What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1585 – 15 Oct 1585
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.97° N, 5.95° E
- Description
- 1585 siege
Siege of IJsseloord
1585 siege
The siege of IJsseloord or the capture of Arnhem was a siege that took place between the 6 and 15 October 1585 at Arnhem during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). The Dutch and English were victorious when the sconce of IJsseloord after seven days capitulated and Arnhem fell into their hands.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Arnhem in the Netherlands, the siege of IJsseloord is completed after nine days as English and Dutch forces recapture the city from Spanish occupiers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page