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Encyclopedia > Battle of Jodoigne

Eighty Years' War
JodoigneHeiligerleeJemmingenHaarlemMookerheydeGemblouxZutphenTurnhoutNieuwpoort

The Battle of Jodoigne was fought in 1568 between Spanish and Dutch forces. The Spanish were victorious. The Eighty Years War, or Dutch Revolt, was the war of secession between the Netherlands and the Spanish king, that lasted from 1568 to 1648. ... The Battle of Heiligerlee in Friesland on 23 May 1568 was part of the Eighty Years War. ... After the Battle of Heiligerlee Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city Groningen. ... In the Eighty Years War the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands was put under a bloody siege by a Spanish army that wanted to reclaim the revolted city for Philip II, the Spanish king. ... The Battle of Mookerheyde was a battle of the Eighty Years War fought on 14 April 1574 near the village Mook and the river Spanish army was led by Sancho dAvilla and Mendoza consisted of 5,000 infantry and 800 cavalry. ... Combatants Dutch rebels Spain Commanders Unknown John of Austria Strength Casualties 10,000 dead, wounded, or captured 100 dead or wounded The Battle of Gembloux marked a terrible defeat for the Protestant rebels fighting against Spain in the Eighty Years War. ... Combatants Dutch rebels, English soldiers Spain Commanders  ?  ? Strength  ?  ? Casualties  ?  ? The battle of Zutphen was a confrontation of the Eighty Years War on September 22, 1586, in Zutphen, the Netherlands. ... Battle of Turnhout, 1597. ... The Battle of Nieuwpoort between the Dutch and the Spanish army took place on July 2, 1600 in the Belgian city Nieuwpoort. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ...


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Wikipedia: 1568 (264 words)
May 13 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
May 23 - Battle of Heiligerlee - Troops under William of Orange's younger brother, Louis of Nassau, defeat a small loyalist force under the Duke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands.
July 21 - Battle of Jemmingen - The main Spanish army of the Duke of Alva utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.
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