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Marsic War
(Encyclopedia) Marsic War: see Social War.Mexican War
(Encyclopedia) Mexican War, 1846–48, armed conflict between the United States and Mexico. The United States had won an easy victory, partly because Mexico, torn by civil strife, could not present…Mixtón War
(Encyclopedia) Mixtón WarMixtón Warmēstōnˈ [key], 1541, revolt of indigenous peoples against Spanish rule in Nueva Galicia, W Mexico. The conquest under Nuño de Guzmán had been particularly harsh and…Peasants' War
(Encyclopedia) Peasants' War, 1524–26, rising of the German peasants and the poorer classes of the towns, particularly in Franconia, Swabia, and Thuringia. It was the climax of a series of local…Peloponnesian War
(Encyclopedia) Peloponnesian WarPeloponnesian Warpĕlˈəpənēˈzhən [key], 431–404 b.c., decisive struggle in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta. It ruined Athens, at least for a time. The rivalry…Peninsular War
(Encyclopedia) Peninsular War, 1808–14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula. The Peninsular War immeasurably…Crimean War
(Encyclopedia) Crimean WarCrimean Warkrīmēˈən [key], 1853–56, war between Russia on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and Sardinia on the other. The causes of the conflict…Corinthian War
(Encyclopedia) Corinthian War (395 b.c.–86 b.c.), armed conflict between Corinth, Argos, Thebes, and Athens on one side and Sparta on the other. Angered by Sparta's tyrannical overlordship in Greece…Algerine War
(Encyclopedia) Algerine WarAlgerine Warălˈjərēnˌ [key], early 19th-century conflict between Algiers and the United States. The Tripolitan War (1801–5) had brought a temporary halt to the pirate…Dunmore's War
(Encyclopedia) Dunmore's War: see Dunmore, John Murray, 4th earl of.