Battle of Haarlemmermeer

Coordinates: 52°22′33″N 4°40′59″E / 52.37583°N 4.68306°E / 52.37583; 4.68306

Battle of Haarlemmermeer
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Battle of Haarlemmermeer circa 1621 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum.
Date 26 May 1573 Location Haarlemmermeer (present-day the Netherlands) Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Geuzen	Spain  Amsterdam[1]
Commanders and leaders
	Count of Bossu
Strength
150 warships[2][3]	100 warships[2][3]
Casualties and losses
21 ships captured[2]	Low

The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement fought on 26 May 1573, during the early stages of the Dutch War of Independence. It was fought on the waters of the Haarlemmermeer – a large lake which at the time was a prominent feature of North Holland (it would be drained in the 19th century).

A Spanish fleet and a fleet belonging to the city of Amsterdam (at the time still loyal to Spain),^[1] commanded by the Count of Bossu, fought a fleet of rebellious Dutch Geuzen, commanded by Marinus Brandt, who were trying to break the siege of Haarlem. After several hours of fighting, the Geuzen were forced to retreat.

Trivia[]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is situated in what used to be the Haarlemmermeer.

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References[]

• Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1895). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. II. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra".
• Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (2009). Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 978-1-110-05778-8.

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