List of wars involving Austria

This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.

Contents

Archduchy of Austria (1156-1804)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1189 1192 Third Crusade Crusaders:
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Holy Roman Empire
Ayyubids
Zengids

Seljuk Empire

Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Sicily
Victory
1213 1221 Fifth Crusade Crusaders:
Latin Empire of Constantinople
Kingdom of Cyprus

Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm

Holy Roman Empire
Knights Templar
Teutonic Knights
Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Hungary
County of Holland
Kingdom of France
Papal States
Egyptians:
Ayyubids
Defeat
1527 1528 Hungarian campaign of 1527–1528 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Bohemia
Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)
Papal States
Hungary (Kingdom of Ferdinand's)
Voivodian Serbs
 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Moldavia
Hungary (Kingdom of Szapolyai's)
Victory
1529 Balkan campaign of 1529 Holy Roman Empire
Spain
Bohemia
Papal States
Croatia
Hungary (Kingdom of Ferdinand's)
 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Moldavia
Hungary (Kingdom of Szapolyai's)
Defeat
1529 Siege of Vienna Empire of Charles V:

With German, Spanish, Czech, Polish, and Lipka Tatar mercenaries

 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Moldavia
Victory
1530 1552 Little War in Hungary  Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
Papal States
 Bohemia
Kingdom of Croatia
Hungarian Kingdom of Ferdinand's
 Ottoman Empire
 Moldavia
Hungarian Kingdom of Szapolyai's
 Wallachia
Serbian Despotate
 France
Inconclusive
1593 1604 Long War (Ottoman wars)  Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Kingdom of Bohemia

Transylvania
 Wallachia
 Moldavia
Zaporozhian Host
 Spain
Serbian rebels
 Papal States
 Venice
 Saxony
Tuscany
Persia
Knights of St. Stephen
Bulgarian rebels
Duchy of Ferrara
Duchy of Mantua
Republic of Ragusa
 Duchy of Savoy
 Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Nogai Khanate
Defeat
1618 1648 Thirty Years' War  Holy Roman Empire

Spain and its possessions
Denmark-Norway (1643-1645)

Sweden

 France
 Bohemia
Denmark-Norway (1625-1629)
 Saxony
 United Provinces
Electoral Palatinate

Brunswick-Lüneburg

 England
 Scotland
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels
 Ottoman Empire

Defeat
1663 1664 Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664)  Ottoman Empire Defeat
1683 1699 Great Turkish War  Holy Roman Empire
Tsardom of Russia
Cossack Hetmanate
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
 Republic of Venice
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
Albanian rebels
Serb rebels
Greek rebels
 Spain
 Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate
Victory
1688 1697 Nine Years' War Grand Alliance:
 Dutch Republic
 England
 Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
 Piedmont-Savoy
 Sweden (until 1691)
 Scotland
 France
 Irish Jacobites
Inconclusive
1701 1714 War of the Spanish Succession Spain loyal to Archduke Charles
 Habsburg Monarchy
 England
 Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
 Duchy of Savoy
 Prussia
Kingdom of Portugal
Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain
 Kingdom of France
Electorate of Bavaria
Inconclusive
1716 1718 Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718  Ottoman Empire Victory
1718 1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance  Great Britain
 France
 Holy Roman Empire
 Dutch Republic
 Savoy
 Spain Victory
1735 1739 Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) Russian Empire

 Habsburg Empire

 Ottoman Empire Defeat
16 December 1740 18 October 1748 War of the Austrian Succession  Great Britain
Hanover
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Russia
(1741–43) (1748)
 Kingdom of Prussia
(1740–42) (1744–45)
Kingdom of Spain (1740-1746)
 Kingdom of France
Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Naples and Sicily
 Republic of Genoa
Sweden (1741–43)
Defeat
1756 1763 Seven Years' War  France
Russia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Saxony
 Prussia
 Great Britain
Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 Portugal
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe
Iroquois Confederacy
Defeat
1778 1779 War of the Bavarian Succession  Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
Inconclusive
1787 1791 Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791)  Ottoman Empire Inconclusive
1799 1802 War of the First Coalition  Holy Roman Empire
 Prussia
 Great Britain
French Royalists
Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Naples and Sicily
Other Italian states
 Ottoman Empire
 Dutch Republic
French Republic

Polish Legions
French client states

Defeat
1799 1802 War of the Second Coalition  Russia

 Great Britain
French Royalists
Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Ottoman Empire

French Republic

 Spain
Denmark-Norway
Polish Legions
French client states

Defeat

Austrian Empire (1804-1867)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding the Austrian Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1803 1806 War of the Third Coalition  Russian Empire

 United Kingdom
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Naples
Portugal
 Sweden

First French Empire

French client states

Defeat
10 April 1809 14 October 1809 War of the Fifth Coalition  United Kingdom

Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers

First French Empire

French client states

Defeat
1813 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition  Russia
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Sicily
 Sardinia
First French Empire

French client states

Victory
20 March 1815 8 July 1815 War of the Seventh Coalition Seventh Coalition:

 Russian Empire
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
Hanover
Nassau
Brunswick
 Sweden
 United Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
Switzerland
French Royalists

First French Empire
Naples
Victory
23 March 1848 24 March 1849 First Italian War of Independence Kingdom of Sardinia
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Briefly allied with:
Papal States
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Victory
29 April 1859 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence Kingdom of Sardinia

Second French Empire

Defeat
14 June 1866 23 August 1866 Austro-Prussian War German Confederation:

 Saxony
 Bavaria
 Baden
 Württemberg
 Hanover

Hesse-Darmstadt

Hesse-Kassel

Reuss Elder Line
Saxe-Meiningen
Schaumburg-Lippe
Nassau
Free City of Frankfurt
 Prussia

 Italy

Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Oldenburg
Anhalt

 Brunswick

Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Lippe
Schwarzburg
Waldeck
Bremen
Hamburg
Lübeck
Defeat

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding the Austro-Hungarian Empire) Outcome
Allies Enemies
2 November 1899 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion Eight-Nation Alliance:

 Japan
 Russia
 United Kingdom
France
 United States
 Germany
 Italy

Righteous Harmony Society

 Qing Empire

Victory
1914 1918 World War I Central Powers

 Germany
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria (1915–18)

Allies:

France
 British Empire
 Russia (1914–17)
 Italy
 United States (1917–18)
 Serbia
and others

Defeat,the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.

Modern Austria

Start Finish Name of Conflict Belligerents (excluding Austria) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1939 1945 World War II Axis powers
Allies Defeat, Austria recovers independence from Germany.
2001 ongoing War in Afghanistan  Afghanistan

 United States

ISAF
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Fall of Taliban régime

Ongoing Taliban insurgency

See also