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Siege of Bergen op Zoom

Siege of Bergen op Zoom was a siege conducted in July 1747 at Bergen op Zoom, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740 to 1748. The recorded result: French victory.

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Kaart van Bergen op Zoom in 1747
Kaart van Bergen op Zoom in 1747. Kinetix, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJuly 1747
WhereBergen op Zoom, Netherlands51.500N, 4.300E
OutcomeFrench victory
Part ofWar of the Austrian Succession1740 to 1748

Where it sits in the War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Mollwitz, 1741Siege of Brieg, 1741Siege of Prague, 1742Siege of Brno, 1742Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Action of 14 June 1742, 1742Siege of Mirandola, 1742Battle of Campo Santo, 1743Battle of Dettingen, 1743Battle of Toulon, 1744Battle of Villafranca, 1744Battle of Velletri, 1744Battle of Casteldelfino, 1744Siege of Prague, 1744Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, 1744Battle of Pfaffenhofen, 1745Siege of Tournai, 1745Battle of Fontenoy, 1745Siege of Louisbourg, 1745Battle of Anguilla, 1745Fall of Ghent, 1745Battle of Melle, 1745Siege of Ath, 1745Battle of Bassignano, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Hennersdorf, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1746Battle of Piacenza, 1746Action of 6 July 1746, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Madras, 1746Raid on Lorient, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Adyar, 1746Siege of Antibes, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1747First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Assietta, 1747Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, 1748Siege of Maastricht, 1748Siege of Cuddalore, 174817411748Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747
46 placed engagements of the War of the Austrian Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJuly 1747 (month precision)
to September 1747
PlaceBergen op Zoom, Netherlands
51.500N, 4.300E
KindSiege, early modern
Siege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of Bergen-op-ZoomSiege of Bergen op ZoomBattle of ReimerswaalBattle of the SlaakSiege of Bergen op ZoomBattle of the SlaakAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamAntwerpenDüsseldorfHaarlem100 km51.500N, 4.300E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1588 and 1814.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1747

Siege of Bergen op Zoom is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1835856, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747), revision 1382795792, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.