List of wars involving the United Kingdom in the 19th century

This is a list of military conflicts, involving the United Kingdom in the 19th century.

For the criteria of what may be permitted on this list, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom.

Key

19th-century wars

Conflict Allies Opponent(s) Outcome Temne War(1801–1807)

Susu tribes Kingdom of KoyaBritish–allied victory Northern shore of Sierra Leone ceded by Koya Second Anglo-Maratha War(1802–1805) East India Company British victory Extensive territory in India ceded by the Maratha Empire First Kandyan War(1803–1805) KandyBritish victory Territory captured from Kandy Irish rebellion of 1803(1803) United IrishmenBritish victory Rebellion defeated British Expedition to Ceylon(1803)

Chiefdom of Vanni British Allied victory Vanni region lost to the British The last Tamil resistance against colonial rule was crushed. War of the Third Coalition(1805–1806)

Naples and Sicily Portugal

French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria

Bavaria Württemberg French Allied victory Fourth Peace of Preßburg: French victory Austria surrenders to France Pro-French Confederation of the Rhine formedVellore Mutiny (1806) East India CompanyIndian rebelsBritish victory War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807)

Sicily French Empire Confederation of the Rhine

Polish Legions Italy Naples Etruria Holland Swiss ConfederationFrench Allied victory Treaties of Tilsit: French victory Half of Prussia ceded to French allies Russia exits the war Anglo-Russian War begins Ashanti–Fante War(1806–1807) Fante Confederacy Dutch victory Anglo-Turkish War(1807–1809)

Disputed Treaty of the Dardanelles Commercial and legal concessions to British interests within the Ottoman Empire Promise to protect the empire against French encroachment Froberg mutiny(1807)

Froberg Regiment mutineersBritish victory Gunboat War(1807–1814)

Denmark–NorwayBritish victory Treaty of Kiel Denmark and Norway split up Heligoland ceded from Denmark Anglo-Russian War(1807–1812)

Inconclusive or other outcome Treaty of Örebro Anglo-Russian-Swedish pact against France Peninsular War(1807–1814)

Portugal

French Empire Napoleonic Spain Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Holland Duchy of Warsaw Swiss Confederation Confederation of the RhineBritish Allied victory Treaty of Paris Bourbon dynasty restored Tobago, St. Lucia, Mauritius ceded from France All other French possessions restored as per 1792 borders Abolition of French Slave Trade Swiss independence Travancore Rebellion(1808–1809) East India Company Kingdom of CochinBritish victory War of the Fifth Coalition(1809) Tyrol Hungary Black Brunswickers Sicily French Empire Warsaw Confederation of the Rhine

Saxony

Westphalia Kingdom of Italy Naples Swiss Confederation Holland French–allied victory Treaty of Schönbrunn: Complete Austrian surrender Peninsular War continued Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution(1809) Icelandic Revolutionaries British Allied victory Persian Gulf campaign of 1809(1809)

Al QasimiBritish victory Fourth Xhosa War(1811–1812) Xhosa tribesBritish victory Xhosa tribes pushed beyond the Fish River, reversing their gains in the previous Xhosa wars War of 1812(1812–1815)

British North America Tecumseh's confederacy United StatesInconclusive or other outcome Treaty of Ghent; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes United States invasions of British Canada repulsed. All Pre-War borders restored under the Treaty of Ghent British invasions of the United States repulsed. All pre-war borders restored under the Treaty of Ghent Sack of Yogyakarta(1812) Mangkunegaran Yogyakarta SultanateBritish Allied victory Sambas expeditions(1812–1813)

Sultanate of SambasBritish victory War of the Sixth Coalition(1812–1814) Original Coalition After Battle of Leipzig Saxony

United Netherlands

Duchy of Warsaw Until January 1814 Denmark–Norway Confederation of the Rhine (Many member states defected after Battle of Leipzig)British–allied victory Coalition victory, Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris Bourbon Restoration; Napoleon's exile to Elba Various territorial changes Beginning of the Congress of Vienna Hostilities resume with the return of Napoleon to power in 1815 Kedopok War(1813)

Peasant rebelsBritish victory British expedition to Makassar(1814)

Bone StateBritish victory Anglo-Nepalese War(1814–1816)

Kingdom of NepalBritish victory Treaty of Sugauli Second Kandyan War(1815)

KandyBritish victory Kandyan Convention: Dissolution of the Kandy royal line British King declared King of Kandy Hundred Days(1815) War of the Seventh Coalition

France Hanover German Confederation

Portugal

Tuscany French Empire NaplesBritish–allied victory Treaty of Paris: General French defeat Restoration of the House of Bourbon Abolition of the slave trade (all signatories) ₣100,000,000 compensation from France Slachter's Nek Rebellion(1815)

Boer rebelsBritish victory Bussa's Rebellion(1816)

Rebel slavesBritish victory Bombardment of Algiers(1816)

British–allied victory Uva-Wellassa Rebellion(1817–1818)

Kandyan rebelsBritish victory Third Anglo-Maratha War(1817–1818) East India Company British victory Virtually all territory south of the Sutlej River controlled by BritainPaika Rebellion (1817–1818) East India CompanyBhoi dynastyBritish victory End of Paika rule East India Company establishes rule over Odisha and the Paikas Fifth Xhosa War(1818–1819) KhoekhoeNgqika Xhosa tribesBritish–allied victory Persian Gulf campaign of 1819(1819) Omani Empire Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Al QasimiBritish victory General Maritime Treaty of 1820Greek War of Independence(1821–1829) Battle of Navarino1821: Filiki Eteria Greek revolutionaries After 1822: Hellenic Republic Ottoman Empire Egypt Algeria Tripolitania TunisBritish–allied victory First Hellenic Republic established and recognized Demerara rebellion of 1823(1823)

Rebel slavesBritish victory First Anglo-Ashanti War(1823–1831) British victory Bathurst War(1824)

WiradjuriBritish victory First Anglo-Burmese War(1824–1826) East India Company Native tribes Burmese EmpireBritish–allied victory Treaty of Yandabo: Assam, Manipur, Rakhine, and Taninthayi coast south of Salween river ceded from Burma £1,000,000 compensation from Burma Siege of Bharatpur(1825–1826)

Bharatpur StateBritish victoryBritish attack on Berbera(1827) Royal Navy East India Company Habr AwalBritish–allied victory Destruction of large parts of Berbera Indemnity agreed upon for 1825 Habr Awal attack Crucial caravan trade halted temporarilyLiberal Wars(1828–1834) Liberals Spain (1833–1834) France (1832–1834) Miguelites Spain (1832–1833) Russia Papal StatesLiberal–allied victory Concession of Evoramonte Revolt of the Mercenaries(1828) Brazil France German Mercenaries Irish Mercenaries British–allied victory Mutiny suppressed Black War(1828–1832) Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land Company Aboriginal TasmaniansBritish victory Ahom Rebellion(1828)

Ahom dynastyBritish victory Titumir Rebellion(1830–1831)

Tariqah-i-MuhammadiyaBritish victory Bathurst Rebellion(1830)

BushrangersBritish victory Naning War(1831–1832)

NaningBritish victory Barra War(1831–1832)

Kingdom of NiumiInconclusive Baptist War(1831–1832) Colony of Jamaica Rebel slaves British victory Slave defeat Rebellion suppressed Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands(1832–1833)

British victory British control of the Falkland Islands First Carlist War(1833–1840) Forces of Queen Isabella II French Kingdom Forces of Queen Maria II Auxiliary Legion Carlists: Forces of Infante Carlos Forces of King MiguelInconclusive or other outcome British withdrawal before the war's conclusion British mediated Convention of Vergara Coorg War(1834)

Kingdom of CoorgBritish victory Sixth Xhosa War(1834–1836) Free Khoikhoi Xhosa tribesBritish victory Extensive territorial gains from Xhosa St. Joseph Mutiny(1837)

1st West India Regiment mutineersBritish victory Rebellions of 1837–1838(1837–1838) Province of Upper Canada Province of Lower Canada British Loyalists PatriotesHunters' LodgesReform movementBritish victory Patriote rebellion crushed by loyalist forces; Republic of Canada dismantled Defeat of Hunters' Lodges Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada Battle of Bossenden Wood(1838)

Followers of John Nichols ThomBritish victory First Anglo-Afghan War(1838–1842) East India CompanyDurrani KingdomMaimana KhanateKhulm (August 1840 for mere days, September 1840-November 1841)Sadozai loyalists Emirate of KabulPrincipality of QandaharKhanate of KalatKhulm (August 1840, November 1841 onwards.)MarriBugtiAfghan TribesBarakzai LoyalistsBarakzai Afghan victory British retreat from AfghanistanUruguayan Civil War(1839–1851) Gobierno de la Defensa

Entre Ríos Gobierno del Cerrito Colorado victory The Colorado Party triumphs in Uruguay. In Argentina, Rosas is overthrown by Urquiza in the Battle of Caseros. Argentine Unification War. Aden Expedition(1839)

British victory Port of Aden ceded to Britain Second Egyptian-Ottoman War(1839–1841) Ottoman Empire Egypt Eyalet Kingdom of the French Spain British Allied victory Egypt renounced its claim to Syria. First Opium War(1839–1842)

British victory Treaty of Nanking: Five Chinese ports open to foreign trade $21,000,000 compensation from the Qing Empire Hong Kong Island ceded from the Qing Empire Newport Rising(1839)

ChartistsBritish victoryMysore Rebellion (1840–1841)Forces led by Dhondji WaghBritish victory Battle of Congella(1842)

British victory British Conquest of Sindh(1843)

Talpur dynastyBritish victory Anglo-Bruneian War(1843–1847) Raj of SarawakHouse of Digadong Sultanate of Brunei Kingdom of MaruduTactical British victory War of Southern Queensland(1843–1855) Colony of New South Wales JageraWakka WakkaKabi KabiDallaBritish victory Gwalior campaign(1843)

Gwalior StateBritish victory Flagstaff War(1845–1846) Colony of New Zealand MāoriInconclusive First Anglo-Sikh War(1845–1846) East India Company Patiala State Sikh EmpireBritish Allied victory Treaty of Lahore: Extensive territory ceded from the Sikh Empire Partial control over Sikh foreign affairs Hutt Valley campaign(1846) Colony of New Zealand Ngāti ToaBritish victory Seventh Xhosa War(1846–1847) The War of the Axe Xhosa tribesBritish victory Territory ceded from Xhosa Whanganui campaign(1847) Colony of New Zealand MāoriInconclusive Caste War of Yucatán(1847–1901) Battle of Orange Walk Republic of Yucatán Maya British Allied victory Republic of Yucatán rejoins the United Mexican States in 1848 Mayas achieve an independent state from 1847 to 1883 Mexico recaptures Yucatán Conflict between the Mexicans and the Mayans continued until 1933 Second Anglo-Sikh War(1848–1849) East India Company Sikh EmpireBritish victory Complete annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company Young Ireland rebellion(1848)

Young IrelandBritish victory Rebellion suppressed Matale rebellion(1848)

Kandyan rebelsBritish victory Battle of Boomplaats(1848)

VoortrekkersBritish victory Battle of Tysami(1849)

Chui A-poo's piratesBritish victory Battle of Tonkin River(1849) Nguyễn dynasty Shap-ng-tsai's piratesBritish Allied victory Soninke-Marabout War(1850–1856)

Kingdom of Kombo Marabout ConfederacyBritish Allied victory Eighth Xhosa War(1850–1853) Mlanjeni's War Xhosa tribes Khoikhoi tribes Native Kafir PoliceBritish victory Xhosa-Khoi attacks defeated Status quo ante bellum Operations in the Kohat Pass(1850)Afridi TribesmenBritish victory Taiping Rebellion(1850–1864)

Taiping Heavenly KingdomBritish Allied victory Qing dynasty victory Fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Weakening of the Qing dynastyMohmand Expeditions (1851–1852) Mohmand TribesmenBritish victory Eureka Rebellion(1851–1854) Battle of the Eureka Stockade Colony of Victoria