23 May 1572
Capture of Mons
Captures the fortress of Mons
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mons in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Captures the fortress of Mons
Surrenders Mons to the Spanish but most of the Dutch towns are occupied by Calvinists
Provenance
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