What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 1637 – 25 Aug 1637
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.37° N, 6.17° E
- Description
- 1637 siege
Siege of Venlo (1637)
1637 battle during the Eighty Years' War
The siege of Venlo was an important siege in the Eighty Years' War that lasted from 20 to 25 August 1637. The Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, retook the city of Venlo from the United Provinces, which had taken control of it in 1632 during the offensive of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange against Maastricht.
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