Liberation of Brielle (1572)

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Capture_of_Brielle
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Spanish_Empire
Sea Beggars
gptkbp:commander Lumey (William II de la Marck)
Willem Bloys van Treslong
gptkbp:commemoratedBy annual celebration on 1 April in Brielle
gptkbp:date 1 April 1572
gptkbp:effect Sparked uprisings in other Dutch towns
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liberation of Brielle (1572)
gptkbp:involves Watergeuzen (Sea Beggars)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Brielle
gptkbp:opposedBy Spanish garrison
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighty_Years'_War
gptkbp:result Capture of Brielle by the Sea Beggars
gptkbp:significance First town captured by Dutch rebels in the Eighty Years' War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Voorne-Putten
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7