Battle of Oosterweel

Battle of Oosterweel
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Battle of Oosterweel
From Frans Hogenberg's Nederlandse Gebeurtenissen
Date13 March 1567
Location
Oosterweel, north of Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium)
51°14′37″N 4°23′5″E / 51.24361°N 4.38472°E / 51.24361; 4.38472
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch rebels Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jean Marnix † Philip de Lannoy
Strength
2,500 800
Casualties and losses
"Almost the entire force killed or captured" Unknown
Oosterweel
Oosterweel in present-day Belgium

The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel, near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels and killed or captured almost all of them.

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