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Battle of Beverhoutsveld

Battle of Beverhoutsveld was a battle fought on 3 May 1382 at Bruges, in what is now Belgium. The recorded result: Ghent victory; Ghent-Bruges Canal cancelled. Recorded strength: "Greatly outnumbered the Ghent forces" against 4,000–8,000 plus a large force of artillery.

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Slag op het Beverhoutsveld draak
Slag op het Beverhoutsveld draak. Foto Dries Declercq. Original uploader was Dolledre at nl.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought3 May 1382
WhereBruges, Belgium51.156N, 3.381E
OutcomeGhent victory; Ghent-Bruges Canal cancelled
BelligerentsBruges city militia; County of FlandersagainstGhent rebels

Record

Date3 May 1382
PlaceBruges, Belgium
51.156N, 3.381E
KindBattle, medieval
Strength"Greatly outnumbered the Ghent forces"4,000–8,000 plus a large force of artillery
Commanders
  • Louis II of Flanders
  • Philip van Artevelde
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Elsewhere in 1382

Battle of Beverhoutsveld is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 243 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2290648, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Beverhoutsveld, revision 1377725678, 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.