List of civil wars

This is a list of civil wars.

Past civil wars (alphabetical)

• Algerian Civil War, 1991–2002
• American Civil War, 1861–1865
• Austrian Civil War, February 12 to February 16, 1934
• Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1858
• Boshin War (Japan), 1868–1869
• Cambodian Civil War ,1970–1975
• Carlist Wars (Spain), 1833–1839, 1846–1849, 1872–1876
• Chilean Civil War, 1891
• Chinese Civil War, 1928–1937, 1945–1949
• Colombian Civil War, 1860-1862
• Costa Rica Civil War, 1948
• List of English civil wars
  • The Anarchy, 1135–1153 (refers to the disorder during the reign of King Stephen of England)
  • Wars of the Roses, c. 1455–1485
  • English Civil War, 1642–1651
• Finnish Civil War, 1918
• First Islamic Civil War, 656–661
• French Wars of Religion, 1562–1598
• Genpei War (Japan), 1180–1185
• Greek Civil War, 1946–1949
• Guatemalan Civil War, 1960–1996
• Hukbalahap insurgency in the Philippines, 1946-1954
• Hussite wars (Bohemia), 1419–1437
• Irish Civil War, 1922–1923
• Irish Confederate Wars some parts of which were a civil war.
• Jementah Civil War, 1879
• Klang War; also known as Selangor Civil War, 1867–1874
• La Violencia (Colombia), 1948-1958
• Later Three Kingdoms, 892–936
• Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1990
• Liberian Civil War, 1990–1997
• Mozambican Civil War, see Rome General Peace Accords, 1975–1992
• Musket Wars (New Zealand), early 19th century
• Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970
• Norwegian Civil War era, 1130–1240
• Ōnin War (Japan), 1467–1477
• Ottoman Civil War, 1509-1512
• Pakistani Civil War, 1971
• Palestinian Civil Wars, 1936–1939, 1947–1948
• Paraguayan Civil War, 1947
• Peasants' War (Germany), 1524–1525
• Peruvian Civil War, 1980-2000
• Portuguese Civil War, 1828–1834
• Rokosz of Lubomirski, 1665–1666 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Rokosz of Zebrzydowski, 1606–1609 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Roman Republican civil wars, List of Roman Republic and Empire Civil Wars
• Romania had a brief civil war in 1989, after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu, between Communists and those against the former regime.
• Russian Civil War, 1917–1921
• Rwandan Civil War, 1990-1994
• Salvadoran Civil War (El Salvador), 1979–1991 — see also History of El Salvador
• Satsuma Rebellion (Japan), 1877
• Second Islamic Civil War, 683-685
• Secret War(Laos) 1962–1975
• Sengoku Period (Japan), 1467–1615
• Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
• Taiping Civil War (China), 1851–1864
• The Brothers' Civil War, 1067–1072 (The war between King Alfonso of León and King Sancho of Castile)
• Three Kingdoms Period 220–280 (This is something of an international conflict, but the Emperors of all three kingdoms claimed legitimate succession from the Han dynasty, thus making it a civil war)
• Thousand Days Civil War (Colombia), 1899-1902
• Uruguayan Civil War, 1839-1851
• Vietnamese Civil War, 1954–1975
• Warring States Period (China), 475–221 BC (this is not universally considered a civil war, but rather an international conflict. However, each of the combatant states nominally acknowledged the authority of the Zhou kings of China, thus bringing them into one kingdom. This ended in 256 BCE, however this was a mere 35 years before the end of conflict)
• War of Reform (Mexico) 1857–1861
• War of the two brothers (Inca Empire) 1527–1532
• Wars of Scottish Independence, late 13th century/early 14th century
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms (England, Ireland, Scotland) 1639–1651 involved a number of civil wars)
• Yugoslavian civil war 1991–1995
• Zulu Civil War, 1817–1819

Past civil wars (chronological by starting date)

• Warring States Period (China), 475–221 BCE (this is not universally considered a civil war, but rather an international conflict. However, each of the combatant states nominally acknowledged the authority of the Zhou kings of China, thus bringing them into one kingdom. This ended in 256 BCE, however this was a mere 35 years before the end of conflict)
• The Civil War of Carthage, 309–308 BCE
• The Mercenary War, 241–237 BCE
• Roman Republican civil wars, List of Roman Republic and Empire Civil Wars
• Three Kingdoms period, 184–280 The Han dynasty disintigrates into a period of warlordism after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and then, from 220–280, an extended conflict between three competing successor states.
• First Islamic Civil War, 656–661
• Later Three Kingdoms period, 892–936 The Kingdom of Silla of Korea was lost control of peninsula and the nation was divided by various warlords, until Wang Gun unifies the country.
• The Brothers' Civil War, 1067–1072 (The war between King Alfonso of León and King Sancho of Castile)
• Civil war era in Norway, 1130–1240
• The Anarchy, 1135–1153 (refers to the disorder during the reign of King Stephen of England)
• Genpei War (Japan), 1180–1185
• Hussite Wars (Bohemia), 1420–1434
• Great Feudal War in Russia, 1425–1453
• English Wars of the Roses, c. 1455–1485
• Ōnin War (Japan), 1467–1477
• Sengoku Period (Japan), 1467–1615
• Ottoman Civil War, 1509-1512
• Peasants' War (Germany), 1524–1525
• War of the two brothers (Inca Empire), 1527–1532
• French Wars of Religion, 1562–1598
• Rokosz of Zebrzydowski, 1606–1609 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Wars of the Three Kingdoms (England, Ireland, Scotland) 1639–1651 involved a number of civil wars:
  • Irish Confederate Wars some parts of which were a civil war.
  • English Civil War, 1642–1651
  • Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, to some extent a civil war, 1644–1652
    • First English Civil War 1642–1646
    • Second English Civil War 1648–1649
    • Third English Civil War 1650–1651
• Rokosz of Lubomirski, 1665–1666 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• War of Reform (Mexico) 1857–1861
• Zulu Civil War, 1817–1819
• Māori War (New Zealand) 1845–1872
• Taiping Civil War (China), 1851–1864
• Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1858
• American Civil War, 1861–1865
• Klang War; also known as Selangor Civil War, 1867–1874
• Boshin War (Japan), 1868–1869
• Satsuma Rebellion (Japan), 1877
• Jementah Civil War, 1879
• Chilean Civil War, 1891
• Russian Civil War, 1917–1921
• Finnish Civil War, 1918
• Irish Civil War, 1922–1923
• Chinese Civil War, 1928–1937, 1945–1949
• Austrian Civil War, February 12 to February 16, 1934
• Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
• Greek Civil War, 1946–1949
• Paraguayan Civil War, 1947
• Palestinian Civil War, 1947–48
• Costa Rica Civil War, 1948
• Colombian Civil War, 1948–1958
• Vietnamese Civil War, 1954–1975
• Guatemalan Civil War, 1960–1996
• Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970
• Pakistani Civil War, 1971
• Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1990
• Mozambican Civil War, see Rome General Peace Accords, 1975–1992
• Sandinista Civil War, 1979–1989
• Salvadoran Civil War (El Salvador), 1979–1991
• Peruvian Civil War, 1980-2000
• Albanian rebellion in Macedonia 1999
• Afghan Civil War, 1992–2008
• First Congo War, 1996–1997
• Second Congo War, 1998–2002

Contemporary civil wars

The following civil wars are ongoing or ended in the past decade, as of 2006. Some of them may be classified as insurrections, etc., rather than full civil wars, as they fade into the past.

• Afghan Civil War, 1992–2001, armed conflicts persist
• Algerian Civil War, 1991–2002, conflicts persist
• Angolan Civil War, 1974–1989, 1995–1997, 1998–2002
• Burundi Civil War, 1988–1991, 1993–2005
• Cabindan Civil War, Angola, 1975–2006
• Cambodia, 1978–1993, 1997–1998
• Casamance Conflict, Senegal, 1990–present
• Colombian armed conflict, 1964–present
• Congo Civil War, 1996–1997, 1998–2003
• Côte d'Ivoire Civil War, 1999–2000, 2002–present
• Darfur Conflict, Sudan, 2003–present
• East Timor/Indonesia, 1975–1999
• Georgian Civil War, Abkhazia, South Ossetia in Georgia, 1988–present
• Guatemalan Civil War, 1960–1996
• Guinea-Bissau Civil War, 1998–1999
• Haiti Rebellion, 2004
• Internal conflict in Peru, 1981-present (once extremely violent communist insurgency, which has largely wound down since 2000).
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1948-present
• Islamic insurgency in the Philippines, 1969-present
• Iraq Civil War, 2003(?)–present
• Kashmir Conflict, 1989–present
• Kurdistan, Kurdish Democratic Party, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, 1961–1970, 1988–2003
• Liberian Civil War, 1989–1996, 1999–2003
• Nepalese Civil War, 1996–2006
• Communist insurgency of the New People's Army in the Philippines, 1969-present
• Northern Irish civil war, 1969–1998 (Considered ongoing by extremist minority groups)
• Palestinian Civil War, 2006–present
• Rwandan Civil War, 1990–1994
• Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991–2002
• Somali Civil War, 1991–present
• Sri Lankan Civil War, 1983–present
• Sudanese Civil War, 1955–1972, 1983–2005
• Tajikistan Civil War, 1992–1997
• Ugandan Civil War, 1987–present
• Yemen Civil War, 1979–1989, 1994, 2000s
• Yugoslavian civil war, 1991–1995, Breakup — Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia (1st NATO intervention), Kosovo (2nd NATO intervention), Preševo valley, Macedonia — Kosovo War 1996–1999

See also

• List of coups d'état and coups attempts
• List of revolutions and rebellions
• List of English civil wars
• Ongoing wars