Siege of Antwerp (1585)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
gptkbp:casualties high civilian casualties
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Spanish_Empire
Dutch rebels
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alexander_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma
gptkb:Philippe_de_Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
Marnix van St. Aldegonde
gptkbp:effect decline of Antwerp as a major European port
rise of Amsterdam as a commercial center
mass exodus of Protestant population
gptkbp:endDate 1585
gptkbp:followedBy Fall of Brussels (1585)
gptkbp:historicalSignificance turning point in the Eighty Years' War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Antwerp (1585)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Antwerp
gptkbp:notableEvent failed Dutch attempt to break the siege using fire ships
construction of bridge over the Scheldt River by Spanish forces
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eighty_Years'_War
gptkbp:precededBy Siege of Maastricht (1579)
gptkbp:result Spanish victory
gptkbp:startDate 1584
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pietro_Giambelli
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7