Battle of Oosterweel

When

13 Mar 1567

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.24° N, 4.38° E

Description

1567 battle of the Eighty Years' War

1567 battle of the Eighty Years' War near Antwerp, present-day Belgium

The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel, near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels and killed or captured almost all of them.

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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 Oosterweel: A Spanish mercenary army surprises and kills a band of rebels near Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Oosterweel zum Auftakt des Achtzigjährigen Krieges besiegt eine spanische Armee niederländische Geusen vernichtend”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Marguerite de Parme organise la résistance aux Pays-Bas contre la Révolte des gueux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение у деревни Остервел”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Se libra la batalla de Oosterweel en los inicios de la guerra de Flandes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page