Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Francisco Verdugo

Battles of Francisco Verdugo

Spanish military (1537-1595)

Francisco Verdugo is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1578 and 1593: 2 battles and 6 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (7), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 624 km apart end to end, 89 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (8).

Siege of SteenwijkSiege of CoevordenSiege of CoevordenBattle of GemblouxSiege of NiezijlSiege of LochemSiege of IJsseloordBattle of ZutphenBattle of GemblouxSiege of NiezijlSiege of LochemSiege of IJsseloordBattle of ZutphenAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenBremenDüsseldorfBonn100 km51.908N, 5.750E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1578: 1 engagements1581: 1 engagements1582: 1 engagements1585: 1 engagements1586: 1 engagements1592: 2 engagements2 in 15921593: 1 engagements15781593
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Gembloux, 1578Siege of Niezijl, 1581Siege of Lochem, 1582Siege of IJsseloord, 1585Battle of Zutphen, 1586Siege of Steenwijk, 1592Siege of Coevorden, 1592Siege of Coevorden, 159315781593
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 January 1578Battle of GemblouxGembloux, BelgiumSpanish victory
24 October 1581Siege of NiezijlNiezijl, Netherlands321 km NStates-General victory
15 September 1582Siege of LochemLochem, Netherlands124 km SStates-General victory
6 October 1585Siege of IJsseloordIJsseloord, Netherlands37 km SWDutch-English victory
22 September 1586Battle of ZutphenZutphen, Netherlands26 km NESpanish victory
30 May 1592Siege of SteenwijkSteenwijk, Netherlands71 km NDutch and English victory
26 July 1592Siege of CoevordenCoevorden, Netherlands45 km EDutch and English victory
28 October 1593Siege of CoevordenCoevorden, Netherlands0 km NDutch and English 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, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw I, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.