What the records say
- When
- 12 Oct 1572 – 14 Oct 1572
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.02° N, 4.47° E
- Description
- 1572 sack
Spanish Fury at Mechelen
1572 sack of Mechelen, modern Belgium
The Spanish Fury at Mechelen was an event in the Eighty Years' War on October 2, 1572 in which the city of Mechelen was conquered by the Spanish army and brutally sacked.
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