List of wars involving Brazil

This article is about post-colonial Brazil. For a list of wars in colonial Brazil, see List of wars involving Portugal.

For a list of rebellions and revolutions, see List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil.

This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	King
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816–1820)	Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves	Federal League Entre Ríos Misiones Corrientes Santa Fe Córdoba	Victory Annexation of the Banda Oriental.	John VI

Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Emperor
Brazilian War of Independence (1822–1825)	Brazil	Portugal	Victory Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)	Pedro I
Confederation of the Equator (1824)	Brazil	Confederates	Loyalist victory Execution of confederate leader Frei Caneca.
Cisplatine War (1825–1828)	Brazil	United Provinces Thirty-Three Orientals	Stalemate Preliminary Peace Convention
Cabanagem (1835–1840)	Brazil	Rebels	Loyalist victory Devastation of the economy of Grão-Pará Province; Death of roughly 20% of the population in the province.	Pedro II
Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)	Brazil	Riograndense Republic Juliana Republic	Loyalist victory Treaty of Poncho Verde
Sabinada (1837–1838)	Brazil	Bahia Republic	Loyalist victory Revolt suppressed.
Platine War (1851–1852)	Brazil Defense Government Entre Ríos Corrientes Santa Fe	Argentina Cerrito Government Federalists	Victory End of Juan Manuel de Rosas' government; Emergence of Brazil as the hegemonic power in the Platine region.
Uruguayan War (1864–1865)	Brazil Colorados Unitarians Argentina	Uruguay Blancos Federalists Supported by: Paraguay	Victory Takeover of the Uruguayan government by the Colorado Party; Invasion of Brazilian and Argentine provinces by Paraguay, prompting the start of the Paraguayan War.
Paraguayan War (1864–1870)	Brazil Argentina Uruguay	Paraguay	Victory Loizaga–Cotegipe Treaty

Brazilian Republic (1889–)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President
Federalist Revolution (1893–1895)	Brazilian government Rio Grande do Sul	Federalists Navy mutineers	Government victory Permanence of Júlio de Castilhos as governor of Rio Grande do Sul.	Floriano Peixoto
War of Canudos (1896–1897)	Brazilian government	Canudos inhabitants	Government victory Total destruction of Canudos; Death of most of the population in the settlement.	Prudente de Morais
Acre War (1899–1903)	Republic of Acre Supported by: Brazil Amazonas	Bolivia	Victory Treaty of Petrópolis	Campos Sales Rodrigues Alves
Contestado War (1912–1916)	Brazilian government Paraná Santa Catarina	Rebels	Government victory Revolt suppressed.	Hermes da Fonseca
				Venceslau Brás
First World War (1914–1918) (Limited involvement, 1917–1918)	France United Kingdom Russia United States Italy Japan Brazil and others	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria and others	Victory Fall of the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires; Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East; Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers; Establishment of the League of Nations, which led to the creation of the United Nations.
Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)	Brazilian government	Constitutionalists São Paulo Maracaju Frente Única Gaúcha	Government military victory Surrender of the revolutionary forces; Promulgation of a new constitution, the main goal of the uprising, in 1934.	Getúlio Vargas
Second World War (1939–1945) (Limited involvement, 1942–1945)	United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China Brazil and others	Germany Italy Japan and others	Victory Collapse of Nazi Germany and fall of the Italian and Japanese empires; Creation of the United Nations; Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers; Beginning of the Cold War.
Dominican Civil War (1965)	Loyalists United States IAPF Brazil Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras	Constitutionalists	Victory Deposition of Juan Bosch; Election of Joaquín Balaguer as the new president of the Dominican Republic.	Humberto Castelo Branco

See also

• Military history of Brazil

Bibliography

• Fausto, Boris; Fausto, Sérgio (2022). História Concisa do Brasil. EDUSP. ISBN 978-85-3141-582-1.
• Halperín Donghi, Tulio (2007). The Contemporary History of Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-08-2231-374-8.