List of conflicts in the United States
For a list of wars before the creation of the United States, see List of conflicts in British America.
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List of conflicts in the United States is a timeline of events that includes Indian wars, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the United States's geographical area, including overseas territories since 1775.
18th century
- 1775–1783 American Revolutionary War
- 1775
- 1776
- 1777
- 1778
- 1779
- 1780
- 1781
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown
- 1777–1794 Cherokee–American wars
- 1783–1788 Second Pennamite War between settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania in Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania
- 1785–1795 Northwest Indian War
- 1786–1787 Shays' Rebellion
- 1791–1794 Whiskey Rebellion
- 1798–1800 Quasi-War, an undeclared naval war with France
19th century
- 1804 Battle of Sitka Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
- 1811 Tecumseh's War
- 1812–1815 War of 1812
- 1812
- 1813
- 1814
- 1815
- 1813–1814 Creek War
- 1817–1818 First Seminole War
- 1827 Winnebago War
- 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion
- 1832 Black Hawk War
- 1835–1842 Second Seminole War
- 1835–1836 Toledo War (bloodless)
- 1838 Missouri Mormon War
- 1838–1839 Aroostook War
- 1839 Honey War (bloodless)
- 1841–1842 Dorr War
- 1845 Milwaukee Bridge War
- 1846–1848 Mexican–American War
- 1846 Battle of Palo Alto
- 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma
- 1846 Occupation of Santa Fe
- 1846 Battle of Monterey
- 1846 Siege of Los Angeles
- 1846 Battle of San Pasqual
- 1846 Battle of Rio San Gabriel
- 1848–1855 Cayuse War
- 1854–1858 Bleeding Kansas
- 1855–1858 Third Seminole War
- 1857–1858 Utah War
- 1859 Pig War
- 1860 Pyramid Lake War
- 1861–1865 American Civil War
- 1861
- 1862
- Battle of Roanoke Island
- Battle of Fort Donelson
- Battle of Pea Ridge
- Battle of Hampton Roads
- Battle of Shiloh
- Battle of Island Number 10
- Battle of Fair Oaks
- Battle of Memphis
- Battle of Cross Keys
- Battle of Port Republic
- Seven Days' Battles
- Battle of Baton Rouge
- Battle of Cedar Mountain
- Second Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Antietam
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Stones River
- 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg - 1864
- 1865
- 1862 Dakota War of 1862
- 1863–1865 Colorado War
- 1864 Sand Creek Massacre
- 1866–1868 Red Cloud's War
- 1867–1875 Comanche War
- 1872–1873 Modoc War
- 1876–1877 Black Hills War
- 1877 Nez Percé War
- 1878 Lincoln County War
- 1882 Pleasant Valley War
- 1890–1891 Ghost Dance War
- 1889–1893 Johnson County War
- 1878–1900 Colorado Range War
- 1891–1893 Garza Revolution
- 1898 Spanish–American War
- 1898 Battle of Manila Bay
- 1898 Battle of Yauco
- 1898 Battle of Guayama
- 1898 Battle of Coamo
- 1899–1902 Philippine–American War
- 1899–1913 Moro Rebellion
20th century
- 1914–1918 World War I
- 1914 A Japanese fleet captured the Mariana Islands from Germany without any loss of life. This is notable as the only land action fought during World War I that took place on what is now U.S. soil (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands).
- 1917 The U.S. enters the war.
- 1918 German submarine SM U-156 attacks the port of Orleans, Massachusetts on July 21, sinking several small vessels, in an action which became known as the Bombardment of Orleans.
- 1915 Bandit War
- 1916 Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa leads a night raid on the New Mexico border town of Columbus.
- 1941–1945 World War II
- 1941 Japanese surprise attack on American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1942 Bombardment of Fort Stevens, Oregon by Japanese submarine I-25
- 1942 The Lookout Air Raids by a floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25; incendiary bombs were dropped but did not start a forest fire in Oregon
- 1941–1945 Mostly during a period known as the "Second Happy Time", numerous American warships and merchant vessels sunk in American territorial waters by German U-boats.
- 1942–1943 World War II Battle of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
- 1944–1945 Fire balloon bombing of the US by Japanese balloon bombs: six civilians killed, minor damage inflicted.
See also
- American Theater (World War II)
- Second Happy Time
- Attacks on US mainland
- Indian massacre
- Indian Wars
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