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This is a list of conflicts in the United States . Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the
late modern period to
contemporary history . This list includes (but is not limited to) the following:
Indian wars ,
skirmishes ,
wars of independence ,
liberation wars ,
colonial wars ,
undeclared wars ,
proxy wars ,
territorial disputes , and
world wars . Also listed might be any
battle that was itself only part of an
operation of a
campaign of a
theater of a
war . There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as:
riots ,
shootouts ,
spree killings ,
massacres ,
terrorist attacks , and
civil wars . The list might also contain episodes of:
human sacrifice ,
mass suicide ,
genocides , and other related items that have occurred within the geographical area (including overseas territories) of what is today known as, the "
United States of America ".
Late modern period
18th century
19th century
October 2, 1835
Battle of Gonzales
October 10, 1835
Battle of Goliad
November 4, 1835
Battle of Lipantitlán
October 28, 1835
Battle of Concepción
November 26, 1835
Grass Fight
October 12 – December 11, 1835
Siege of Béxar
February 27, 1836
Battle of San Patricio
March 2, 1836
Battle of Agua Dulce
February 23 – March 6, 1836
Battle of the Alamo
March 12–15, 1836
Battle of Refugio
The Battle of San Jacinto
March 19–20, 1836
Battle of Coleto
April 21, 1836
Battle of San Jacinto
Contemporary history
20th Century
This covers conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States from
Eurasian powers.
1900–1950
July 6–10, 1903
Evansville race riot
April – July,
1905 Chicago teamsters' strike
June 1, 1906
Cananea strike
September 22–24
Atlanta Massacre of 1906
1910–1919
Border War
April 20, 1914
Ludlow Massacre
1914–1918
World War I
1919
Red Summer
September 16, 1920
Wall Street bombing
November 2–3, 1920
Ocoee massacre
May 31 – June 1, 1921
Tulsa race riot
1912 – 1921
West Virginia coal wars
December 14–15, 1922
Perry race riot
January 1–7, 1923
Rosewood massacre
March 20–23, 1923
Posey War
November 21, 1927
Columbine Mine massacre
1931 July
Red River Bridge War
1931 July 28
Bonus Army protest
1937 March 21
Ponce massacre
1939 – 1945
World War II
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese Attack, 4 June 1942 According to Japanese intelligence, the nearest field for land-based American aircraft was at
Fort Morrow AAF on
Kodiak , more than 600 miles (970 km) away, and Dutch Harbor was a sitting duck for the Japanese fleet, carrying out a coordinated operation with a fleet that was to capture
Midway Island . The Dutch Harbor attack was part of the
Aleutian Islands Campaign .
October 16, 1940 – May 21, 1941
Machita Incident
December 7, 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
February 23, 1942
Bombardment of Ellwood
February 24–25, 1942
Battle of Los Angeles
June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943
Battle of the Aleutian Islands
June 21, 1942
Bombardment of Fort Stevens
July 27, 1942
Lordsburg Killings
September 9–29, 1942
Lookout Air Raids
May 30, 1943
Zoot Suit Riots
August 14, 1944
Fort Lawton Riot
March 12, 1945
Santa Fe Riot
April 16, – September 17, 1945
Project Hula
May 5–6, 1945
Battle of Point Judith
July 8, 1945
Midnight Massacre
1950–2000
October 30, 1950 – March 1, 1954
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency
July 24–26,
1964 Rochester race riot
August 11–17, 1965
Watts Rebellion
July 12–15,
1966 Chicago West Side riots
July 18–23, 1966
Hough riots
June 5, 1967
Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid
Summer of 1967
Long, hot summer of 1967
April 4 – May 27, 1968
King-assassination riots
August 7–8,
1968 Miami riots
August 8-9 1969
Tate–LaBianca murders
August 23–28
1968 Democratic National Convention protests
June 28 – July 3, 1969
Stonewall riots
May 4, 1970
Kent State shootings
May 11–12,
1970 Augusta riot
August 24–27
1970 Memorial Park riot
September 9, 1971
Attica Prison riot
February 27 - May 8 1978
Wounded Knee Occupation
February 2–3, 1980
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
May 17–20,
1980 Miami riots
May 13, 1985
Philadelphia MOVE bombing
January 11–13, 1983
Shannon Street massacre
April 29,
1992 Los Angeles riots
February 26,
1993 World Trade Center bombing
August 21–31, 1992
Ruby Ridge standoff
February 28 – April 19, 1993
Waco siege
January 6 – 7, 1995
Bojinka plot
April 19, 1995
Oklahoma City bombing
February 28, 1997
North Hollywood shootout
March 19 – 20, 1997
Heaven's Gate mass suicide
November 30 - December 3,
1999 Seattle WTO Protests
21st century
This includes domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another.
2001–2021
War on Terror
September 11, 2001,
September 11 attacks
May 8,
2007 Fort Dix attack plot
November 5,
2009 Fort Hood shooting
April 15, 2013
Boston Marathon bombing
April 2,
2014 Fort Hood shootings
December 2,
2015 San Bernardino attack
June 12, 2016
Orlando nightclub shooting
October 31,
2017 New York City truck attack
December 6, 2019
Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting
February 3–12, 2013,
Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt
April 5 – May 2014
Bundy standoff
August 9 – December 2, 2014
Ferguson unrest
April 18 – May 3, 2015,
Baltimore protests
June 17, 2015
Charleston church shooting
January 1 – February 16, 2016
occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
April 2016 – February 2017
Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
June 26, 2016
Sacramento riot
February – September
2017 Berkeley riots
August 11–12, 2017
Unite the Right rally
October 1,
2017 Las Vegas shooting
November 5, 2017
Sutherland Springs church shooting
October 27, 2018
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
August 3,
2019 El Paso shooting
September 17–21, 2019,
Storm Area 51
May 25,
2020–2023 United States racial unrest
May 26, 2020 – June 20, 2021,
George Floyd Square occupied protest
August 26–31,
2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot
January 6, 2021,
United States Capitol attack
October 25, 2023,
Lewiston shootings
January 11, 2024-present,
Standoff at Eagle Pass
See also
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories