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With a population of about 15,000 to 17,500 people, [56] Maastricht was one of the largest cities in the Low Countries, yet its prosperity, based on its textile factories and breweries, had diminished in the ten years prior to the siege because the interruption of the trade due to the disturbances, and the military constraints over the population.
English: The Siege of Maastricht of 1579. Drawing by Johann Jakob Wick in the collection of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Ms_F_28_f129v_f130r. Date: between 1579 and ...
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Date: between 1579 and 1581. Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Author: Frans Hogenberg (before 1540 –1590) Alternative names ...
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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
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The siege of Maastricht was the last and most major military action during the campaign. The siege itself lasted from 9 June until 22 August, the siege was fought between the Dutch States Army led by Frederick and Horace Vere and the combined forces of the Spanish and Imperial armies.
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