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Spanish Fury at Mechelen
| Spanish Fury at Mechelen | |||||||
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| Part of Eighty Years' War | |||||||
 The sacking and looting of Mechelen by Spanish troops, October 2, 1572 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spain |
 People of Mechelen | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo | Bernard van Merode | ||||||
The Spanish Fury at Mechelen (Dutch: Spaanse Furie in Mechelen) was an event in the Eighty Years' War on October 2, 1572 in which the city of Mechelen was conquered by the Spanish army and brutally sacked.
- ^ Treason in the Northern Quarter: War, Terror, and the Rule of Law in the Dutch Revolt. Princeton University Press. 2017. p. 70.
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