Battle of Oosterweel

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Battle of Oosterweel
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Date March 13, 1567 Location near Antwerp, present-day Belgium Result Spanish victory
Combatants
Dutch rebels	Spain
Commanders
Jan de Marnix van Aldegonde †	de Beauvoir
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties
700–800 dead	Unknown

Eighty Years' War

Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Punta Delgada – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – Turnhout – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – Puerto de Cavite

The Battle of Oosterweel took place on March 13, 1567, and is traditionally seen as the beginning^[1] of the Eighty Years' War. The battle was fought near the village of Oosterweel, north of Antwerp. A Spanish professional army under General Beauvoir defeated an army of radical Calvinists rebels under Jan de Marnix.

The prisoners were considered rebels and all were killed. 700-800 Protestants died in total.

William the Silent, at that time burggraaf of Antwerp did not allow the Protestants of the city to come to their aid, problably because he realised civilians stood no chance against the Spanish professional soldiers.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The Dutch people typically view Louis of Nassau's surprise victory at Heiligerlee in 1568 as the first true battle of the Eighty Years' War.

[edit] External links

• Dutch Revolt, (1566) 1579-1648