Battle of the Slaak

When

13 Sep 1631

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.63° N, 4.20° E

Description

1631 battle

Naval

yes

1631 naval battle of the Eighty Years' War

The naval Battle of the Slaak was a Dutch victory during the Eighty Years' War. The Dutch prevented the Spanish army from dividing the Dutch United Provinces in two.

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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 “Eighty Years' War – Battle of the Slaak: A Spanish fleet of 95 ships, carrying 5,500 soldiers tasked with taking over the Dutch Republic”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Seeschlacht auf dem Slaak im Achtzigjährigen Krieg zwischen den Niederlanden und Spanien endet mit einem vollständigen Sieg der Niederländer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “12 et 13 septembre : victoire navale des Provinces-Unies sur l'Espagne à la bataille de la Slaak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Eighty Years' War2 Jun 1568 · Civil war