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Capture of Ostend

Spain · Warfare / Eighty Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1604Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1604

Philip III22 September 1604

Ostend · Warfare / Eighty Years War

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

Ambrogio Spinola22 September 1604

Ostend · Warfare / Eighty Years War

Ambrogio Spinola, who had succeeded Archduke Albert as commander in the field, eventually captures Ostend, but only at the price of accepting the loss of Sluis

Names involved

Ambrogio SpinolaPhilip III

Provenance

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