Siege of Oudewater

1575 CE.

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The siege of Oudewater was an event during the Eighty Years' War that took place in the Dutch town of Oudewater, culminating in the Oudewater Massacre ((in Dutch) Oudewaterse moord). The siege by Spanish troops started on 19 July 1575 and ended on 7 August 1575, when the town was taken by storm and plundered.

Text from the Wikipedia article Siege of Oudewater (1575), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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