Battle of Oosterweel
1567 battle of the Eighty Years' War near Antwerp, present-day Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel [nl], near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War.[lower-alpha 1] A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels and killed or captured almost all of them.
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Battle of Oosterweel | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
Battle of Oosterweel From Pieter Bor's Nederlantsche Oorloghen | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dutch rebels | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jean Marnix † | Philip de Lannoy | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,500 | 800[1] | ||||||
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"Almost the entire force killed or captured" | Unknown |
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