What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1628 – 8 Sep 1628
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 23.33° N, 81.57° W
- Description
- 1628 naval battle during Eighty Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Battle in the Bay of Matanzas
Naval battle during Eighty Years' War
The Battle in the Bay of Matanzas was a naval battle in Cuba during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch squadron was able to defeat and capture a Spanish treasure fleet.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le marin hollandais Piet Hein capture la flotte espagnole de l’argent qui vient de quitter Cuba, dans la baie de Mantazas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение у Матансаса”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Piet Hein, corsario neerlandés, captura la flota española del tesoro en la batalla de la Bahía de Matanzas, frente a las costas de Cuba”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page