List of conflicts in Libya
# List of conflicts in Libya

## Ancient Times

### Egyptian Empire

* circa 1279 B.C.E. — 1213 B.C.E. Ramesses II's Campaigns in Libya

### Carthaginian Empire

* 264 B.C.E. — 146 B.C.E. Punic Wars

### Kingdom of Numidia

* 112 B.C.E. — 106 B.C.E. Jugurthine War

### Roman Province of Africa

193 C.E. – 211 C.E. Military activity of Septimius Severus

   * 203 C.E. The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus launched a campaign deep into the Sahara, capturing the capital city of the Garamantian Empire Germa, but he abandoned it soon after.
* 439 C.E. The Vandals overran the Roman Province of Africa

## Medieval Times

### Vandal Kingdom

* June 533 C.E. — March 534 C.E. Vandalic War
   * Diplomatic preparations and revolts in Tripolitania and Sardinia
      * Spring 533 C.E. Anti-Vandal revolt in Tripolitania; Byzantine troops from Cyrenaica occupy the province

### Byzantine Praetorian prefecture of Africa

* The Moorish Wars
   * 534 C.E. First Moorish uprising
   * 544 C.E. Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic

### Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

* 647 C.E. — 709 C.E. Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
   * 669 C.E. The city Germa was conquered by Uqba ibn Nafi.

### Ayyubid dynasty

* 1171 C.E. — 1172 C.E. Conquest of North Africa and Nubia

### Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

* 1551 C.E. Ottoman conquest

## Modern Times

### Ottoman Eyalet of Tripolitania

* June 30, 1793 C.E. — January 20, 1795 C.E. Tripolitanian civil war
* May 10, 1801 C.E. — June 10, 1805 C.E. First Barbary War
   * April 27, 1805 C.E. — May 13, 1805 C.E. Battle of Derne
* February 1820 C.E. — October 1822 C.E. Invasion of Libya and Sudan

### Ottoman Vilayet of Tripolitania

* September 29, 1911 C.E. — October 18, 1912 C.E. Italo-Turkish War
* 1911 C.E. — 1943 C.E. Libyan resistance movement

### Italian Libya

* September 29, 1911 C.E. — October 18, 1912 C.E. Italo-Turkish War
* 1911 C.E. — 1943 C.E. Libyan resistance movement
   * 1915 C.E. Gasr Bu Hadi
* July 28, 1914 C.E. — November 11, 1918 C.E. World War I
   * 1914 C.E. — 1918 C.E. North African theatre
* September 1, 1939 C.E. — September 2, 1945 C.E. World War II
   * June 10, 1940 C.E. — May 2, 1945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
      * June 10, 1940 C.E. — May 13, 1943 C.E. North African Campaign
         * June 11, 1940 C.E. — February 4, 1943 C.E. Western Desert Campaign
            * January 3 — January 5, 1941 C.E. Battle of Bardia
            * January 31, 1941 C.E. — March 1, 1941 C.E. Battle of Kufra
            * May 26 — June 21, 1942 C.E. Battle of Gazala
            * May 26 — June 11, 1942 C.E. Battle of Bir Hakeim
            * December 11 — December 18, 1942 C.E. Battle of El Agheila

### Allied occupation of Libya

* June 1,948 C.E. Anti-Jewish rioters in Libya killed 12 Jews and destroyed 280 Jewish homes

### Kingdom of Libya

* Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
* September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup

### Libyan Arab Republic

* September 1, 1,969 C.E. Libyan coup

### Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

* 1,947 C.E. — 1,991 C.E. Cold War
   * August 19, 1,981 C.E. Gulf of Sidra incident
   * March, 1,986 C.E. Action in the Gulf of Sidra
   * April 15, 1,986 C.E. United States bombing of Libya
   * January 4, 1,989 C.E. Gulf of Sidra incident
   * July 21, 1,977 C.E. — July 24, 1,977 C.E. Libyan—Egyptian War
* 1,978 C.E. — 1,987 C.E. Chadian-Libyan conflict
   * 1,983 C.E. — 1,984 C.E. Operation Manta
   * February 13, 1,986 C.E. — ongoing Opération Épervier
   * December 16, 1,986 C.E. — September 11, 1,987 C.E. Toyota War

### National Transitional Council of Libya

* December 18, 2,010 C.E. — ongoing Arab Spring
   * 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Libyan Crisis
      * February 15, 2,011 C.E. — October 23, 2,011 C.E. Libyan Civil War
         * February 15, 2,011 C.E. — February 20, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Benghazi
         * February 17, 2,011 C.E. — February 25, 2,011 C.E. Tripoli protests and clashes
         * February 18, 2,011 C.E. — May 15, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Misrata
         * February 24, 2,011 C.E. — March 10, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Zawiya
         * March 1, 2,011 C.E. — August 18, 2,011 C.E. Nafusa Mountains campaign
            * April 21, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Wazzin
            * August 13, 2,011 C.E. — August 18, 2,011 C.E. Battle of Gharyan
         * March 2, 2,011 C.E. First Battle of Brega
         * March 19, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Military intervention in Libya
            * March 19, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Ellamy
            * March 19, 2,011 C.E. — March 31, 2,011 C.E. Opération Harmattan
            * March 19, 2,011 C.E. — November 1, 2,011 C.E. Operation Mobile
            * March 19, 2,011 C.E. — March 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Odyssey Dawn
            * March 23, 2,011 C.E. — October 31, 2,011 C.E. Operation Unified Protector

### State of Libya

* December 18, 2,010 C.E. — ongoing Arab Spring
   * 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Libyan Crisis
      * November 1, 2011 C.E. — May 16, 2014 C.E. Factional violence in Libya
         * January 23, 2,012 C.E. — January 25, 2,012 C.E. Bani Walid uprising
         * February 12, 2,012 C.E. — July 1, 2,012 C.E. Kufra conflict
         * March 25, 2,012 C.E. — March 31, 2,012 C.E. Sabha conflict
         * June 4, 2,012 C.E. Tripoli airport clashes
         * June 11, 2,012 C.E. — June 18, 2,012 C.E. Zintan clashes
         * September 9, 2,012 C.E. — October 26, 2,012 C.E. Siege of Bani Walid
         * September 11, 2,012 C.E. — September 12, 2,012 C.E. Benghazi attack
         * June 8, 2,013 C.E. — June 15, 2,013 C.E. Benghazi conflict
         * February 14, 2014 C.E. — May 2,014 C.E. Libyan coup d'état attempts
      * May 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Second Libyan Civil War
         * May 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Operation Dignity
         * July 13, 2,014 C.E. — August 23, 2,014 C.E. Battle of Tripoli Airport
         * October 5, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing ISIL takeover of Derna
         * January 27, 2,015 C.E. Corinthia Hotel attack
         * February 8, 2,015 C.E. — February 9, 2,015 C.E. Fall of Nofaliya
         * February 12, 2,015 C.E. Kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya
         * February 16, 2,015 C.E. — ongoing Egyptian military intervention in Libya
