List of wars involving France
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
French conquest of Senegal ( 1659-1895 ) Location : Senegal France Waalo Kingdom Kingdom of Cayor Jolof Empire Baol Kingdom of Sine Saloum French victory France conquers territory of present-day Senegal
Siamese revolution of 1688 ( 1688 ) Location : Siam Prasat Thong dynasty France French East India Company Phetracha and various Siamese lords Supported by : Dutch East India Company French defeat Establishment of Ban Phlu Luang dynasty Expulsion of French troops in Bangkok
King William 's War ( 1688-1697 ) Location : North America Acadia and New England Theatre Raid on Dover Siege of Pemaquid ( 1689 ) Raid on Salmon Falls Battle of Port Royal Battle of Fort Loyal Battle of Chedabucto Raid on York Raid on Wells Raid on Oyster River Battle of Fundy Bay Siege of Pemaquid ( 1696 ) Raid on Chignecto Siege of Fort Nashwaak Quebec , New York , and Newfoundland Theatre Lachine massacre Schenectady massacre Battle of Quebec Battle of La Prairie Mohawk Valley Raid Avalon Peninsula Campaign Siege of Ferryland Raid on Cape Broyle Raid on Bay Bulls Raid on Petty Harbour Siege of St. John 's Raid on Conception Bay Battle of Carbonear Hudson Bay Theatre Hudson Bay Expedition Battle of Fort Albany Battle of Fort Albany Capture of York Factory Battle of Hudson 's Bay France New France Wabanaki Confederacy England Massachusetts Bay Colony English America Haudenosaunee Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Ryswick
French and Iroquois Wars ( 17th century ) Location : Great Lakes region Huron , Erie , Neutral , Odawa , Ojibwe , Mississaugas , Potawatomi , Algonquin , Shawnee , Wenro , Mahican , Innu , Abenaki , Miami , Illinois Confederation , other nations allied with France Supported by : France Haudenosaunee Supported by : England Dutch Republic Military stalemate Great Peace of Montreal Growth of French token influence in the Great Lakes region Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds down to Mississippi River Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the Council of Three Fires
Queen Anne 's War ( 1702-1713 ) Location : North America France New France Spain New Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez England ( before 1707 ) English America Great Britain ( after 1707 ) British America Muscogee ( Creek ) Chickasaw Yamasee French defeat Treaty of Utrecht Treaty of Portsmouth
Chickasaw Wars ( 1721-1763 ) Location : Mississippi River France Choctaw Illini Great Britain Chickasaw Chickasaw victory Treaty of Paris
Carnatic Wars ( 1744-1763 ) Location : Carnatic region , South India Third Carnatic War Battle of Chandannagar Battle of Plassey Battle of Cuddalore Battle of Negapatam Battle of Condore Battle of Pondicherry Siege of Masulipatam Siege of Madras Battle of Wandiwash Siege of Pondicherry ( 1760 ) Kingdom of France French East India Company Kingdom of Great Britain British East India Company French defeat
King George 's War ( 1744-1748 ) Location : North America Raid on Canso Siege of Annapolis Royal ( 1744 ) Siege of Annapolis Royal ( 1745 ) Siege of Port Toulouse Siege of Louisbourg ( 1745 ) Action of 15 June 1745 Battle at Port-la-Joye Northeast Coast Campaign ( 1745 ) Raid on Saratoga Duc d'Anville Expedition Siege of Fort Massachusetts Battle of Grand Pré Siege of Fort at Number 4 France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Father Le Loutre 's War ( 1749-1755 ) Location : Acadia and Nova Scotia France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaq militia Maliseet militia Great Britain British America French defeat
French and Indian War ( 1754-1763 ) Location : North America St. Lawrence and Mohawk theater Battle of Lake George Battle of Fort Bull Battle of Fort Oswego ( 1756 ) Battle on Snowshoes ( 1757 ) Battle of Sabbath Day Point Siege of Fort William Henry Attack on German Flatts ( 1757 ) Battle on Snowshoes Battle of Carillon Battle of Fort Frontenac Battle of La Belle-Famille Battle of Fort Niagara Battle of Ticonderoga Battle of Beauport Battle of the Plains of Abraham St. Francis Raid Battle of Sainte-Foy Battle of the Thousand Islands Ohio Valley Theater Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of the Great Meadows Braddock Expedition Battle of the Monongahela Forbes Expedition Battle of Fort Duquesne Battle of Fort Ligonier Atlantic theater Action of 8 June 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour Bay of Fundy Campaign ( 1755 ) Battle of Petitcodiac Raid on Lunenburg , Nova Scotia ( 1756 ) Louisbourg Expedition ( 1757 ) Battle of Bloody Creek ( 1757 ) Siege of Louisbourg ( 1758 ) Petitcodiac River Campaign Ile Saint-Jean Campaign Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign ( 1758 ) St. John River Campaign Battle of Restigouche Battle of Signal Hill France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaq militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Ottawa Shawnee Wyandot Great Britain British America Iroquois Confederacy Catawba Cherokee ( before 1758 ) French defeat Treaty of Paris
West Indies Campaign ( Seven Years ' War ) ( 1757-1762 ) Location : West Indies Battle of Cap-Français Invasion of Martinique ( 1759 ) Invasion of Guadeloupe ( 1759 ) Invasion of Dominica ( 1761 ) Invasion of Martinique ( 1762 ) France Great Britain French defeat
West African Campaign ( Seven Years ' War ) ) ( 1758 ) Location : West Africa Capture of Senegal Capture of Gorée France Great Britain French defeat
Larache expedition ( 1765 ) Location : Larache , Morocco France Morocco French defeat
Haitian Revolution ( 1791-1804 ) Location : Saint-Domingue Collage of the Haitian Revolution Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Blockade of Saint-Domingue Battle of Vertières Slave owners Kingdom of France French Republic Ex-slaves French royalists Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ( 1793-1795 ) Great Britain Ex-slaves ( 1802-1803 ) Haitian victory French colonial government expelled Massacre of the French French occupation of Santo Domingo
Siege of Santo Domingo ( 1805 ) Location : Santo Domingo , Saint-Domingue present day Dominican Republic France Haiti French victory Haitian withdrawal from Santo Domingo
Franco-Trarzan War of 1825 ( 1825 ) Location : Waalo , West Africa France Trarza French victory
French conquest of Algeria ( 1827-1830-1857 ) Location : Regency of Algiers Battle of Macta Siege of Constantine Battle of Mazagran Battle of the Smala Battle of Sidi Brahim France Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Ait Abbas Kel Ahaggar Sultanate of Morocco French victory Pacification of Algeria
First Franco-Mexican War ( 1838-1839 ) Location : Mexico France Mexico French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos
First Franco-Moroccan War ( 1844 ) Location : Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador France Morocco Algerian volunteers French victory
Franco-Tahitian War ( 1844-1847 ) Location : Tahiti France Tahiti Huahine Raiatea Bora Bora and Tahaa French victory
French colonial empire
The following is an incomplete list of French wars and battles from the Gauls to modern France.