frontier conflicts between American, Canadian and European settlers and Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1609 — 1923; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1609 — 1614
First Anglo-Powhatan War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6086412 - May 1609 — October 1646
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q1342672 - July 1609 — August 1701
Beaver Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q856216 - 29 July 1609
Iroquois War ↗
Source · Q2890910 - 19 June 1610
Battle of Sorel ↗
Source · Q16208744 - July 1636 — September 1638
Pequot War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1207617 - 23 February 1643 — 30 August 1645
Kieft's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1377132 - 15 September 1655
Peach Tree War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1546544 - September 1659 — September 1663
Esopus Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q1367977 - 1675 — 1677
Chowanoc War
On the map ↗ Source · Q124518156 - 20 June 1675 — 12 April 1678
King Philip's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q862257 - August 1675 — 1676
Attack on Springfield ↗
Source · Q4818005 - 2 August 1675 — 4 August 1675
Wheeler's Surprise ↗
Source · Q7992172 - 18 September 1675
Battle of Bloody Brook ↗
Source · Q885253 - 19 December 1675
Great Swamp Fight ↗
Source · Q5600061 - 21 April 1676
Attack on Sudbury ↗
Source · Q4818009 - 19 May 1676
Battle of Turner's Falls ↗
Source · Q4872610 - April 1688 — September 1697
King William's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1070342 - September 1688
Battle of Fort Albany ↗
Source · Q2888522 - 27 June 1689 — 28 June 1689
Raid on Dover ↗
Source · Q7283744 - 2 August 1689 — 3 August 1689
Siege of Pemaquid ↗
Source · Q7510302 - 21 September 1689
Battle of Brackett's Wood ↗
Source · Q106412661 - 16 October 1689
Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains ↗
Source · Q16208754 - 1690s — 1710s
Coree War
On the map ↗ Source · Q140468184 - 1690
Battle of Fort Loyal ↗
Source · Q4871051 - 27 March 1690
Raid on Salmon Falls ↗
Source · Q7283760 - 19 May 1690
Battle of Port Royal ↗
Source · Q4872090 - 3 June 1690
Battle of Chedabucto ↗
Source · Q4870722 - 16 October 1690
Battle of Quebec ↗
Source · Q1708064 - 11 August 1691
Battle of La Prairie ↗
Source · Q2889100 - 22 September 1691
Naval battle off St. John ↗
Source · Q17305537 - 10 June 1692 — 13 June 1692
Raid on Wells ↗
Source · Q5931014 - 1693
Battle of Fort Albany ↗
Source · Q4871031 - 7 February 1693
Battle of Wilton ↗
Source · Q24204942 - 18 July 1694
Raid on Oyster River ↗
Source · Q14474392 - 14 September 1694 — 14 October 1694
Capture of York Factory ↗
Source · Q2937687 - 14 July 1696
Battle of Fundy Bay ↗
Source · Q2890597 - 14 August 1696 — 15 August 1696
Siege of Pemaquid ↗
Source · Q2937688 - 20 September 1696 — 29 September 1696
Raid on Chignecto ↗
Source · Q5934341 - 18 October 1696 — 20 October 1696
Siege of Fort Nashwaak ↗
Source · Q4392917 - 4 August 1701
Great Peace of Montreal
On the map ↗ Source · Q326028 - 1702
Battle of Flint River ↗
Source · Q4871024 - 8 March 1702 — 13 July 1713
Queen Anne's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q869045 - August 1702 — October 1702
Newfoundland Expedition ↗
Source · Q5977822 - 10 November 1702 — 30 December 1702
Siege of St. Augustine ↗
Source · Q12717504 - 10 August 1703 — 19 August 1703
Battle of Falmouth ↗
Source · Q17515458 - 1704
Raid on Grand Pré ↗
Source · Q2866993 - 29 February 1704
Raid on Deerfield ↗
Source · Q3046548 - 18 August 1704
Battle of Bonavista ↗
Source · Q134108604 - 1 February 1705 — 5 March 1705
Siege of St. John's ↗
Source · Q5928017 - September 1706
Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q5082999 - 6 June 1707 — 17 June 1707
Siege of Port Royal ↗
Source · Q3079017 - 12 August 1707 — 20 August 1707
Siege of Pensacola ↗
Source · Q12717505 - 22 August 1707 — 1 September 1707
Siege of Port-Royal ↗
Source · Q72805781 - 28 November 1707 — 30 November 1707
Second Siege of Pesacola ↗
Source · Q72311205 - 29 August 1708
Raid on Haverhill ↗
Source · Q2382755 - 1 January 1709
Battle of St. John's ↗
Source · Q3403846 - 26 June 1709
Battle of Fort Albany ↗
Source · Q4871032 - 5 October 1710 — 13 October 1710
Siege of Port Royal ↗
Source · Q3078994 - 10 June 1711 — 21 June 1711
Battle of Bloody Creek ↗
Source · Q4870505 - 22 August 1711
Quebec Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q732992 - 10 September 1711 — 11 February 1715
Tuscarora War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2038126 - 1712 — 1733
Fox Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q5477039 - 1715 — 1717
Yamasee War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1520241 - 1721 — 1763
Chickasaw Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q495858 - July 1722
Battle of Winnepang ↗
Source · Q2756168 - 25 July 1722 — 15 December 1725
Father Rale's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1265114 - 1723
Northeast Coast Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q7057851 - 23 August 1724
Battle of Norridgewock ↗
Source · Q4871908 - 9 May 1725
Battle of Pequawket ↗
Source · Q4872015 - 1747 — 1750
Choctaw Civil War
On the map ↗ Source · Q60742221 - 19 August 1782
Battle of Blue Licks ↗
Source · Q325486 - August 1810 — October 1813
Tecumseh's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q325314 - 7 November 1811
Battle of Tippecanoe ↗
Source · Q379346 - 4 September 1814 — 5 September 1814
Battle of Credit Island ↗
Source · Q132760649 - 24 May 1815
Battle of the Sink Hole ↗
Source · Q4873014 - 1816 — 1818
First Seminole War
On the map ↗ Source · Q16009484 - 1816 — 1858
Seminole Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q900693 - 27 July 1816
Negro Fort ↗
Source · Q4871874 - 15 December 1817
Battle of Ocheesee ↗
Source · Q54322448 - 12 April 1818
Battle of Econfina River ↗
Source · Q139854705 - 1820 — 1882
Texas–Indian Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q474891 - August 1823
Arikara War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4122579 - 27 June 1827 — 22 September 1827
Winnebago War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4256410 - 21 November 1831
San Sabá fight (1831) ↗
Source · Q125398484 - May 1832 — August 1832
Black Hawk War
On the map ↗ Source · Q879980 - 14 May 1832
Battle of Stillman's Run ↗
Source · Q4872440 - 16 June 1832
Battle of Horseshoe Bend ↗
Source · Q4871245 - 18 June 1832
Battle of Waddams Grove ↗
Source · Q4872702 - 24 June 1832
Battle of Apple River Fort ↗
Source · Q4870319 - 25 June 1832
Battle of Kellogg's Grove ↗
Source · Q4871409 - 21 July 1832
Battle of Wisconsin Heights ↗
Source · Q4872744 - 1 August 1832 — 2 August 1832
Battle of Bad Axe ↗
Source · Q4870377 - 23 December 1835 — 14 August 1842
Second Seminole War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2976715 - 28 December 1835
Dade Massacre ↗
Source · Q5208045 - 31 December 1835
Battle of Ouithlacoochie ↗
Source · Q4871959 - 18 September 1836
Battle of San Felasco Hammock ↗
Source · Q16933103 - 21 November 1836 — December 1836
Battle of Wahoo Swamp ↗
Source · Q4872705 - 25 December 1837
Battle of Lake Okeechobee ↗
Source · Q4871527 - 15 January 1838
Battle of Jupiter Inlet ↗
Source · Q4871354 - 22 March 1838
Battle of Pine Island Ridge ↗
Source · Q4872043 - 23 July 1839
Battle of the Caloosahatchee ↗
Source · Q130052247 - 19 March 1840
Council House Fight ↗
Source · Q5176240 - 12 August 1840
Battle of Plum Creek ↗
Source · Q4872065 - 24 May 1841
Battle of Village Creek ↗
Source · Q4872677 - 1847 — 1855
Cayuse War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1052060 - 1849 — 1855
Jicarilla War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6192082 - 1849 — 1923
Ute Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q7902616 - September 1851 — November 1851
Sitgreaves Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q7531830 - 30 March 1854
Battle of Cieneguilla ↗
Source · Q4870748 - 19 August 1854
Grattan massacre ↗
Source · Q1543656 - 19 August 1854 — January 1891
Sioux Wars
On the map ↗ Source · Q3778746 - 3 October 1854
Battle of the Diablo Mountains ↗
Source · Q4872907 - 1855 — 1856
Puget Sound War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2117576 - 1855 — 1858
Yakima War
On the map ↗ Source · Q3119015 - 3 September 1855
Battle of Ash Hollow ↗
Source · Q2237324 - 9 November 1855 — 10 November 1855
Battle of Union Gap ↗
Source · Q4872630 - December 1855 — 1858
Third Seminole War
On the map ↗ Source · Q16009852 - 1856
Tule River War
On the map ↗ Source · Q18168472 - 26 January 1856
Battle of Seattle ↗
Source · Q4872337 - 1858
Bald Hills War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4850322 - 1858 — 1859
Mohave War
On the map ↗ Source · Q6893726 - 21 January 1858 — May 1858
Antelope Hills Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q4771164 - 17 May 1858
Battle of Pine Creek ↗
Source · Q4872042 - 1 September 1858
Battle of Four Lakes ↗
Source · Q4871061 - 1859
Pitt River Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q7199084 - 1860
Paiute War
On the map ↗ Source · Q7125242 - 12 May 1860
First Battle of Pyramid Lake ↗
Source · Q5452528 - 2 June 1860 — 4 June 1860
Second Battle of Pyramid Lake ↗
Source · Q7443106 - 11 August 1860
Battle of Egan Station ↗
Source · Q16971371 - 19 December 1860
Battle of Pease River ↗
Source · Q13581505 - 17 August 1862 — 26 December 1862
Dakota War of 1862
On the map ↗ Source · Q1851858 - 18 August 1862
Battle of Lower Sioux Agency ↗
Source · Q3438920 - 18 August 1862
Battle of Redwood Ferry ↗
Source · Q3438930 - 19 August 1862
Battles of New Ulm ↗
Source · Q15062174 - 20 August 1862 — 22 August 1862
Battle of Fort Ridgely ↗
Source · Q4871052 - 2 September 1862
Battle of Birch Coulee ↗
Source · Q4870488 - 3 September 1862
Battle of Acton ↗
Source · Q122705557 - 23 September 1862
Battle of Wood Lake ↗
Source · Q4872754 - 1863 — 1865
Colorado War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2602070 - 29 January 1863
Bear River Massacre ↗
Source · Q657024 - 24 July 1863
Battle of Big Mound ↗
Source · Q4870485 - 26 July 1863
Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake ↗
Source · Q4870853 - 28 July 1863
Battle of Stony Lake ↗
Source · Q4872445 - 3 September 1863 — 5 September 1863
Battle of Whitestone Hill ↗
Source · Q1167754 - 28 July 1864 — 29 July 1864
Battle of Killdeer Mountain ↗
Source · Q742287 - 7 August 1864 — 9 August 1864
Battle of the Badlands ↗
Source · Q4872834 - 25 November 1864
First Battle of Adobe Walls ↗
Source · Q3401897 - 1865 — 1870
Hualapai War
On the map ↗ Source · Q5925205 - 7 January 1865
Battle of Julesburg ↗
Source · Q4871349 - 26 July 1865
Battle of Platte Bridge ↗
Source · Q4872061 - 29 August 1865
Battle of the Tongue River ↗
Source · Q4873028 - 1866 — 1868
Red Cloud's War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2060306 - 21 December 1866
Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands ↗
Source · Q1409225 - 1867 — 1875
Comanche Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q5150511 - 1 August 1867
Hayfield Fight ↗
Source · Q5686711 - 17 September 1868 — 25 September 1868
Battle of Beecher Island ↗
Source · Q4087333 - 27 November 1868
Battle of Washita River ↗
Source · Q543028 - 11 July 1869
Battle of Summit Springs ↗
Source · Q4087340 - 10 October 1871
Battle of Blanco Canyon ↗
Source · Q4870495 - 6 July 1872 — 4 June 1873
Modoc War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2635052 - 28 September 1872
Battle of the North Fork of the Red River ↗
Source · Q4872975 - 29 November 1872
Battle of Lost River ↗
Source · Q4438364 - 17 January 1873
First Battle of the Stronghold ↗
Source · Q5390656 - 15 April 1873 — 17 April 1873
Second Battle of the Stronghold ↗
Source · Q7443127 - 26 April 1873
Battle of Sand Butte ↗
Source · Q4872290 - 10 May 1873
Battle of Dry Lake ↗
Source · Q4870930 - 1874 — 1875
Red River War
On the map ↗ Source · Q3119025 - 27 June 1874
Second Battle of Adobe Walls ↗
Source · Q4127869 - 2 July 1874 — 30 August 1874
Black Hills Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q662506 - 28 September 1874
Battle of Palo Duro Canyon ↗
Source · Q4871974 - 1876 — 1877
Great Sioux War of 1876
On the map ↗ Source · Q430053 - 1876 — 1877
Buffalo Hunters' War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4985764 - 17 March 1876
Battle of Powder River ↗
Source · Q16898752 - 9 June 1876
Battle of Prairie Dog Creek ↗
Source · Q17184066 - 17 June 1876
Battle of the Rosebud ↗
Source · Q2574400 - 25 June 1876
Battle of the Little Bighorn
On the map ↗ Source · Q205422 - 17 July 1876
Battle of Warbonnet Creek ↗
Source · Q4872709 - 9 September 1876 — 10 September 1876
Battle of Slim Buttes ↗
Source · Q786821 - 21 October 1876
Battle of Cedar Creek ↗
Source · Q4870684 - 25 November 1876
Dull Knife Fight ↗
Source · Q2888457 - 18 December 1876
Battle of Ash Creek ↗
Source · Q120261591 - 1877
Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877
On the map ↗ Source · Q4985846 - 8 January 1877
Battle of Wolf Mountain ↗
Source · Q4872751 - 18 March 1877
Battle of Yellow House Canyon ↗
Source · Q3875043 - 7 May 1877
Battle of Little Muddy Creek ↗
Source · Q19893194 - June 1877 — October 1877
Nez Perce War
On the map ↗ Source · Q1456086 - 17 June 1877
Battle of White Bird Canyon ↗
Source · Q2890384 - 3 July 1877 — 5 July 1877
Battle of Cottonwood ↗
Source · Q4870795 - 11 July 1877 — 12 July 1877
Battle of the Clearwater ↗
Source · Q4872889 - 9 August 1877
Battle of the Big Hole ↗
Source · Q4438386 - 20 August 1877
Battle of Camas Creek ↗
Source · Q4870619 - 13 September 1877
Battle of Canyon Creek ↗
Source · Q4870636 - 30 September 1877 — 5 October 1877
Battle of Bear Paw ↗
Source · Q4870436 - June 1878 — September 1878
Bannock War
On the map ↗ Source · Q2321496 - 1879
Sheepeater Indian War
On the map ↗ Source · Q7492447 - 1887
Crow War
On the map ↗ Source · Q5189126 - 29 December 1890 — 15 January 1891
Ghost Dance War
On the map ↗ Source · Q5557072 - 30 December 1890
Drexel Mission Fight ↗
Source · Q5307342 - 1895
Bannock War of 1895
On the map ↗ Source · Q4857003 - 5 October 1898
Battle of Sugar Point ↗
Source · Q4872456 - 25 February 1911
Battle of Kelley Creek ↗
Source · Q4871408 - March 1914 — March 1915
Bluff War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4930681 - 1923
Posey War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4274610
Provenance and limits
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