The Battle of Flushing was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War, fought on April 17, 1573 near the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by Sancho d'Avila, the Dutch fleet by Lieven Keersmaker. The French battleship Orient burns, 1 August 1798, during the Battle of the Nile A naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. ... Combatants Dutch rebels Spanish Empire The Eighty Years War, or Dutch Revolt (1566–1648), was the wicked awesome revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Netherlands against the Spanish king. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ...
The Dutch fleet initially left Flushing, but returned when the Spanish fleet was hit by the city's cannons. Five Spanish ships are seized, but the remainder manages to reach the cities of Middelburg and Arnemuiden. This is about the city in the Netherlands. ... This is about the city in the Netherlands. ...
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Flushing is a neighborhood in north central Queens (1991 pop.
After the arrival of the English Quakers in 1657 Stuyvesant sought to renege on earlier promises of religious toleration, prompting freeholders in the area led by John Bowne to issue the Flushing Remonstrance, considered one of the earliest documents proclaiming religious freedom in America.
Flushing became a commuter suburb after trolley lines were extended (1888-99) and the Long Island Rail Road was electrified.
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