Battle of Nieuwpoort
Battle of Nieuwpoort was a battle fought on 2 July 1600 at Nieuwpoort, in what is now Belgium. It was part of the Eighty Years' War, which ran from 1568 to 1648. The recorded result: Dutch victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 infantry; 1,400 cavalry; 14 guns against 10,000 infantry; 1,200 cavalry; 9 guns.
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Prince Maurice of Orange during the Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600). Henri Ambrosius Pacx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons .
Fought 2 July 1600
Where Nieuwpoort, Belgium 51.156N, 2.738E
Outcome Dutch victory
Belligerents Dutch Republic; Kingdom of England against Habsburg Spain
Casualties and losses 1,700–2,700 dead or wounded and 4,000 killed, wounded or captured
Where it sits in the Eighty Years' War Siege of Valenciennes, 1566 Battle of Wattrelos, 1567 Battle of Oosterweel, 1567 Battle of Dahlen, 1568 Battle of Heiligerlee, 1568 Battle of Jemmingen, 1568 Battle of Jodoigne, 1568 Battle of Le Quesnoy, 1568 Siege of Loevestein, 1570 Siege of Stavoren, 1572 Capture of Brielle, 1572 Capture of Flushing, 1572 Capture of Zutphen, 1572 Annexation of Doetinchem, 1572 Battle of Hautrage, 1572 Siege of Mons, 1572 Spanish Fury at Mechelen, 1572 Relief of Goes, 1572 Siege of Middelburg, 1572 Siege of Haarlem, 1572 Battle of Flushing, 1573 Battle of Haarlemmermeer, 1573 Capture of Geertruidenberg, 1573 Battle of Delft, 1573 Siege of Alkmaar, 1573 Battle on the Zuiderzee, 1573 Capture of Valkenburg, 1574 Battle of Reimerswaal, 1574 Battle of Mookerheyde, 1574 Battle of Lillo, 1574 Siege of Zaltbommel, 1574 Battle of Geestbrug, 1574 Siege of Leiden, 1574 Siege of Oudewater, 1575 Siege of Schoonhoven, 1575 Siege of Woerden, 1575 Siege of Zierikzee, 1575 Siege of Bommenede, 1575 Spanish Fury at Maastricht, 1576 Siege of Vredenburg, 1576 Siege of Breda, 1577 Siege of Binche, 1578 Battle of Gembloux, 1578 Siege of Zichem, 1578 Siege of Nivelles, 1578 Capture of Dalhem, 1578 Battle of Rijmenam, 1578 Siege of Deventer in 1578, 1578 Battle of Borgerhout, 1579 Siege of Maastricht, 1579 Battle of Baasrode, 1579 Capture of Courtrai, 1580 Siege of Steenwijk, 1580 Battle of Kollum, 1581 Capture of Breda, 1581 Siege of Tournai, 1581 Siege of Niezijl, 1581 Siege of Lier, 1582 Siege of Lochem, 1582 French Fury, 1583 Siege of Eindhoven, 1583 Battle of Steenbergen, 1583 Siege of Ghent, 1583 Capture of Aalst, 1584 Siege of Brussels, 1584 Siege of Zutphen, 1584 Fall of Antwerp, 1584 Battle of Werl, 1585 Battle of Amerongen, 1585 Siege of IJsseloord, 1585 Battle of Empel, 1585 Battle of Boksum, 1586 Siege of Grave, 1586 Siege of Venlo, 1586 Siege of Rheinberg, 1586 Battle of Zutphen, 1586 Siege of Sluis, 1587 Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, 1588 Siege of Heusden, 1589 Capture of Geertruidenberg, 1589 Battle of Bayona Islands, 1590 Capture of Breda, 1590 Siege of Nijmegen, 1591 Siege of Zutphen, 1591 Siege of Deventer, 1591 Capture of Delfzijl, 1591 Capture of Delfzijl, 1591 Siege of Knodsenburg, 1591 Battle of the Gulf of Almería, 1591 Siege of Hulst, 1591 Siege of Steenwijk, 1592 Siege of Coevorden, 1592 Siege of Geertruidenberg, 1593 Siege of Coevorden, 1593 Siege of Groningen, 1594 Siege of Huy, 1595 Siege of Groenlo, 1595 Siege of Hulst, 1596 Battle of Turnhout, 1597 Siege of Rheinberg, 1597 Siege of Meurs, 1597 Siege of Groenlo, 1597 Siege of Bredevoort, 1597 Capture of Enschede, 1597 Siege of Oldenzaal, 1597 Capture of Ootmarsum, 1597 Siege of Lingen, 1597 Siege of Rheinberg, 1598 Siege of Rees, 1599 Siege of Schenckenschans, 1599 Siege of Zaltbommel, 1599 Siege of Las Palmas, 1599 Siege of San Andreas, 1600 Battle of Lekkerbeetje, 1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 Siege of Rheinberg, 1601 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1601 Siege of Grave, 1602 Battle of the Narrow Seas, 1602 Battle of Sluis, 1603 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1603 Siege of Sluis, 1604 Battle of the English Channel, 1605 Siege of Lingen, 1605 Battle of Mülheim, 1605 Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1606 Siege of Groenlo, 1606 Siege of Venlo, 1606 Siege of Erkelenz, 1607 Battle of Gibraltar, 1607 Battle of Mülheim, 1609 Battle of Playa Honda, 1617 Battle of Gibraltar, 1621 Siege of Jülich, 1621 Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1622 Battle of Macau, 1622 Siege of Breda, 1624 Cádiz Expedition, 1625 Battle of San Juan, 1625 Siege of Oldenzaal, 1626 Siege of Groenlo, 1627 Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, 1628 Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629 Battle of IJsseloord, 1629 Battle of the Slaak, 1631 Capture of Maastricht, 1632 Siege of Rheinberg, 1633 Siege of Maastricht, 1634 Siege of the Philippines, 1635 Siege of Schenkenschans, 1635 Siege of Limbourg, 1635 Battle off Lizard Point, 1637 Siege of Breda, 1637 Siege of Venlo, 1637 Capture of Roermond, 1637 Battle of Kallo, 1638 Battle of Geldern, 1638 Battle of Cabañas, 1638 Action of 18 February 1639, 1639 Fight in the Channel, 1639 Battle of the Downs, 1639 Siege of Hulst, 1640 First Battle of San Salvador, 1641 Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1641 Final Battle of San Salvador, 1642 Attack on Saint Martin, 1644 Siege of Hulst, 1645 Battles of La Naval de Manila, 1646 Siege of Dunkirk, 1646 Battle of Puerto de Cavite, 1647 1566 1647 Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 170 placed engagements of the Eighty Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 2 July 1600 Place Nieuwpoort, Belgium51.156N, 2.738E Kind Battle, early modern Strength 10,000 infantry; 1,400 cavalry; 14 guns 10,000 infantry; 1,200 cavalry; 9 guns Casualties and losses 1,700–2,700 dead or wounded 4,000 killed, wounded or captured Commanders
Battle of Nieuwpoort Battle of Nieuwpoort Battle of the Yser Siege of Nieuwpoort Battle of Furnes Battle of Furnes Battle of Furnes Battle of Furnes Battle of Furnes Amsterdam Brussels The Hague Lille Rotterdam Charleroi Ipswich Southend-on-Sea 100 km 51.156N, 2.738E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600. Engraving. 316 × 445 mm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Prints, Frederik Mullen Historieplaten (inv.no. RP-P-OB-77.515).. AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons .
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Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1600 and 1914.
Combat data (CDB90)
Attacker: SP NETHERLANDS ARMYDefender: DU ARMY OF THE STATES GENERALStrength 11,500 11,300 Casualties 4,000 (34.8%) 1,000 (8.8%) Mission accomplishment, 1 to 10 3 8 Outcome defender won Duration 1 day Front width 0.9 km 0.9 km Attacker advanced -6.4 km
From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 1), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.
Battle of Nieuwpoort is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 243 in present-day Belgium.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1392 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nieuwpoort , revision 1370270795, 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.
