What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1582 – 2 Aug 1582
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.13° N, 4.57° E
- Description
- 1582 siege
Siege of Lier (1582)
Siege during the eighty years war
The siege of Lier of 1582, also known as the capture of Lier or betrayal of Lier, took place between 1 and 2 August 1582 at Lier, near Antwerp, during the Eighty Years' War. On 2 August the Spanish army commanded by Governor-General Don Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, supported by part of the States garrison, captured and seized the town, defeating the rest of the Dutch, English and German troops under Governor o…
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