Spanish Fury at Mechelen

Quand

12 oct. 1572 – 14 oct. 1572

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

51.02° N, 4.47° E

Description

1572 sack

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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