- 1978: The Beagle conflict over the Beagle Channel between Argentina and Chile occurs.
- 1981: Ecuador and Peru clash again in the Paquisha Incident.
- 1981 to present, the Peruvian Armed Conflict or People's War fought between the Shining Path insurgents and the Peruvian government.
- 1982: The Falklands War occurs.
- 1995: Ecuador and Peru dispute territory in the Cenepa War.
