What the records say
- When
- 8 Apr 1596 – 24 Apr 1596
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.95° N, 1.86° E
- Description
- 1596 battle
Siege of Calais (1596)
1596 battle
The siege of Calais of 1596, also known as the Spanish conquest of Calais, took place at the strategic port-city of Calais, between 8 and 24 April 1596, as part of the Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598), in the context of the French Wars of Religion.
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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 “Siege of Calais: Army of Flanders captures Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Los tercios españoles toman Amiens y Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار كاليه في الفترة ما بين 8 أبريل و24 أبريل”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page