Atlas of Battles

country, 172 engagements

Battles in Netherlands

172 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Netherlands: 43 battles, 113 sieges and 16 naval actions between AD 28 and 1945. The wars with most engagements here: Eighty Years' War (72), Franco-Dutch War (9), War of the First Coalition (5), World War II (5).

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Battle of Baduhenna WoodBattle of DorestadBattle of the BoarnSiege of AsseltSiege of MaastrichtBattle of AneBattle of WestkapelleSiege of MaastrichtSiege of HaarlemSiege of BredevoortSiege of MaastrichtBattle of ZierikzeeSiege of SittardSiege of MaastrichtBattle of ArnemuidenBattle of SluysBattle of VlaardingenSlag op de VrijenbergSiege of VenloSiege of Castle AltenaSiege of MaastrichtSiege of DeventerSiege of VenloSiege of VenloSiege of VenloSiege of VenloSiege of LeidenSiege of UtrechtSiege of VenloSiege of RhenenSiege of HuissenSiege of OldenzaalSiege of VenloSiege of MedemblikSiege of SneekSiege of VenloSiege of AmersfoortBattle of HeiligerleeSiege of LoevesteinCapture of BrielleCapture of FlushingCapture of ZutphenBlockades of AmsterdamRelief of GoesSiege of MiddelburgSiege of HaarlemBattle of FlushingBattle of HaarlemmermeerCapture of GeertruidenbergBattle of DelftSiege of AlkmaarBattle on the ZuiderzeeCapture of ValkenburgBattle of ReimerswaalSiege of ZaltbommelSiege of LeidenSiege of OudewaterSiege of SchoonhovenSiege of ZierikzeeSpanish Fury at MaastrichtSiege of VredenburgSiege of BredaSiege of Deventer in 1578Siege of MaastrichtSiege of SteenwijkCapture of BredaSiege of NiezijlSiege of LochemSiege of EindhovenSiege of IJsseloordBattle of EmpelBattle of BoksumSiege of GraveSiege of VenloCapture of AxelBattle of ZutphenSiege of SluisSiege of MedemblikSiege of Bergen-op-ZoomAssault on NijmegenCapture of BredaSiege of NijmegenSiege of ZutphenSiege of DeventerSiege of KnodsenburgSiege of HulstSiege of SteenwijkSiege of CoevordenSiege of GeertruidenbergSiege of CoevordenSiege of GroningenSiege of GroenloSiege of HulstSiege of GroenloSiege of BredevoortSiege of OldenzaalSiege of ZaltbommelSiege of San AndreasSiege of 's-HertogenboschSiege of GraveBattle of SluisSiege of OldenzaalSiege of GroenloSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of BredaSiege of OldenzaalSiege of GroenloSiege of 's-HertogenboschBattle of the SlaakSiege of VenloCapture of MaastrichtSiege of MaastrichtBattles of SchooneveldSiege of BredaSiege of VenloSiege of HulstSiege of VenloBattle of ScheveningenHolmes's BonfireSiege of NimègueSiege of DoesburgSiege of GroenloSiege of CoevordenSiege of GroningenBattle of WoerdenSiege of MaastrichtFirst battle of SchooneveldSecond Battle of SchooneveldBattle of TexelSiege of GraveSiege of MaastrichtSiege of VenloSiege of VenloSiege of Bergen op ZoomSiege of MaastrichtSiege of VenloSiege of MaastrichtSiege of BredaSiege of 's-HertogenboschBattle of BoxtelSiege of MaastrichtSiege of NijmegenSiege of VenloCapture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderAction of 24 October 1798Battle of CallantsoogBattle of KrabbendamBattle of BergenBattle of AlkmaarBattle of CastricumBattle of ArnhemSiege of DeventerSiege of DelfzijlSiege of GorkumSiege of BredaSiege of Bergen op ZoomBattle for The HagueBattle of RotterdamBattle of MaastrichtBattle of the GrebbebergBattle of the AfsluitdijkBattle of ArnhemBattle of OverloonBattle of the Nijmegen SalientBattle of OpheusdenBattle of Walcheren CausewayBattle of BroekhuizenBattle of GroningenBattle for the Kapelsche VeerLiberation of ArnhemBattle of OtterloAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonnUtrecht100 km52.033N, 5.215E
172 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

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Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
AD 28Battle of Baduhenna WoodHeilooGermanic Wars
AD 695Battle of DorestadDorestadFrisian–Frankish wars
AD 734Battle of the BoarnBoorneFrisian–Frankish wars
AD 882Siege of AsseltRoermond
October 1204Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtLiège-Brabant Wars
28 July 1227Battle of AneAneCrusade against the Stedinger
4 July 1253Battle of WestkapelleWar of the Flemish Succession
1267Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht
1274Siege of HaarlemHaarlem
1278Siege of BredevoortBredevoort
April 1303Siege of MaastrichtWyck
10 August 1304Battle of ZierikzeeGouweFranco-Flemish War
1318Siege of SittardSittard
February 1334Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht
23 September 1338Battle of ArnemuidenArnemuidenHundred Years' War
24 June 1340Battle of SluysSluisHundred Years' War
1351Battle of VlaardingenVlaardingenHook and Cod Wars
19 June 1354Slag op de VrijenbergLoenenGelderland Brotherhood
1373Siege of VenloVenloFirst War of the Guelderian Succession
1 July 1393Siege of Castle AltenaLand van AltenaHook and Cod Wars
24 November 1407Siege of MaastrichtMaastricht
1456Siege of DeventerDeventer
1459Siege of VenloVenlo
1473Siege of VenloVenloBurgundian Wars
1480Siege of VenloVenloGelrian Independence War
1480Siege of VenloVenloGelrian Independence War
1481Siege of LeidenLeiden
23 June 1483Siege of UtrechtUtrecht
1499Siege of VenloVenlo
8 July 1499Siege of RhenenRhenen
26 May 1502Siege of HuissenHuissen
1510Siege of OldenzaalOldenzaalGuelders Wars
September 1511Siege of VenloVenloGuelders Wars
1517Siege of MedemblikMedemblik
20 January 1517Siege of SneekSneek
1543Siege of VenloVenloGuelders Wars
4 July 1543Siege of AmersfoortAmersfoort
23 May 1568Battle of HeiligerleeHeiligerleeEighty Years' War
9 December 1570Siege of LoevesteinLoevestein CastleEighty Years' War
1 April 1572Capture of BrielleBrielleEighty Years' War
6 April 1572Capture of FlushingEighty Years' War
10 June 1572Capture of ZutphenZutphenEighty Years' War
12 August 1572Blockades of AmsterdamAmsterdam
20 October 1572Relief of GoesGoesEighty Years' War
4 November 1572Siege of MiddelburgMiddelburgEighty Years' War
11 December 1572Siege of HaarlemHaarlemEighty Years' War
17 April 1573Battle of FlushingVlissingenEighty Years' War
26 May 1573Battle of HaarlemmermeerHaarlemmermeerEighty Years' War
28 August 1573Capture of GeertruidenbergGeertruidenbergEighty Years' War
September 1573Battle of DelftDelftEighty Years' War
8 October 1573Siege of AlkmaarAlkmaarEighty Years' War
11 October 1573Battle on the ZuiderzeeZuiderzeeEighty Years' War
January 1574Capture of ValkenburgValkenburg aan de GeulEighty Years' War
29 January 1574Battle of ReimerswaalOosterscheldeEighty Years' War
13 July 1574Siege of ZaltbommelZaltbommelEighty Years' War
3 October 1574Siege of LeidenLeidenEighty Years' War
7 August 1575Siege of OudewaterOudewaterEighty Years' War
24 August 1575Siege of SchoonhovenSchoonhovenEighty Years' War
October 1575Siege of ZierikzeeZierikzeeEighty Years' War
20 October 1576Spanish Fury at MaastrichtMaastrichtEighty Years' War
21 December 1576Siege of VredenburgVredenburg/KronenburgEighty Years' War
July 1577Siege of BredaBredaEighty Years' War
19 November 1578Siege of Deventer in 1578DeventerEighty Years' War
1 July 1579Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtEighty Years' War
18 October 1580Siege of SteenwijkSteenwijkEighty Years' War
26 July 1581Capture of BredaBredaEighty Years' War
24 October 1581Siege of NiezijlNiezijlEighty Years' War
15 September 1582Siege of LochemLochemEighty Years' War
7 February 1583Siege of EindhovenEindhovenEighty Years' War
6 October 1585Siege of IJsseloordIJsseloordEighty Years' War
7 December 1585Battle of EmpelEmpelEighty Years' War
17 January 1586Battle of BoksumBoksumEighty Years' War
February 1586Siege of GraveGraveEighty Years' War
28 June 1586Siege of VenloVenloEighty Years' War
17 July 1586Capture of AxelAxel
22 September 1586Battle of ZutphenZutphenEighty Years' War
12 June 1587Siege of SluisSluisEighty Years' War
27 February 1588Siege of MedemblikMedemblik
23 September 1588Siege of Bergen-op-ZoomBergen op ZoomEighty Years' War
10 August 1589Assault on NijmegenNijmegenCologne War
4 March 1590Capture of BredaBredaEighty Years' War
1591Siege of NijmegenNijmegenEighty Years' War
19 May 1591Siege of ZutphenZutphenEighty Years' War
1 June 1591Siege of DeventerDeventerEighty Years' War
21 July 1591Siege of KnodsenburgKnodsenbourgEighty Years' War
20 September 1591Siege of HulstHulstEighty Years' War
30 May 1592Siege of SteenwijkSteenwijkEighty Years' War
26 July 1592Siege of CoevordenCoevordenEighty Years' War
27 March 1593Siege of GeertruidenbergGeertruidenbergEighty Years' War
28 October 1593Siege of CoevordenCoevordenEighty Years' War
19 May 1594Siege of GroningenGroningenEighty Years' War
14 July 1595Siege of GroenloGroenloEighty Years' War
July 1596Siege of HulstHulstEighty Years' War
11 September 1597Siege of GroenloGroenloEighty Years' War
1 October 1597Siege of BredevoortBredevoortEighty Years' War
20 October 1597Siege of OldenzaalOldenzaalEighty Years' War
15 May 1599Siege of ZaltbommelZaltbommelEighty Years' War
28 January 1600Siege of San AndreasFort Sint-AndriesEighty Years' War
1 November 1601Siege of 's-HertogenboschQ2766547Eighty Years' War
18 July 1602Siege of GraveGraveEighty Years' War
26 May 1603Battle of SluisSluisEighty Years' War
8 August 1605Siege of OldenzaalOldenzaal
3 August 1606Siege of GroenloGroenloEighty Years' War
1622Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op ZoomEighty Years' War
28 August 1624Siege of BredaBredaEighty Years' War
1626Siege of OldenzaalOldenzaalEighty Years' War
20 July 1627Siege of GroenloGroenloEighty Years' War
30 April 1629Siege of 's-HertogenboschQ2766547Eighty Years' War
13 September 1631Battle of the SlaakVolkerakEighty Years' War
1 June 1632Siege of VenloVenlo
9 June 1632Capture of MaastrichtMaastrichtEighty Years' War
30 June 1634Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtEighty Years' War
June 1635Battles of SchooneveldNorth SeaThird Anglo-Dutch War
21 July 1637Siege of BredaBredaEighty Years' War
20 August 1637Siege of VenloVenloEighty Years' War
7 October 1645Siege of HulstHulstEighty Years' War
October 1646Siege of VenloVenlo
8 August 1653Battle of ScheveningenTer HeijdeFirst Anglo-Dutch War
20 August 1666Holmes's BonfireSecond Anglo-Dutch War
1672Siege of NimègueNijmegenFranco-Dutch War
1672Siege of DoesburgDoesburgFranco-Dutch War
1 June 1672Siege of GroenloGroenloFranco-Dutch War
29 June 1672Siege of CoevordenCoevordenFranco-Dutch War
9 July 1672Siege of GroningenGroningenFranco-Dutch War
12 October 1672Battle of WoerdenWoerdenFranco-Dutch War
1673Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtFranco-Dutch War
7 June 1673First battle of SchooneveldNorth SeaFranco-Dutch War
14 June 1673Second Battle of SchooneveldNorth SeaThird Anglo-Dutch War
21 August 1673Battle of TexelTexel
25 July 1674Siege of GraveGrave
6 July 1676Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtFranco-Dutch War
1701Siege of VenloVenloWar of the Spanish Succession
1747Siege of VenloVenlo
July 1747Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op ZoomWar of the Austrian Succession
15 April 1748Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtWar of the Austrian Succession
February 1781Capture of Sint EustatiusSint EustatiusAmerican Revolutionary War
17 December 1792Siege of VenloVenlo
6 February 1793Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtWar of the First Coalition
21 February 1793Siege of BredaBredaFrench Revolutionary Wars
1794Siege of 's-HertogenboschQ2766547
14 September 1794Battle of BoxtelBoxtelFrench Revolutionary Wars
19 September 1794Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtWar of the First Coalition
October 1794Siege of NijmegenNijmegenWar of the First Coalition
October 1794Siege of VenloVenloWar of the First Coalition
23 January 1795Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderWar of the First Coalition
24 October 1798Action of 24 October 1798North SeaFrench Revolutionary Wars
27 August 1799Battle of CallantsoogCallantsoogAnglo-Russian invasion of Holland
10 September 1799Battle of KrabbendamZijpeWar of the Second Coalition
19 September 1799Battle of BergenBergenFrench Revolutionary Wars
2 October 1799Battle of AlkmaarAlkmaarWar of the Second Coalition
6 October 1799Battle of CastricumQ137926253Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
1813Battle of ArnhemArnhemWar of the Sixth Coalition
12 November 1813Siege of DeventerDeventerWar of the Sixth Coalition
13 November 1813Siege of DelfzijlDelfzijlWar of the Sixth Coalition
18 November 1813Siege of GorkumGorinchem
19 December 1813Siege of BredaBredaWar of the Sixth Coalition
5 March 1814Siege of Bergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom
10 May 1940Battle for The HagueThe HagueWorld War II
10 May 1940Battle of RotterdamRotterdamliberation of the Netherlands from German occupation
10 May 1940Battle of MaastrichtMaastrichtWestern Front
11 May 1940Battle of the GrebbebergGrebbebergGerman invasion of the Netherlands
12 May 1940Battle of the AfsluitdijkAfsluitdijkWorld War II
17 September 1944Battle of ArnhemArnhemOperation Market Garden
30 September 1944Battle of OverloonOverloonWorld War II
30 September 1944Battle of the Nijmegen Salient
4 October 1944Battle of OpheusdenOpheusdenWestern Front
31 October 1944Battle of Walcheren CausewayWalcherenWorld War II
27 November 1944Battle of BroekhuizenBroekhuizenWestern Front
1945Battle of GroningenGroningenWorld War II
26 January 1945Battle for the Kapelsche VeerWestern Front
12 April 1945Liberation of ArnhemArnhemliberation of the Netherlands from German occupation
17 April 1945Battle of OtterloOtterlo

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