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The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years' War which lasted from March 12 to July 1, 1579. The Spanish were victorious. The Spanish were victorious. Prelude
The siege of Maastricht may refer to one of several sieges: Siege of Maastricht (1579) by Spanish forces during the Eighty Years' War of 1568–1648; Capture of Maastricht (1632) by Dutch forces during the Eighty Years' War of 1568–1648; Siege of Maastricht (1673) by French forces during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–1678
The period between the Pacification of Ghent (8 November 1576), and the Unions of Arras (6 January 1579) and Utrecht (23 January 1579) constituted a crucial phase of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1568 –1648) between the Spanish Empire and the rebelling United Provinces, which would become the independent Dutch Republic.
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Capture of Maastricht; Siege of Maastricht (1673) Siege of Maastricht (1676) Siege of Maastricht (1748) Siege of Maastricht (1793)
As soon as he had secured a base of operations in Hainaut and Artois, Farnese set himself in earnest to the task of reconquering Brabant and Flanders by force of arms, beginning with Maastricht. Farnese commenced the Siege of Maastricht on 12 March 1579. He ordered his troops to sap the walls. The inhabitants of Maastricht were also digging to ...
8/12 March – 29 June/1 July 1579 Siege of Maastricht: Limburg Dutch States Army: Army of Flanders: Royalist victory 29 March 1579 Street battle in Mechelen [15] Mechelen Dutch States Army. Hollandic troops; Calvinist armed citizens Catholic armed citizens Royalist victory 1 July 1579 Schermersoproer in Den Bosch Brabant Calvinist city guard
This affected Maastricht as much as many other places in north-western Europe. [11] The 1489 and 1552 pilgrimages were cancelled due to threat of war. [18] [19] During the Siege of Maastricht (1579) the three "heavenly cloths" went missing, whereas the reliquary bust of Saint Servatius was largely destroyed. Maastricht became a heavily defended ...
March 12 – The Siege of Maastricht, a center of the Dutch resistance to Spanish rule, is started in the Netherlands by Spanish troops under the command of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. [6] The siege will last almost four months before Maastricht falls on July 1.