Siege of Steenwijk

Name: Siege of Steenwijk
Start: 1580

1580 CE.

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The siege of Steenwijk took place from October 18, 1580 – February 23, 1581 during the Eighty Years' War, between a besieging Spanish force under turncoat George van Lalaing against a Dutch garrison at Steenwijk under Johan van den Kornput. A Dutch force under John Norreys successfully relieved the town on January 24, and the Spanish in addition to ill-health and lack of supplies subsequently lifted the siege in February.

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