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Date: March 12 – July 1, 1579: Location: Maastricht (present-day the ... The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years' War which lasted from March 12 to ...
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.
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.
1566 - Beeldenstorm in Maastricht; several churches looted by fanatic Protestants. 1570 - Jesuits establish a monastery and a college (1575). 1576 - Sack of Maastricht by Spanish troops and German mercenaries. 1579 - Siege of Maastricht (1579) by Spanish forces, followed by three-day sack; all Protestants killed or expelled. [3]
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. The outnumbered Dutch forces successfully besieged the city ...
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Date: between 1579 and 1581. Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Author: Frans Hogenberg (before 1540 –1590) Alternative names ...
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 ...