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Battle of Downs

Netherlands · Warfare / Thirty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1639Date range
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Chronological records

1639

Martin Van Tromp21 October 1639

Downs · Warfare / Thirty Years War

Defeats the Spanish fleet under Antonio de Oquendo

Names involved

Martin Van Tromp

Provenance

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