16th- and 17th-century Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 23 May 1568 — 10 June 1647; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 23 May 1568
Battle of Heiligerlee
On the map ↗ Source · Q505699 - 21 July 1568
Battle of Jemmingen ↗
Source · Q701367 - 20 October 1568
Battle of Jodoigne ↗
Source · Q930521 - 12 November 1568
Battle of Le Quesnoy ↗
Source · Q55605033 - 9 December 1570 — 19 December 1570
Siege of Loevestein ↗
Source · Q14632127 - 1572
Siege of Stavoren ↗
Source · Q63253178 - 19 March 1572 — 8 June 1580
Conquest of Diest ↗
Source · Q114260817 - 1 April 1572
Capture of Brielle ↗
Source · Q2112779 - 6 April 1572
Capture of Flushing ↗
Source · Q3108206 - 10 June 1572
Capture of Zutphen ↗
Source · Q2572780 - 22 June 1572
Annexation of Doetinchem ↗
Source · Q13732818 - 23 June 1572 — 19 September 1572
Siege of Mons ↗
Source · Q971364 - 17 July 1572
Battle of Hautrage ↗
Source · Q15973510 - August 1572 — October 1572
Relief of Goes ↗
Source · Q2231652 - 2 October 1572 — 4 October 1572
Spanish Fury at Mechelen ↗
Source · Q2726440 - 4 November 1572 — 18 February 1574
Siege of Middelburg ↗
Source · Q2585314 - 11 December 1572 — 13 July 1573
Siege of Haarlem ↗
Source · Q652271 - 17 April 1573
Battle of Flushing ↗
Source · Q679831 - 26 May 1573
Battle of Haarlemmermeer ↗
Source · Q1814248 - 21 August 1573 — 8 October 1573
Siege of Alkmaar ↗
Source · Q2350145 - 28 August 1573
Capture of Geertruidenberg ↗
Source · Q13732826 - October 1573
Battle of Delft ↗
Source · Q28454990 - October 1573 — October 1574
Siege of Leiden ↗
Source · Q694619 - 11 October 1573
Battle on the Zuiderzee ↗
Source · Q2386251 - 29 January 1574
Battle of Reimerswaal ↗
Source · Q744588 - February 1574 — March 1574
Capture of Valkenburg ↗
Source · Q20638909 - 15 April 1574
Battle of Mookerheyde ↗
Source · Q695732 - 30 May 1574
Battle of Lillo ↗
Source · Q2890949 - 13 July 1574 — 14 October 1574
Siege of Zaltbommel ↗
Source · Q42161822 - October 1574
Battle of Geestbrug ↗
Source · Q40166615 - 19 July 1575 — 7 August 1575
Siege of Oudewater ↗
Source · Q2587413 - 11 August 1575 — 24 August 1575
Siege of Schoonhoven ↗
Source · Q4587277 - 8 September 1575 — 10 September 1576
Siege of Woerden ↗
Source · Q2461247 - October 1575 — July 1576
Siege of Zierikzee ↗
Source · Q2139412 - October 1575 — October 1575
Siege of Bommenede ↗
Source · Q2141878 - 20 October 1576
Spanish Fury at Maastricht ↗
Source · Q2357112 - 21 December 1576 — 11 February 1577
Siege of Vredenburg ↗
Source · Q14622032 - August 1577 — October 1577
Siege of Breda ↗
Source · Q1606844 - 31 January 1578
Battle of Gembloux ↗
Source · Q764819 - 20 February 1578 — 24 February 1578
Siege of Zichem ↗
Source · Q14849443 - 8 March 1578 — 12 March 1578
Siege of Nivelles ↗
Source · Q14849442 - 20 June 1578
Capture of Dalhem ↗
Source · Q14917890 - 31 July 1578
Battle of Rijmenam ↗
Source · Q2936853 - 3 August 1578 — 19 November 1578
Siege of Deventer in 1578 ↗
Source · Q2231397 - 22 September 1578 — 7 October 1578
Siege of Binche ↗
Source · Q14849440 - 2 March 1579
Battle of Borgerhout ↗
Source · Q14855684 - 12 March 1579 — 1 July 1579
Siege of Maastricht ↗
Source · Q2758693 - 14 August 1579
Battle of Baasrode ↗
Source · Q46992344 - 27 February 1580
Capture of Courtrai ↗
Source · Q14851556 - 18 October 1580 — 23 February 1581
Siege of Steenwijk ↗
Source · Q2483221 - 19 July 1581
Battle of Kollum ↗
Source · Q18649016 - 26 July 1581 — 27 July 1581
Capture of Breda ↗
Source · Q631709 - 3 October 1581 — 24 October 1581
Siege of Niezijl ↗
Source · Q2779261 - 4 October 1581 — 30 November 1581
Siege of Tournai ↗
Source · Q3486041 - 22 July 1582 — 15 September 1582
Siege of Lochem ↗
Source · Q2621821 - 1 August 1582 — 2 August 1582
Siege of Lier ↗
Source · Q21187145 - 17 January 1583
French Fury ↗
Source · Q2457514 - 7 February 1583 — 23 April 1583
Siege of Eindhoven ↗
Source · Q2330922 - 17 June 1583
Battle of Steenbergen ↗
Source · Q3075969 - 28 October 1583 — 17 September 1584
Siege of Ghent ↗
Source · Q2202319 - 1584
Capture of Aalst ↗
Source · Q14632124 - May 1584 — July 1584
Siege of Zutphen ↗
Source · Q13437123 - July 1584 — August 1585
Fall of Antwerp ↗
Source · Q697823 - August 1584 — March 1585
Siege of Brussels ↗
Source · Q5231499 - 1585 — 1604
Anglo-Spanish War
On the map ↗ Source · Q430726 - 3 March 1585 — 8 March 1585
Battle of Werl ↗
Source · Q867236 - 23 June 1585
Battle of Amerongen ↗
Source · Q2236802 - July 1585 — October 1585
Newfoundland expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q27957778 - 27 August 1585 — 31 August 1585
Action off Bermuda ↗
Source · Q48782214 - September 1585 — October 1585
Francis Drake's descent on Vigo
On the map ↗ Source · Q135474687 - 6 October 1585 — 15 October 1585
Siege of IJsseloord ↗
Source · Q2649702 - 11 November 1585 — 28 November 1585
Capture of Santiago ↗
Source · Q16209152 - 7 December 1585 — 8 December 1585
Battle of Empel ↗
Source · Q4870969 - 1 January 1586
Battle of Santo Domingo ↗
Source · Q15145340 - 17 January 1586
Battle of Boksum ↗
Source · Q2888174 - February 1586 — June 1586
Siege of Grave ↗
Source · Q13568719 - 9 February 1586 — 11 February 1586
Battle of Cartagena de Indias ↗
Source · Q15145481 - 28 June 1586
Siege of Venlo ↗
Source · Q2069820 - 13 July 1586
Battle of Pantelleria ↗
Source · Q16243583 - 13 August 1586 — 3 February 1590
Siege of Rheinberg ↗
Source · Q2043762 - 22 September 1586
Battle of Zutphen ↗
Source · Q2890458 - 12 April 1587 — 6 July 1587
Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
On the map ↗ Source · Q957491 - 12 June 1587 — 4 August 1587
Siege of Sluis ↗
Source · Q13538346 - 8 August 1588
Battle of Gravelines ↗
Source · Q2400227 - 23 September 1588 — 13 November 1588
Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom ↗
Source · Q2050622 - 1589
Siege of Heusden ↗
Source · Q13568722 - April 1589 — July 1589
English Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q145934 - 10 April 1589
Capture of Geertruidenberg ↗
Source · Q20020507 - August 1589 — September 1589
Azores Voyage of 1589
On the map ↗ Source · Q23018820 - 1590 — 1598
Brittany Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q115828870 - 1590
Battle of Bayona Islands ↗
Source · Q19901912 - 4 March 1590
Capture of Breda ↗
Source · Q2220712 - 24 April 1590
Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1590) ↗
Source · Q16243594 - 4 June 1590 — 18 July 1590
Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q30324621 - 1591
Battle of Blaye ↗
Source · Q113482009 - 1591
Maurice's campaign of 1591
On the map ↗ Source · Q2236255 - 14 April 1591
Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar ↗
Source · Q4873017 - 19 May 1591 — 30 May 1591
Siege of Zutphen ↗
Source · Q13437124 - 1 June 1591 — 10 June 1591
Siege of Deventer ↗
Source · Q2893211 - 26 June 1591 — 2 July 1591
Capture of Delfzijl ↗
Source · Q27628425 - 2 July 1591
Capture of Delfzijl ↗
Source · Q13732805 - 21 July 1591 — 25 July 1591
Siege of Knodsenburg ↗
Source · Q13490083 - August 1591
Battle of the Gulf of Almería ↗
Source · Q15531357 - 30 August 1591 — 1 September 1591
Battle of Flores ↗
Source · Q4871029 - 20 September 1591 — 24 September 1591
Siege of Hulst ↗
Source · Q2028290 - 17 October 1591 — 21 October 1591
Siege of Nijmegen ↗
Source · Q1949665 - 11 November 1591 — 20 April 1592
Siege of Rouen ↗
Source · Q7510351 - April 1592 — June 1592
Newport's 1592 expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q123925236 - 24 April 1592 — 21 May 1592
Siege of Caudebec ↗
Source · Q24971262 - 20 May 1592 — 13 August 1592
Battle of Flores ↗
Source · Q15197201 - 21 May 1592 — 24 May 1592
Battle of Craon ↗
Source · Q2888359 - 30 May 1592 — 5 July 1592
Siege of Steenwijk ↗
Source · Q2188582 - 26 July 1592 — 2 September 1592
Siege of Coevorden ↗
Source · Q1871186 - 26 July 1592
Battle of the Barbary Coast ↗
Source · Q24896259 - November 1592
Battle of the Bay of Biscay ↗
Source · Q16243586 - 14 January 1593 — June 1595
Luxemburg campaigns
On the map ↗ Source · Q2902835 - 27 March 1593 — 24 June 1593
Siege of Geertruidenberg ↗
Source · Q2594176 - 18 April 1593
Battle of Blaye ↗
Source · Q2888157 - 28 October 1593 — 6 May 1594
Siege of Coevorden ↗
Source · Q48779654 - 19 May 1594 — 22 July 1594
Siege of Groningen ↗
Source · Q2544586 - 22 June 1594 — 23 June 1594
Action of Faial ↗
Source · Q16158139 - 29 June 1594 — 1 July 1594
Battle of Atacames ↗
Source · Q113482017 - 29 June 1594 — 1 July 1594
Action of San Mateo Bay ↗
Source · Q4677403 - 1 October 1594 — 19 November 1594
Siege of Fort Crozon ↗
Source · Q3485884 - February 1595 — August 1595
Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q27958898 - 7 March 1595 — 20 March 1595
Siege of Huy ↗
Source · Q14632126 - 30 March 1595 — April 1595
Capture of Recife
On the map ↗ Source · Q15845036 - 14 July 1595 — 24 July 1595
Siege of Groenlo ↗
Source · Q699917 - September 1595 — April 1596
Drake–Hawkins Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q2380606 - October 1595
Battle of Las Palmas ↗
Source · Q4871538 - 8 November 1595
Battle of the Guadalupe Island ↗
Source · Q16822742 - 22 November 1595
Battle of San Juan ↗
Source · Q4872281 - 6 January 1596 — 20 January 1596
Drake's Assault on Panama
On the map ↗ Source · Q85757623 - 11 March 1596
Battle of Pinos ↗
Source · Q4872046 - July 1596 — August 1596
Siege of Hulst ↗
Source · Q2143007 - 24 October 1596 — 1 November 1596
Second Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q20977854 - 24 January 1597
Battle of Turnhout ↗
Source · Q646525 - 13 May 1597 — 25 September 1597
Siege of Amiens ↗
Source · Q3485809 - June 1597 — August 1597
Islands Voyage
On the map ↗ Source · Q16848812 - 9 August 1597 — 19 August 1597
Siege of Rheinberg ↗
Source · Q815194 - 29 August 1597 — 3 September 1597
Siege of Meurs ↗
Source · Q815178 - 11 September 1597 — 28 September 1597
Siege of Groenlo ↗
Source · Q666407 - 1 October 1597 — 10 October 1597
Siege of Bredevoort ↗
Source · Q2499253 - 18 October 1597 — 15 November 1597
Third Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q5919490 - 19 October 1597
Capture of Enschede ↗
Source · Q1986792 - 19 October 1597 — 21 October 1597
Capture of Ootmarsum ↗
Source · Q2335434 - 20 October 1597 — 23 October 1597
Siege of Oldenzaal ↗
Source · Q2618828 - 25 October 1597 — 12 November 1597
Siege of Lingen ↗
Source · Q4825573 - 15 June 1598 — 30 June 1598
Battle of San Juan ↗
Source · Q4872278 - 9 October 1598 — 14 October 1598
Siege of Rheinberg ↗
Source · Q815198 - 28 April 1599 — 2 May 1599
Siege of Schenckenschans ↗
Source · Q30608727 - 15 May 1599 — 13 July 1599
Siege of Zaltbommel ↗
Source · Q2374971 - 26 June 1599 — 8 July 1599
Siege of Las Palmas ↗
Source · Q109313108 - 10 September 1599 — 12 September 1599
Siege of Rees ↗
Source · Q2384299 - 28 January 1600 — 6 March 1600
Siege of San Andreas ↗
Source · Q48804665 - 5 February 1600
Battle of Lekkerbeetje ↗
Source · Q22097614 - 2 July 1600
Battle of Nieuwpoort ↗
Source · Q1392 - 17 January 1601
Capture of Portobello ↗
Source · Q16253717 - 12 June 1601 — 2 August 1601
Siege of Rheinberg ↗
Source · Q2738414 - 4 July 1601 — 22 September 1604
Siege of Ostend ↗
Source · Q646895 - August 1601 — March 1602
Fourth Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q132797985 - 1 November 1601 — 27 November 1601
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ↗
Source · Q20638664 - 1602
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1602) ↗
Source · Q113482008 - 3 June 1602
Battle of Sesimbra Bay ↗
Source · Q16822708 - 18 July 1602 — 20 September 1602
Siege of Grave ↗
Source · Q2127633 - 3 October 1602 — 4 October 1602
Battle of the Narrow Seas ↗
Source · Q16822746 - 17 February 1603
Battle of Puerto Caballos ↗
Source · Q16822687 - 26 May 1603
Battle of Sluis ↗
Source · Q2114424 - 19 August 1603 — 5 November 1603
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ↗
Source · Q131388126 - 19 May 1604 — 19 August 1604
Siege of Sluis ↗
Source · Q3342826 - 7 August 1604
Battle of the Gulf of Cadiz ↗
Source · Q15197539 - 1605 — 1606
Spinola's campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q14942533 - July 1605
Battle of the English Channel ↗
Source · Q113493304 - 10 August 1605 — 19 August 1605
Siege of Lingen ↗
Source · Q7510198 - 9 October 1605
Battle of Mülheim ↗
Source · Q1412175 - 16 June 1606
Battle of Cape St. Vincent ↗
Source · Q67212705 - 3 August 1606 — 9 November 1606
Siege of Groenlo ↗
Source · Q679843 - 1 October 1606 — 2 October 1606
Siege of Venlo ↗
Source · Q2307073 - 11 February 1607
Siege of Erkelenz ↗
Source · Q13427891 - 25 April 1607
Battle of Gibraltar
On the map ↗ Source · Q667179 - February 1609
Battle of Mülheim ↗
Source · Q1387900 - 28 July 1610 — 2 September 1610
Siege of Jülich ↗
Source · Q815150 - August 1614
Siege of Aachen ↗
Source · Q16931376 - 14 April 1617 — 15 April 1617
Battle of Playa Honda ↗
Source · Q1933282 - 10 August 1621
Battle of Gibraltar ↗
Source · Q2890865 - 5 September 1621 — 3 February 1622
Siege of Jülich ↗
Source · Q17122425 - 22 June 1622 — 24 June 1622
Battle of Macau ↗
Source · Q704333 - 18 July 1622 — 2 October 1622
Siege of Bergen op Zoom ↗
Source · Q1838038 - 28 August 1624 — 5 June 1625
Siege of Breda ↗
Source · Q431488 - 24 September 1625 — 2 November 1625
Battle of San Juan ↗
Source · Q4872279 - 1 November 1625 — 15 November 1630
Anglo-Spanish War of 1625–1630
On the map ↗ Source · Q168442 - 1 November 1625 — 7 November 1625
Cádiz Expedition ↗
Source · Q2167774 - 25 July 1626 — 1 August 1626
Siege of Oldenzaal ↗
Source · Q2182866 - 20 July 1627 — 19 August 1627
Siege of Groenlo ↗
Source · Q371252 - 7 September 1628 — 8 September 1628
Battle in the Bay of Matanzas ↗
Source · Q2610822 - 30 April 1629 — 14 September 1629
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch ↗
Source · Q387040 - 24 July 1629
Battle of IJsseloord ↗
Source · Q137639834 - 13 September 1631
Battle of the Slaak ↗
Source · Q672218 - 1 June 1632 — 22 August 1632
Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q125843671 - 9 June 1632 — 22 August 1632
Capture of Maastricht ↗
Source · Q2056637 - 26 April 1633 — 11 November 1633
Jan Janszoon van Hoorn's expedition of 1633
On the map ↗ Source · Q112136746 - 11 June 1633 — 2 July 1633
Siege of Rheinberg ↗
Source · Q13437114 - 25 June 1633 — 1 July 1633
Capture of Saint Martin
On the map ↗ Source · Q5037054 - August 1633
Expedition to the Unare
On the map ↗ Source · Q130467182 - 30 June 1634 — 8 September 1634
Siege of Maastricht ↗
Source · Q23306238 - 8 May 1635 — 20 May 1635
Siege of the Philippines ↗
Source · Q13437113 - 27 July 1635 — 28 July 1635
Capture of Schenkenschans ↗
Source · Q3403890 - 30 July 1635 — 30 April 1636
Siege of Schenkenschans ↗
Source · Q7510387 - 17 October 1635 — 2 November 1635
Siege of Limbourg ↗
Source · Q139504957 - 18 February 1637
Battle off Lizard Point ↗
Source · Q2589203 - 21 July 1637 — 11 October 1637
Siege of Breda ↗
Source · Q2330975 - 20 August 1637 — 25 August 1637
Siege of Venlo ↗
Source · Q2377749 - 31 August 1637 — 1 September 1637
Capture of Roermond ↗
Source · Q124625188 - 20 June 1638
Battle of Kallo ↗
Source · Q2888890 - 25 August 1638
Battle of Geldern ↗
Source · Q136704997 - 31 August 1638 — 3 September 1638
Battle of Cabañas ↗
Source · Q2888219 - 18 February 1639
Action of 18 February 1639 ↗
Source · Q2594731 - 16 September 1639 — 17 September 1639
Fight in the Channel ↗
Source · Q4677287 - 21 October 1639
Battle of the Downs ↗
Source · Q675999 - 21 May 1640
Battle of Bruges ↗
Source · Q136779855 - 1 July 1640 — 9 July 1640
Siege of Hulst ↗
Source · Q126164296 - August 1641
First Battle of San Salvador ↗
Source · Q24839239 - 4 November 1641
Battle of Cape St. Vincent ↗
Source · Q2890861 - 19 August 1642 — 26 August 1642
Final Battle of San Salvador ↗
Source · Q15904347 - 20 March 1644 — 17 April 1644
Attack on Saint Martin ↗
Source · Q4818004 - 7 October 1645 — 4 November 1645
Siege of Hulst ↗
Source · Q2013484 - 15 March 1646 — 4 October 1646
Battles of La Naval de Manila ↗
Source · Q2265603 - 7 September 1646 — 11 October 1646
Siege of Dunkirk ↗
Source · Q3485880 - 10 June 1647
Battle of Puerto de Cavite ↗
Source · Q2890933
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