Capture of Brielle

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1. Apr. 1572

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Schlacht

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51.90° N, 4.17° E

1572 battle of the Eighty Years' War in Brielle, the Netherlands

The Capture of Brielle by the Watergeuzen, on 1 April 1572 marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. Militarily the success was minor as the port of Brielle was undefended, but it provided the first foothold on land for the rebels at a time when the rebellion was all but crushed, and it offered the sign for a new revolt throughout the Netherlands which led to…

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „les Gueux prennent le port de La Brielle en Hollande“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „захват Брилле“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Toma de Brielle en los Países Bajos por los mendigos del mar“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

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