What the records say
- When
- 5 Jun 1573
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.38° N, 4.68° E
- Description
- 1573 naval battle on Harlem Lake between the Spanish and Dutch fleets
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Haarlemmermeer
1573 naval battle of the Eighty Years' War
The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement fought on 26 May 1573, during the early stages of the Dutch War of Independence. It was fought on the waters of the Haarlemmermeer – a large lake which at the time was a prominent feature of North Holland.
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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 Haarlemmermeer: Geuzen ships, attempting to break the siege of Haarlem, are defeated by a combined Spanish and Amsterdam fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морское сражение у Харлеммермера”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Haarlemmermeer entre una Armada Española y los Mendigos del mar, en el marco de la guerra de Flandes y del asedio de Haarlem”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page