Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588) 1588
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1588 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Netherlands | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Eighty Years' War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 51.5000, 4.3000 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Bergen op Zoom was a siege that took place between September 23 - November 13, 1588, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). The siege took place in the aftermath of the Spanish Armada when famed commander Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma attempted to use his forces to besiege Bergen op Zoom, which was held by an Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan and Peregrine Bertie. An English officer named Grimstone, claiming to be a disaffected Catholic, had set up a trap during which a large Spanish assault was bloodily repulsed. An Anglo-Dutch relief column under the command Maurice of Orange arrived soon after and forced the Duke of Parma to retreat, thus ending the siege.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588) (revision 1370739514), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
Nearby battles
- Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) 1747 · 0 km
- Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814) 1814 · 0 km
- Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1622) 1622 · 0 km
- Battle of the Scheldt (1574) 1574 · 12 km
- Battle of the Slaak 1631 · 16 km
- Battle of Kallo 1638 · 23 km
Other battles of the Eighty Years' War
- Battle of Zutphen 1586
- Siege of Grave (1586) 1586
- Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) 1586
- Siege of Venlo (1586) 1586
- Siege of Sluis (1587) 1587
- Battle of Bayona Islands (1590) 1590
- Capture of Breda (1590) 1590
- Battle of the Gulf of Almería (1591) 1591
- Siege of Deventer (1591) 1591
- Siege of Hulst (1591) 1591
All 110 battles of the Eighty Years' War →
Browse more: battles in Netherlands · Europe · Early modern battles