Conflict and date
Combatant 1
Combatant 2
Result
Eighty Years' War
[a] (
c. 1566–1648)
Geuzen and
Orangist troops (
c. 1566–1570s)
[b]
United Provinces (
c. 1576–1580s)
[c]
Dutch Republic (1581/8–1648)
Allies :
Kingdom of England (
1585–1604 ,
1625–30 )
Kingdom of France (
1595–8 ,
1635–48 )
Duchy of Bouillon (
1593–5 )
Spanish Empire (incl.
Habsburg Netherlands )
Portuguese Empire (1580–1640)
Austrian Habsburgs (
1598 –
1621 )
Allies :
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (
1595 )
Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661)
Dutch Republic
Portugal
Spanish Empire
* Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia * Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa and Macau * Both sides claim victory in India
Beaver Wars 1609–1701
Iroquois League
Supported by :
England
Dutch Republic
*
Huron
Indecisive
Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts 1530–1605 (intermittently)
Sultanate of Ternate
Dutch East India Company (from 1599)
Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
Sultanate of Tidore
Victory
Ming–Qing War (1618-1683)
Victory
Uskok War (1615-1617)
Republic of Venice
Dutch Republic
England
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Croatia
Spain
Victory
Many Uskok pirates executed or exiled; Austrian garrison installed to check Uskoks.
Dutch-Barbary war (1618-1622)
Dutch Republic
Ottoman Algeria
Tunisia
Victory
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621)
Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Dutch Republic
Bandanese fighters
East India Company
Kingdom of England
Victory
Expedition to Algiers (1624)
Dutch Republic
Ottoman Algeria
Victory
Spanish-Siam War (1624–1636)
[2]
[3]
[4]
Siam
Dutch East India Company
Iberian Union
Victory
Siege of Batavia (1628–1629)
Dutch Republic
Mataram Sultanate
Victory
The Mataram siege repelled
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636)
Dutch Republic
Natives of
Mattau ,
Bakloan ,
Soulang , Taccariang and Tevorang
Victory
Increased Dutch area of control
Lamey Island Massacre (1636)
Dutch Republic
Taiwanese militia
Victory
Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638)
Tokugawa shogunate
Dutch Republic
Christian peasant and
ronin rebels
Victory
Cambodian–Dutch War (1643-1644)
Dutch East India Company
Kingdom of Cambodia
Defeat
Kieft's War (1643–1645)
[5]
Dutch Republic
Lenape
Victory
Torstenson War (1643–1645)
Sweden
Dutch Republic
Denmark-Norway
Victory
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538–1640)
Kingdom of Sitawaka
Kingdom of Kandy
Dutch East India Company (from 1638)
Portuguese Empire
Kingdom of Kotte
Victory
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652)
Dutch Republic
Guo Huaiyi's peasant army
Victory
Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668)
Portugal
Dutch Republic (1641-1648)
France (1641–1659)
England (1662–1668)
Spain
Victory
Acclamation of John IV as the new King of Portugal (1640)
The Habsburgs relinquish all claims to the Portuguese Throne
Treaty of Lisbon (1668)
End of the Iberian Union
The Great Ambon War (1651-1656)
Dutch Republic other allies
Sultanate of Ternate other allies
Victory
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654)
Dutch Republic
Commonwealth of England
Inconclusive
[e]
Peach War (1655)
[5]
Dutch Republic
Lenape
Defeat
Outlying Dutch settlements ordered to garrison at
Fort Amsterdam
Staten Island abandoned but eventually retaken and equipped with better defenses.
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)
Denmark–Norway
Dutch Republic
Sweden
Victory
Second Northern War (1655–1660)
Poland (Poland-Lithuania)
Denmark–Norway
Habsburg Monarchy
Russia (1656–58)
Crimean Khanate
Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60)
Dutch Republic
Swedish Empire
Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57)
Principality of Transylvania
Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)
[6]
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Wallachia
Moldavia
Victory
First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660)
Dutch Republic
Khoikhoi militia
Victory
Esopus Wars (1659–1663)
[5]
Dutch settlers
Mohawk
Esopus
Victory
Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1661-1662)
Dutch East India Company
Koxinga 's Ming Loyalists
Defeat
Dano-Dutch War (1661-1665)
Dutch West India Company
Denmark–Norway
England
Defeat
First Tondano War (1661–1664)
Dutch Republic
Minahasan peoples
Victory
Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)-(1774–1777)
Trịnh lords
Dutch East India Company
Tây Sơn rebellion
Nguyễn lords
Portugal
Victory
Makassar War (1666–1669)
Dutch Republic
Sultanate of Gowa
Victory
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)
Dutch Republic
Denmark
France
England
Bishopric of Münster
Victory
Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts (1666-1758)
Dutch East India Company
Zamorin
United Kingdom
Portuguese Empire
English East India Company
Victory
Kandyan-Dutch War (1670-1675)
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Kandy
France
Victory
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)
Dutch Republic
Denmark-Norway
England
France
Bishopric of Münster
Electorate of Cologne
Victory
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678)
Dutch Republic
Holy Roman Empire (from 1673)
Spain (from 1673)
Brandenburg-Prussia (from 1673)
Lorraine (from 1673)
Denmark–Norway (from 1674)
England (1678)
France
England (1672–74)
Münster (1672–1674)
Cologne (1672–1674)
Swedish Empire (from 1674)
Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677)
Dutch Republic
Khoikhoi militia
Victory
Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680)
Mataram Sultanate
Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters
Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677)
Victory
Scanian War (1675-1679)
Denmark-Norway
Dutch Republic
Brandenburg-Prussia
Habsburg Monarchy Supported by:
Scanian insurgents
Swedish Empire
Kingdom of France
Nine Years' War (1688–1697)
Dutch Republic
England
Holy Roman Empire
Spanish Empire
Duchy of Savoy
Scotland
France
Jacobites
Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688)
Phetracha and various Siamese lords
Dutch Republic
Prasat Thong dynasty
Kingdom of France
Victory
Williamite War in Ireland (1689-1691)
Williamites
Dutch Republic
Jacobites
France
Victory
Treaty of Limerick
Withdrawal of remaining Jacobite forces to France
Confirmation of William as King of Ireland
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)
Dutch Republic
Austrian monarchy
Prussia
England (until 1707)
Great Britain (from 1707)
Holy Roman Empire
Piedmont-Savoy
Habsburg Spain
Portugal
France
Spanish monarchy
Bavaria (~1704)
Cologne
Mantua (~1708)
First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707)
Dutch Republic
Mataram Sultanate
Victory
Dutch-Algerian war(1715-1726)
[7]
Dutch Republic
Ottoman Algeria
Victory
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720)
Great Britain
France
Austria
Dutch Republic
Spain
Victory
Jacobite rising of 1719
Great Britain
Dutch Republic
Jacobites
Spain
Victory
Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723)
Dutch Republic
Mataram Sultanate
Rebel Princes
Victory
1740 Batavia massacre (1740)
Dutch Republic
Native Indonesians allies
Chinese Indonesian militia
Military victory Political failure
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
Dutch Republic (1744–48)
Habsburg Monarchy
Great Britain
Hanover
Saxony (1743–45)
Sardinia (1742–48)
Russia (1741–43, 1748)
France
Prussia (1740–42, 1744–45)
Spain
Bavaria (1741–45)
Saxony (1741–42)
Sardinia (1741–42)
Genoa (1745–48)
Sweden (1741–43)
Duchy of Modena
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757)
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Cochin
Kingdom of Travancore
Maratha Empire
Mysore
Military Stalemate
Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743)
Dutch Republic
Joint army of Chinese and Javanese
Victory
Battle of Penfui (1749)
Dutch Republic Timorese allies
Topasses Timorese allies
Victory
Third Javanese War of Succession (1749–1757)
Mataram Sultanate (until 1755)
Dutch Republic
Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755)
Surakarta Sunanate (from 1755)
Anti-Dutch rebels
Victory
Cirebon War (1753–1773)
Dutch Republic
Cirebon Sultanate
Victory
Berbice slave uprising (1763–1764)
Dutch Republic
Arawak and
Carib allies
Army of the Negroes of Berbice
Victory
Kandyan-Dutch war (1764-1766)
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of Kandy
Victory
Dutch-Moroccan War (1775-1777)
Dutch Republic
Sultanate of Morocco
Victory
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
United States
France
Spain
Netherlands
Mysore
Oneida
Tuscarora
Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw
Great Britain
Loyalists
German Auxiliaries
Iroquois
Onondaga
Mohawk
Cayuga
Seneca
Cherokee
Mixed results for the Dutch Republic
First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781)
Dutch Republic
Xhosa militia
Victory
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784)
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of France
Great Britain
Defeat
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784)
Kingdom of Mysore
Kingdom of France
Dutch Republic
East India Company
Great Britain
Stalemate
Status quo ante bellum
Treaty of Mangalore
Kettle War (8 October 1784)
Dutch Republic
Habsburg monarchy
Status quo ante bellum
Patriot–Orangist battles (
c. 1786–1787)
Orangists
Patriots
Inconclusive
Prussian invasion of Holland (late 1787)
Kingdom of Prussia
Orangists
States of Holland
Patriots
Prussian–Orangist victory
Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793)
Dutch Republic
Xhosa militia
Victory
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797)
Holy Roman Empire
Austria
Prussia (until 1795)
Great Britain
French Royalists
Spain (until 1795)
Portugal
Sardinia (until 1796)
Naples
and Sicily
Other Italian states
Dutch Republic
Kingdom of the French (until 1792)
French Republic (from 1792)
Spain (from 1796)
Batavian Republic (from 1795)
French satellite states
Polish Legions (from 1797)
Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic