Conflict
|
Allies
|
Belligerent
|
Results
|
Arena Massacre (1699)
|
Trinidadian Government
|
Spain
Native Trinidadians
|
Defeat
- Death of several hundred Native Trinidadians, Roman Catholic priests connected with the mission of San Francisco de los Arenales, the Spanish Governor José de León y Echales and all but one member of his party
|
Invasion of Tobago (1781) Part of the American Revolutionary War
|
Great Britain
Trinidad and Tobago
Saint Lucia
|
France
|
Defeat
- France gains control of Tobago
|
Invasion of Trinidad (1797)
|
Great Britain
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Spain
|
Victory
- Trinidad occupied by Britain
|
Hosay Massacre (30 October 1884)
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
Hosay processioners
|
Victory
- 22 processioners dead and over 100 injured
|
Water Riots
(23 March,1903)
|
Trinidadian Government
|
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Rioters
|
Defeat
|
Labour Unrest of 1934–39 (1934–1939)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Rioters
|
Victory
|
Black Power Revolution (1970)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
National Joint Action Committee
|
Victory
- Arrests of Black Power leaders
- In response, a portion of the Trinidad Defense Force, led by Raffique Shah and Rex Lassalle, mutinied and took hostages at the army barracks at Teteron
- The mutiny was contained and the mutineers surrendered on April 25
|
Jamaat al Muslimeen Coup Attempt (1990)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Jamaat al Muslimeen
|
Victory
- Coup suppression
- The Muslimeen surrendered on August 1 and were taken into custody
|