Siege of Antwerp

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties high civilian casualties
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Spanish_Empire
Dutch rebels
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alexander_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma
gptkb:Philippe_de_Croÿ
gptkb:Philippe_de_Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:castle
gptkbp:country gptkb:Spanish_Netherlands
gptkbp:effect decline of Antwerp as a major European port
mass emigration of Protestant citizens
rise of Amsterdam as a commercial center
gptkbp:endDate 1585
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Antwerp
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antwerp
gptkbp:notableEvent fall of Antwerp to Spanish forces
gptkbp:notableFeature use of fire ships by defenders
construction of a bridge over the Scheldt River by Spanish forces
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighty_Years'_War
gptkbp:result Spanish victory
gptkbp:startDate 1584
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Belgian_Revolution
gptkb:Flandern
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5