civil war
war between organized groups within the same sovereign state or republic
partition of India
partition of British India into the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947
Chinese Civil War
1927–1949 civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in China
War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992–1995 armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greek Civil War
1943–1949 civil war in Greece
Mexican Revolution
nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920)
Irish Civil War
conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State
Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
overview about the civil wars of the Tetrarchy
Second Sudanese Civil War
1983–2005 civil war in Sudan
Samoan Civil War
1886–1894 conflict in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific
Third Carlist War
Spanish civil war (1872-1876)
South Yemen civil war
1986 failed coup d'etat and armed conflict
stasis
as defined by Thucydides as a set of symptoms indicating an internal disturbance in both individuals and states
Nepalese Civil War
civil war in Nepal between 1996 and 2006
Rhodesian Bush War
civil conflict in Southern Africa from 1964 to 1979
Ugandan Bush War
guerrilla war waged between 1981 and 1986 in Uganda by the National Resistance Army (NRA) under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello
War of the Aggrieved
civil war in Spain between March and October 1827
Polish Civil War
1764 civil war
Syracusan Civil War
357–354 BCE civil war
Six Years' War
civil war in the Dominican Republic, fought by revolutionaries and elements in the military against the regular Dominican Army loyal to President Báez
Uruguayan Intrastate War
1972 conflict in Uruguay
Arab Spring
Protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s
Eighty Years' War
16th- and 17th-century Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs
Finnish Civil War
1918 civil war in Finland
Year of the Five Emperors
Five men claimed the title of Roman emperor in 193 AD
Second Ivorian Civil War
Civil War in Ivory Coast from November 2010 to April 2011
National Protection War
civil war in China (1915-16), caused by Yuan Shikai’s proclamation of himself as emperor
Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria
1482-1492 rebellion
Second Utrecht Civil War
war over influence in Utrecht, Holland
First Carlist War
Civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840
Uruguayan Civil War
1839-1851 civil war in Uruguay
Sudanese civil war
ongoing military conflict in Sudan since 2023
Libyan civil war
2011 armed conflict in the North African country of Libya
White September
civil war (1970–1971) in Jordan between King Hussein’s forces and the Palestine Liberation Organisation
Fronde
series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653
Central Plains War
Central Plains War in China
Laotian Civil War
1953–1975 civil war in Laos
Hasmonean Civil War
civil war
Second Liberian Civil War
1999–2003 civil war in Liberia
Eritrean Civil Wars
1972–1974 and 1980–1981 conflicts in Eritrea
Anarchy at Samarra
period 861–870 in the history of the Abbasid Caliphate, which was marked by extreme internal instability and the violent succession of four caliphs, who became puppets in the hands of powerful rival military groups
Liberators' Civil War
Roman civil war between the Second Triumvirate and Caesar's assassins (43–42 BCE)
Argentine Civil Wars
series of civil wars in Argentina between 1814 and 1880
Second Carlist War
small revolt in Spain from 1846 to 1849
War of the Bands
military history of Spain
Central African Republic Civil War
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
Bougainville conflict
armed conflict in the North Solomons