What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 1676 – 27 Aug 1676
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.85° N, 5.68° E
- Description
- 1676 siege and failed capture of Maastricht by William of Orange during the Franco-Dutch War
Siege of Maastricht (1676)
1676 siege and failed capture of Maastricht
The Siege of Maastricht (1676) took place from 6 July to 27 August 1676 during the 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War. A combined Dutch-Spanish army led by William III of Orange unsuccessfully tried to retake Maastricht, which the French had captured in 1673. It was eventually returned to the Dutch under the terms of the 1678 Treaty of Nijmegen.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Als Versuch, das seit drei Jahren von den Franzosen besetzte Maastricht zurückzuerobern”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le siège de Maastricht par le prince d'Orange est un échec à la suite de l'intrépide défense du général de Calvo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page