Battle of Gembloux

When

10 Feb 1578

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.55° N, 4.75° E

Description

1578 battle during the Eighty Years' War

Battle during the Eighty Years' War

The Battle of Gembloux took place at Gembloux, near Namur, Low Countries, between the Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria, Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, and a rebel army under Antoine de Goignies, during the Eighty Years' War.

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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 “Battle of Gembloux: Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Don Juan d'Autriche écrase l’armée des États généraux à la bataille de Gembloux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Жамблу”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Gembloux entre tropas españolas y holandesas, con la victoria de Juan de Austria frente a los rebeldes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Eighty Years' War2 Jun 1568 · Civil war