List of conflicts in South America

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Contents 1 16th century 2 17th century 3 18th century 4 19th century 5 20th century

[edit] 16th century

• 1532: Pizarro captures and ransoms the Incan ruler Atahualpa at Cajamarca starting the Spanish conquest of Peru.
• 1557-1575: French-Portuguese conflict over France Antarctique, a French colony in Rio de Janeiro.
• 1591: Thomas Cavendish, a British corsair, occupied Santos
• 16th c.- 19th c.: War of Arauco.

[edit] 17th century

• 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).

[edit] 18th century

• 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.

• 1810 - 1818 Argentine War of Independence
• 1810 - 1818 Chilean War of Independence
• 1811 - 1823 Venezuelan War of Independence
• 1812 - 1821 Peruvian War of Independence
• 1821 - 1825 Brazilian War of Independence

• 1820 - 1828: The Argentina-Brazil War over the status of future Uruguay occurs.
• 1828 - 1829: Gran Colombia-Peru War.
• 1829 Chilean Revolution of 1829.
• 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
• 1859 - 1863: Federal War in Venezuela.
• 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.
• 1891 Chilean Civil War.
• 1899 – 1902: Colombian Thousand Days War.

[edit] 20th 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.
• 1948 - 1958: La Violencia in Colombia.
• 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.