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List of conflicts in the United States is a timeline of events that includes Indian wars, battles, skirmishes, major terrorist attacks, massacres, and other related items that have occurred in the United States's geographical area, including overseas territories since 1776.
18th century[]
- 1775–1783 American Revolutionary War
- 1777–1794 Chickamauga 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
Nineteenth 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)
- 1835–1836 Texas Revolution
- 1836 Battle of the Alamo
- 1836 Battle of Coleto
- 1836 Battle of San Jacinto
- 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 San Pasqual
- 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 Cedar Mountain
- Second Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Antietam
- Battle of Fredericksburg
- Battle of Stones River
- Battle of Baton Rouge
- 1863
The Battle of Gettysburg
- 1864
- 1865
- Battle of Bentonville
- Battle of Five Forks
- Capture of Richmond
- Battle of Appomattox Court House
- 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
- 1890–1891 Ghost Dance War
- 1892 Johnson County War
- 1898 Spanish-American War
- 1899–1902 Philippine-American War
- 1899–1913 Moro Rebellion
Twentieth 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).
- 1916 German saboteurs destroy ammunition in Jersey City to be used by the Allied forces. The ensuing explosion sends shockwaves through the New York area and kills 7.
- 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.
- 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[]
- Attacks on North America during World War II
- Second Happy Time
- Attacks on US mainland
- Indian massacre
- Indian Wars
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