History Of Wars

The Longest Wars Ever To Be Fought In Human History

Rank

War or conflicts

Start date

End date

Duration

1

Reconquista

711

1492

781 years

2

Anglo-French Wars

1066

1815

748 years

3

Byzantine-Bulgarian wars

680

1355

715 years

4

Roman–Persian Wars

54 BC

628

681 years

5

Germanic Wars

113 BC

569

681 years

6

Ottoman wars in Europe

1265

1918

653 years

7

Bulgarian-Ottoman conflicts

1304

1913

609 years

8

Serbian–Ottoman conflicts

October 1352

May 1913

560 years and 7 months

9

Croatian–Ottoman wars

October 1443

October 1878

435 years

10

Arab–Byzantine wars

629

1050

421 years

11

Mexican Indian Wars

1519

1933

414 years

12

Byzantine–Arab wars

780

1180

400 years

13

Yaqui Wars

1533

1929

396 years

14

Polish–Russian Wars

1558

1939

381 years

15

Philippine revolts against Spain

1521

1898

377 years

16

Yemeni–Ottoman conflicts

1538

1911

373 years

17

Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts

1415

1769

354 years

18

Russo-Turkish wars

1568

1918

350 years

19

Arauco War

1536

1883

347 years

20

Dano-Swedish wars

1470

1814

344 years

21

Spanish–Moro conflict

1565

1898

333 years

22

Ottoman–Venetian wars

25 September 1396

21 July 1718

321 years

23

Apache–Mexico Wars

1600

1915

315 years

24

American Indian Wars

1609

1924

315 years

25

Russo–Swedish Wars

1495

1809

314 years

26

Ottoman–Persian Wars

1514

1823

309 years

27

Burmese–Siamese wars

October 1547

May 1855

307 years

28

Hispano–Moroccan wars

1681

1958

277 years

29

Viking invasions of England

793

1066

273 years

30

Navajo Wars

1600

1866

266 years

31

Ottoman–Habsburg wars

1526

1791

265 years

32

Byzantine–Seljuq wars

1048

1308

260 years

33

Polish–Ottoman Wars

1443

1699

256 years

34

Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts

1481

1718

237 years

35

Chechen–Russian conflict

1785

Ongoing

235 years

36

Warring States Period

453 BC

223 BC

230 years

37

Anglo-Spanish Wars

1585

1808

223 years

38

Byzantine–Ottoman Wars

1265

1479

214 years

39

Polish–Teutonic War

1308

1521

213 years

40

Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula

218 BC

19 BC

199 years

41

Franco-Moroccan conflicts

1765

1958

193 years

42

Cossack uprisings

1591

1775

184 years

43

Russo-Persian Wars

1651

1828

177 years

44

Spanish conquest of Chiapas

1523

1695

172 years

45

Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars

1368

1537

169 years

46

Russian conquest of Siberia

1580

1747

167 years

47

Fitnas

656

819

163 years

48

Ottoman–Hungarian Wars

1366

1526

160 years

49

Polish–Swedish wars

1563

1721

158 years

50

Anglo-Dutch Wars

1652

1810

158 years