Battle of the Downs

When

21 Oct 1639

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.20° N, 1.50° E

Description

1639 naval battle

Naval

yes

1639 battle of the Eighty Years' War

The Battle of the Downs took place on 21 October 1639, during the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish fleet, commanded by Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, was decisively defeated by a Dutch force under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp.

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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 “Naval Battle of the Downs: A Republic of the United Provinces fleet decisively defeats a Spanish fleet in English waters”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht bei den Downs im Ärmelkanal gelingt der Flotte aus der Republik der Sieben Vereinigten Provinzen unter dem Kommando von Maarten Tromp ein…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille des Dunes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “21 (31) октября — морское сражение у Даунса”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en los actuales Países Bajos se produce la Batalla naval de las Dunas entre las armadas española y el ejército de las Provincias Unidas de los Países Bajos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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