Timeline: Timeline of American Military Activity

Period: Sep 1, 1774 to Sep 3, 1783

American War of Independence

Period: Jan 1, 1785 to Jan 1, 1789

Northwest Indian War

Period: Aug 1, 1786 to Jun 30, 1787

Shay's Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1791 to Dec 31, 1794

Whiskey Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1798 to Jan 1, 1800

Franco-American War

Period: Jan 1, 1799 to Dec 31, 1800

Frie's Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1801 to Jan 1, 1805

First Barbaray War

Period: Jan 8, 1811 to Jan 10, 1811

Louisiana Teritory Slave Rebellion

Louisiana Territory Slave Rebellion

Period: Aug 1, 1811 to Nov 1, 1811

Tecumseh's War

Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Mar 23, 1815

War of 1812

Period: Jan 1, 1815 to Dec 31, 1815

Second Barbary War

Second Barbaray War

Period: Jan 1, 1817 to Jan 1, 1825

West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations

Period: Nov 22, 1817 to Apr 12, 1818

First Semonole War

First Seminole War

Period: Jan 1, 1819 to Jan 1, 1861

African Anti-Slavery Operations

Period: Nov 5, 1820 to Nov 6, 1820

Callao Affair

Period: Jan 1, 1823 to Dec 31, 1823

Arikara War

Period: Jan 1, 1825 to Jan 1, 1828

Aegean Anti-Piracy Operations

Period: Jan 1, 1827 to Dec 31, 1827

Winnebago War

Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Dec 31, 1839

Forced Native American Removal

Period: Aug 21, 1831 to Aug 22, 1831

Nat Turner's Slave Rebelion

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

Period: Feb 6, 1832 to Feb 9, 1832

First Sumatran Expedition

Period: May 1, 1832 to Aug 1, 1832

Black Hawk's War

Period: Dec 23, 1835 to Aug 14, 1842

Second Seminole War

Period: Jan 1, 1838 to Jan 1, 1842

United States "Exploring" Expedition

United States Exploring Expedition

Period: Jan 1, 1838 to Dec 31, 1838

Patriot War

Period: Dec 1, 1838 to Jan 31, 1839

Second Sumatran Expedition (War)

Second Sumatran Expedition

Period: Dec 4, 1838 to Dec 5, 1838

Buckshot War

Period: Jan 1, 1839 to Dec 31, 1842

First Opium War

Period: Jan 1, 1841 to Dec 31, 1842

Dorr Rebellion

Period: Oct 19, 1842 to Oct 20, 1842

Capture of Monterrey

Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Dec 31, 1845

Anti-rent War

Period: Mar 11, 1845 to Mar 12, 1845

Battle of Kororareka

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

American War Against Mexico

Mexican-American War

Period: Jan 1, 1847 to Dec 31, 1855

Cayuse War

Cayuse Wars

Period: Jan 19, 1847 to Jul 9, 1847

Taos Revolt

Period: Apr 28, 1850 to Sep 13, 1850

Pitt River Expedition

Pitt River Expeditions

Period: Jan 1, 1851 to Dec 31, 1900

Apache Wars

Period: Jul 13, 1854 to Jul 14, 1854

Bombardment of San Juan Del Norte

Period: Jan 1, 1855 to Dec 31, 1858

Yakima War

Period: Jan 1, 1855 to Dec 31, 1856

Rogue River Wars

Period: Jan 1, 1855 to Dec 31, 1856

Puget Sound War

Period: Jan 1, 1855 to Dec 31, 1858

Third Semonole War

Third Seminole War

Period: Aug 4, 1855 to Aug 5, 1855

Battle of Ty-ho Bay

Battle of Ty-ho Bat

Period: Oct 1, 1855 to Oct 31, 1855

First Fiji Expedition

Period: Jan 1, 1856 to Dec 31, 1859

Second Opium War

Period: Mar 1, 1857 to Jul 31, 1858

Utah War

Period: Jan 1, 1858 to Dec 31, 1866

Navajo Wars

Period: Oct 6, 1858 to Oct 16, 1858

Second Fiji Expedition

Period: Jan 1, 1859 to Dec 31, 1859

Paraguay Expedition

Period: Dec 1, 1859 to Dec 2, 1859

The Assasination of John Brown

Period: Jan 1, 1860 to Dec 31, 1860

Paiute War

Period: Mar 6, 1860 to Mar 7, 1860

Reform War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

American Civil War

Period: Jul 31, 1861 to Aug 1, 1861

Bombardment of Qui Nhơn

Period: Aug 17, 1862 to Dec 26, 1862

Dakota War of 1862

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Dec 31, 1865

Colorado War

Period: Jul 20, 1863 to Sep 6, 1864

Battles for Shimonoseki

Period: Jan 1, 1864 to Dec 31, 1868

Snake War

Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1865

Powder River Expedition

Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Dec 31, 1868

Red Cloud's War

Period: Jan 1, 1867 to Dec 31, 1875

Comanche Campaign

Period: Jun 1, 1867 to Jun 30, 1867

Formosa Expedition

Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1920

Sheep Wars

Period: Jun 17, 1870 to Jun 18, 1870

Battle of Boca Tecapan

Period: Jun 1, 1871 to Jun 3, 1871

Korean Expedition

Period: Jul 6, 1872 to Jun 4, 1873

Modoc War

Period: Jan 1, 1873 to Dec 31, 1875

Mason County War

Period: Feb 12, 1874 to Feb 13, 1874

Oahu Expedition

Period: Jun 27, 1874 to Jun 30, 1875

Red River War

Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Dec 31, 1877

Black Hills War

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Dec 31, 1877

Nez Perce War

Nex Perce War

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Dec 31, 1878

San Elizario Salt War

Period: Jul 14, 1877 to Sep 4, 1877

Great Strike of 1877

Period: Jan 1, 1878 to Dec 31, 1878

Bannock War

Period: Jan 1, 1878 to Dec 31, 1879

Cheyenne War

Period: Feb 18, 1878 to Jul 19, 1878

Lincoln County War

Period: Jan 1, 1879 to Dec 31, 1879

Sheepeater Indian War

Period: Jan 1, 1879 to Dec 31, 1880

White River War

Whte River War

Period: Jun 1, 1882 to Jul 29, 1882

Egyptian Expedition

[Egyptian Expedition](Second Anglo-Egyptian War)

Period: Mar 30, 1885 to Apr 24, 1885

Columbian Civil War

Period: Jan 1, 1887 to Dec 31, 1889

Samoan Crisis

Period: Jun 2, 1889 to Jul 4, 1902

Philippine-American War

Period: Nov 1, 1890 to Jan 31, 1891

Ghost Dance War

Period: Jan 1, 1891 to Dec 31, 1891

1891 Chilean Civil War

Period: Jun 22, 1891 to Oct 5, 1891

Bearing Sea Anti-Poaching Operations (Canada)

Bearing Sea Anti-Poaching Operations

Period: Apr 1, 1892 to Apr 30, 1892

Johnson County War

Period: Jan 1, 1894 to Dec 31, 1894

Pullman Strike

Period: Jan 21, 1894 to Feb 9, 1894

Rio De Janeiro Affair

Period: Jan 1, 1898 to Dec 31, 1899

Second Samoan Civil War

Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898

Spanish-American War

Period: Jan 1, 1899 to Dec 31, 1913

Moro Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1899 to Dec 31, 1899

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899

Period: Sep 28, 1899 to Aug 15, 1900

Boxer Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1912 to Dec 31, 1933

Occupation of Nicaragua

Period: Apr 21, 1914 to Jun 16, 1919

Medican Revolution

Mexican Revolution

Period: Jul 28, 1915 to Aug 1, 1934

Occupation of Haiti

Period: Jan 1, 1916 to Dec 31, 1924

Occupation of the Dominican Republic

Period: Apr 1, 1917 to Nov 11, 1918

WWI

WWI American Entry into WWI

Period: Aug 2, 1917 to Aug 3, 1917

Green Corn Rebellion

Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 31, 1920

Russian Civil War

Period: Aug 25, 1921 to Sep 2, 1921

Battle of Blair Mountain

Period: Mar 20, 1923 to Mar 23, 1923

Posey War

Period: Jul 27, 1932 to Jul 28, 1932

Bonus Army

Binus Army

Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Sep 2, 1945

WWII

Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Dec 31, 1946

WWII Japanese-American Concentration Camps

WWII Japanese-American Conentration Camps

Period: Jun 20, 1943 to Jun 23, 1943

Detroit Race Riots

Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1953

Korean War

Period: Oct 29, 1950 to Oct 30, 1950

Jayuya Uprising (Puerto Rico)

Jayuya Uprising

Period: Jan 1, 1953 to Dec 31, 1975

Vietnam War

Period: Jan 1, 1953 to Dec 31, 1975

Laotian Civil War

Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Dec 31, 1972

Tibetan Intependence War

American Support for Tibetan Rebels

Period: Jul 15, 1958 to Oct 25, 1958

1958 Lebanon Crisis

Period: Apr 26, 1965 to Sep 30, 1966

Invasion of the Dominican Republic

Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965

Watts Rebellion

Period: Jul 23, 1967 to Jul 27, 1967

1967 Detroit Riot

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 1975

Cambodian Civil War

Cambodian Civil War Directly resulting in the sudden rise of the Khmer Rouge

Period: May 4, 1970 to May 5, 1970

Kent State Shootings

Period: Feb 27, 1973 to May 5, 1973

Wounded Knee Incident

Period: Aug 19, 1981 to Aug 20, 1981

1981 Gul of Sidra Incident

1981 Gulf of Sidra Incident

Period: Aug 24, 1982 to Feb 7, 1984

Lebanese Civil War

Period: Oct 25, 1983 to Dec 15, 1983

Invasion of Grenada

Period: Mar 1, 1986 to Mar 31, 1986

Action in the Gulf of Sidra

Period: Apr 15, 1986 to Apr 16, 1986

Bombing of Libya

Period: Jan 1, 1987 to Dec 31, 1988

Iran-Iraq War

Period: Jan 4, 1989 to Jan 5, 1989

Gulf of Sidra Incident

Period: Dec 20, 1989 to Jan 31, 1990

Invasion of Panama

Period: Aug 2, 1990 to Feb 28, 1991

First Gulf War

Period: Jan 1, 1991 to Dec 31, 2003

Iraqi No Fly Zones

Period: Jan 1, 1992 to Dec 31, 1994

Somali Civil War

Period: Apr 29, 1992 to May 4, 1992

1992 Los Angeles Riots

1992 LA Riots

Period: Jan 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1995

Bosnian War

Period: Sep 19, 1994 to Mar 31, 1995

Invasion of Haiti

Period: Aug 20, 1998 to Aug 21, 1998

Bombing of Afghanastan and Sudan

Bombing of Afghanistan and Sudan

Period: Mar 24, 1999 to Jun 10, 1999

Kosovo War

Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Dec 31, 2013

American War in Afghanistan

American War in Afghanistan Continues Presently.

Period: Jan 15, 2002 to Dec 31, 2013

Military Operations in the Philippines

Military Operations in the Philippines Contines presently.

Period: Oct 7, 2002 to Dec 31, 2013

Military Operations in Somalia

Military Operations in Somalia Presently Ongoing

Period: Oct 7, 2002 to Dec 31, 2013

Military Operations in Yemen

Period: Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2003

Second Liberian Civil War

Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 15, 2011