Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Battles of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Dutch soldier and administrator (1604–1679)

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1635 and 1674: 3 battles, 1 siege and 2 naval actions across 4 present-day countries, most in Brazil (2), Sri Lanka (2), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 30,028 km apart end to end, 6,006 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Dutch–Portuguese War (4), Eighty Years' War (1), Franco-Dutch War (1).

Action of 2 May 1654Siege of SchenkenschansSecond Battle of SalvadorFirst Battle of SalvadorAction of 23 March 1654Battle of SeneffeSiege of SchenkenschansSecond Battle of SalvadorFirst Battle of SalvadorAction of 23 March 1654Battle of SeneffeTehranKinshasaBengaluruBangkokMadridBaghdadChengduÜrümqiKabulAthens5000 km19.433N, 20.675E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1635: 1 engagements1638: 2 engagements2 in 16381654: 2 engagements2 in 16541674: 1 engagements16351674
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Schenkenschans, 1635Second Battle of Salvador, 1638First Battle of Salvador, 1638Action of 23 March 1654, 1654Action of 2 May 1654, 1654Battle of Seneffe, 167416351674
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 July 1635Siege of SchenkenschansSchenkenschanz, GermanyFirst siege: Spanish victory; Second siege: Dutch victory
April 1638Second Battle of SalvadorSalvador, Brazil8,384 km SWPortuguese-Spanish victory
May 1638First Battle of SalvadorSalvador, Brazil0 km NPortuguese-Spanish victory
1654Action of 23 March 1654Colombo, Sri Lanka13,246 km ETreaty of The Hague
2 May 1654Action of 2 May 1654Colombo, Sri Lanka7 km NWTreaty of The Hague
11 August 1674Battle of SeneffeSeneffe, Belgium8,392 km NWSee Aftermath

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, Jan de Baen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.