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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Antonio de Oquendo

Battles of Antonio de Oquendo

Spanish admiral (1577-1640)

Antonio de Oquendo is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1604 and 1639: 1 battle and 4 naval actions across 5 present-day countries, most in Spain (1), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Brazil (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 19,162 km apart end to end, 4,790 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (2), Anglo-Spanish War (1), Thirty Years' War (1).

Battle of the Gulf of CadizBattle of St. KittsBattle of AbrolhosFight in the ChannelBattle of the DownsBattle of the Gulf of CadizBattle of St. KittsBattle of AbrolhosFight in the ChannelBattle of the DownsChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlantaHoustonMonterrey5000 km16.583N, 30.364W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1604: 1 engagements1629: 1 engagements1631: 1 engagements1639: 2 engagements2 in 163916041639
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Gulf of Cadiz, 1604Battle of St. Kitts, 1629Battle of Abrolhos, 1631Fight in the Channel, 1639Battle of the Downs, 163916041639
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 August 1604Battle of the Gulf of CadizGulf of Cádiz, SpainSpanish victory
17 June 1629Battle of St. KittsSaint Kitts and Nevis5,791 km WSpanish victory
12 September 1631Battle of AbrolhosAbrolhos Archipelago, Brazil4,707 km SESee aftermath
1639Fight in the ChannelCalais, France8,627 km NEInconclusive
21 October 1639Battle of the DownsEnglish Channel, United Kingdom37 km NWDutch victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.