| Dates |
Name |
Result |
| 1861–1864 |
American Civil War |
Ended the Confederate States of America attempt to secede from the United States. |
| 2012 |
Tuareg rebellion (2012)
(Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)) |
Unrecognized independence of Azawad from Mali. Azawad claimed territory controlled by Ansar Dine. |
| 1983–2005 |
Second Sudanese Civil War |
Independence of South Sudan from Sudan |
| 1954–1962 |
Algerian War |
Independence of Algeria from France |
| 1775–1783 |
American Revolutionary War
(American Revolution) |
Independence of United States from Great Britain |
| 1961–1974 |
Angolan War of Independence |
Independence of Angola from Portugal |
| 1876 |
April Uprising |
Defeat of Bulgarian nationalists by the Ottoman Empire; subsequent reprisals by the Ottomans led to the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78 and the 1878 independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1919–1921 |
Irish War of Independence |
Anglo-Irish Treaty; Partition of Ireland; secession of 26 of Ireland's 32 counties (the Irish Free State) from the United Kingdom |
| 1916–1918 |
Arab Revolt |
Defeat of Arab aspirations for independence by post-World War I partition of Arab Ottoman Empire lands into protectorates controlled by United Kingdom and France |
| 1971 |
Bangladesh Liberation War |
Independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan |
| 1830–1839 |
Belgian Revolution |
Independence of Belgium from the Netherlands |
| 1992–1995 |
Bosnian War |
Independence of Bosnia from Yugoslavia |
| 1810–1818 |
Chilean War of Independence |
Independence of Chile from Spain |
| 1991–1995 |
Croatian War of Independence |
Independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia |
| 1843–1849 |
Dominican War of Independence |
Independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti |
| 1568–1648 |
Eighty Years' War |
Independence of the Netherlands from Spain |
| 1961–1991 |
Eritrean War of Independence |
Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia |
| 1918–1920 |
Estonian War of Independence |
Independence of Estonia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR |
| 1946–1954 |
First Indochina War |
Independence of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from France; partition of Vietnam |
| 1857–1858 |
Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
Defeat of Indian insurgents; Great Britain retains control of India |
| 1848 |
First Italian War of Independence |
Kingdom of Sardinia defeated by the Austrian Empire; Italian unification not achieved |
| 1859 |
Second Italian War of Independence |
France and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia defeat the Austrian Empire; most of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia transferred to France and then to Piedmont-Sardinia; Duchy of Parma, Duchy of Modena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal Legations annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia |
| 1866 |
Third Italian War of Independence |
Austrian Empire loses Veneto to Kingdom of Italy |
| 1804–1813 |
First Serbian Uprising
(Serbian Revolution) |
Defeat of insurgents; Ottoman Empire retains control of Serbia |
| 1821–1827 |
Greek War of Independence |
Independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1963–1974 |
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence |
Independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal |
| 1791–1804 |
Haitian Revolution |
Independence of Haiti from France |
| 1703–1711 |
Rákóczi's War of Independence |
Limited autonomy for Hungary within the Habsburg Monarchy |
| 1945–1949 |
Indonesian National Revolution |
Independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands |
| 1947–1949 |
1948 Arab–Israeli War |
Defeat of Arabs; Israel retains independence |
| 1996–1999 |
Kosovo War |
No legal changes to Yugoslav borders according to the Resolution 1244, but effective political and economic separation of Kosovo from the rest of Yugoslavia under United Nations temporary administration. |
| 1810s–1820s |
Latin American wars of independence: Argentine War of Independence, Bolivian War of Independence, Chilean War of Independence, Foolish Fatherland, Ecuadorian War of Independence, Mexican War of Independence, Peruvian War of Independence, Venezuelan War of Independence |
Independence of many Spanish-American colonies from Spain |
| 1918–1920 |
Latvian War of Independence |
Independence of Latvia from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR |
| 1918–1920 |
Lithuanian War of Independence |
Independence of Lithuania from Russian Empire/Russian SFSR and Poland |
| 1952–1960 |
Kenyan Mau Mau Uprising |
Defeat of insurgents; United Kingdom retains control of Kenya |
| 1964–1974 |
Mozambican War of Independence |
Independence of Mozambique from Portugal |
| 1966–1988 |
Namibian War of Independence |
Independence of Namibia from South Africa |
| 1967–1970 |
Nigerian Civil War |
Defeat and dissolution of the Republic of Biafra |
| 1896–1898 |
Philippine Revolution |
Inconclusive; Philippines independence from Spain then achieved by Spanish–American War |
| 1899–1913 |
Philippine–American War |
Defeat of Philippine insurgents; United States retains control of the Philippines |
| 1640–1668 |
Portuguese Restoration War |
Restoration of Portuguese independence from Spain |
| 1863–1865 |
January Uprising |
Defeat of Polish insurgents; Russia retains control of Poland |
| 1869 |
Red River Rebellion |
Establishment of Provisional government of the Red River Colony |
| 1920–1926 |
Rif War |
Defeat of insurgents and Rif Republic; Spain retains control of Spanish Morocco |
| 1877 |
Romanian War of Independence |
Independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire |
| 1808–1814 |
Peninsular War |
Independence of Spain from France |
| 1296–1357 |
Wars of Scottish Independence |
Scotland retains its status as an independent nation |
| 1815–1817 |
Second Serbian Uprising
(Serbian Revolution) |
Semi-independence of Serbia within the Ottoman Empire |
| 1521–1523 |
Swedish War of Liberation |
Independence of Sweden from the Kalmar Union |
| 1991 |
Ten-Day War |
Independence of Slovenia from Yugoslavia |
| 1868–1878 |
Ten Years' War |
Defeat of insurgents; Spain retains control of Cuba |
| 1835–1836 |
Texas Revolution |
Independence of Texas from Mexico |
| 1919–1923 |
Turkish War of Independence |
Creation of Republic of Turkey |
| 1917–1921 |
Ukrainian War of Independence |
Independence of Ukraine from Russia; partition of Ukraine by Soviet Union, Poland and Romania |
| 1185–1188 |
Uprising of Asen and Peter |
Independence of Bulgaria from the Byzantine Empire; creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire |
| 1863–1865 |
Dominican Restoration War |
Independence of Dominican Republic from 4 year occupation by the Spanish Empire; ousts Spain from Hispaniola |
