What the records say
- When
- 29 Jan 1574
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.47° N, 4.13° E
- Description
- naval battle that took place on 29 January 1574
- Naval
- yes
Battle of the Scheldt (1574)
1574 battle of the Eighty Years' War
The Battle of the Scheldt also known as the Battle of Walcheren was a naval battle that took place on 29 January 1574 during the Eighty Years' War. The battle was fought between a Dutch rebel Sea Beggar fleet under Lodewijk van Boisot and a Spanish fleet under Julián Romero.
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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 “Off of the coast of the Netherlands, the Battle of the Scheldt is fought between the Spanish Fleet and a combined Dutch and English fleet of ships”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la flotte espagnole est vaincue par les Gueux de la mer à la bataille de Reimerswaal, sur l'île de Walcheren”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La derrota española en Reimerswaal durante la guerra de Flandes, provoca el 19 de febrero la rendición de Midelburgo, sitiada desde noviembre de 1572”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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