What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1631
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 18.03° S, 38.67° W
- Description
- 1631 naval battle of the Dutch invasions of Brazil
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Abrolhos
1631 naval conflict
The naval Battle of the Abrolhos took place on 12 September 1631 off the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil, during the Eighty Years' War. A joint Spanish-Portuguese fleet under admiral Antonio de Oquendo defeated the Dutch after a six-hour naval battle.
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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 of Albrolhos: A Spanish fleet, under the command of Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, defeats a Dutch fleet off the coast of Brazil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire espagnole sur les Provinces-Unies à la bataille des Abrolhos au Brésil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page