Battle of Oosterweel

Battle of Oosterweel
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Battle of Oosterweel From Pieter Bor's Nederlantsche Oorloghen
Date 13 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[1]
Casualties and losses
"Almost the entire force killed or captured"	Unknown

Oosterweel

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Oosterweel in present-day Belgium

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

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