List of wars involving Austria

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

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 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 Moldavia
Hungary (Kingdom of Szapolyai's)
Defeat
1529 Siege of Vienna Empire of Charles V:
  • Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

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

 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Moldavia 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 Denmark-Norway (1643-1645)

Sweden Sweden

 France
 Bohemia
Denmark Denmark-Norway (1625-1629)
 Saxony
 United Provinces
Electorate of the 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
Russia 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
Portugal Kingdom of Portugal
Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain
 Kingdom of France
Bavaria 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
  • includes the First Silesian War and the Second Silesian War.
 Great Britain
Province of Hanover Hanover
 Dutch Republic
 Saxony (1743–45)
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Russia
(1741–43) (1748)
 Kingdom of Prussia
(1740–42) (1744–45)
Spain Kingdom of Spain (1740-1746)
 Kingdom of France
Bavaria Bavaria (1741–45)
 Saxony (1741–42)
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily
 Republic of Genoa
Sweden Sweden (1741–43)
Defeat
1756 1763 Seven Years' War
  • includes the Third Silesian War.
 France
Russia Russia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Saxony
 Prussia
 Great Britain
Province of Hanover Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Kingdom of Portugal
Hesse 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
1792 1797 War of the First Coalition  Holy Roman Empire
 Prussia
 Great Britain
Kingdom of France French Royalists
Spain Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples and Sicily
Other Italian states
 Ottoman Empire
 Dutch Republic
France French Republic

Poland Polish Legions
French client states

Defeat
1798 1802 War of the Second Coalition  Russia

 Great Britain
Kingdom of France French Royalists
Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Ottoman Empire

France French Republic

 Spain
Denmark Denmark-Norway
Poland 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 the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of Naples
Portugal
 Sweden

France First French Empire

French client states

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

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia
Black Brunswickers

France First French Empire

French client states

Defeat
1813 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition  Russia
 Prussia
 United Kingdom
 Sweden
Spain Spain
Portugal
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
 Sardinia
France 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
Province of Hanover Hanover
Nassau
Brunswick
 Sweden
 United Netherlands
 Spain
Portugal
 Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sicily
Tuscany Tuscany
Switzerland Switzerland
Kingdom of France French Royalists

France First French Empire
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples
Victory
1820 1821 Carbonari uprisings of 1820–1821 Carbonari Victory
1839 1841 Second Egyptian-Ottoman War Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire

United Kingdom British Empire
Russian Empire Russian Empire

Egypt

France Kingdom of the French
Spain Spanish Empire

Victory
15 March 1848 1849 Hungarian Revolution of 1848  Russia Hungary Victory
23 March 1848 24 March 1849 First Italian War of Independence Kingdom of Sardinia
Tuscany Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Briefly allied with:
Papal States
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Victory
29 April 1859 11 July 1859 Second Italian War of Independence Piedmont-Sardinia Kingdom of Sardinia

France Second French Empire

Defeat
  • Armistice of Villafranca
1 February 1864 30 October 1864 Second Schleswig War  Prussia  Denmark Victory
14 June 1866 23 August 1866 Austro-Prussian War German Confederation:

 Saxony
 Bavaria
 Baden
 Württemberg
 Hanover
Hesse-Darmstadt
Hesse 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
29 July 1878 20 October 1878 Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Ottoman Empire Victory
2 November 1899 7 September 1901 Boxer Rebellion Eight-Nation Alliance:

 Japan
 Russia
 United Kingdom
France 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 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

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Fall of Taliban régime

Ongoing Taliban insurgency

See also