battle, early modern
Four Days of Ghent
Four Days of Ghent was a battle fought in 1789 at Ghent, in what is now Belgium. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Ghent. The recorded result: Brabant victory. Recorded strength: 1,500 against 5,000.
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Record
| Date | 1789 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Ghent, Belgium 51.054N, 3.725E | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Strength | 1,500 | 5,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 79 dead civilians (including 48 armed civilians); 32 dead Patriots | 600 dead; 200 wounded; 1,000 POWs |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of the Lys 1940, 0.6 km E
- Siege of Ghent 1583, 0.7 km SW
- Fall of Ghent 1745, 0.7 km SW
- Siege of Ghent 1708, 0.7 km SW
- Battle of Melle 1745, 8.3 km SE
Elsewhere in 1789
- Battle of Rymnik Romania
- Battle of Focșani Romania
- Siege of Belgrade Serbia
- Battle of Turnhout Belgium
- Battle of Öland Sweden
Four Days of Ghent is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 243 in present-day Belgium.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3799258, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Four Days of Ghent, revision 1370619899, 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.