Atlas of Battles

commander, 19 engagements

Battles of Francis Vere

Battles of Francis Vere

English soldier, 1560 to 1609

Francis Vere is recorded as a commander at 19 placed engagements in the atlas between 1586 and 1604: 4 battles, 14 sieges and 1 campaign across 4 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (14), Belgium (3), Germany (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 5,879 km apart end to end, 327 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eighty Years' War (17).

Siege of RheinbergSiege of NijmegenMaurice's campaign of 1591Siege of ZutphenSiege of DeventerCapture of DelfzijlSiege of KnodsenburgSiege of HulstSiege of SteenwijkSiege of CoevordenSiege of GeertruidenbergSiege of CoevordenSiege of GroenloSiege of GraveCapture of BredaCapture of CadizBattle of TurnhoutBattle of NieuwpoortSiege of OstendCapture of BredaCapture of CadizBattle of TurnhoutBattle of NieuwpoortMadridBerlinViennaGenevaAmsterdamBarcelonaAlgiersMilanFrankfurtLisbon1000 km44.942N, 0.316E
19 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1586: 1 engagements1590: 1 engagements1591: 7 engagements7 in 15911592: 2 engagements1593: 2 engagements1595: 1 engagements1596: 1 engagements1597: 1 engagements1600: 1 engagements1602: 1 engagements1604: 1 engagements15861604
19 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Rheinberg, 1586Capture of Breda, 1590Siege of Nijmegen, 1591Maurice's campaign of 1591, 1591Siege of Zutphen, 1591Siege of Deventer, 1591Capture of Delfzijl, 1591Siege of Knodsenburg, 1591Siege of Hulst, 1591Siege of Steenwijk, 1592Siege of Coevorden, 1592Siege of Geertruidenberg, 1593Siege of Coevorden, 1593Siege of Groenlo, 1595Capture of Cadiz, 1596Battle of Turnhout, 1597Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600Siege of Grave, 1602Siege of Ostend, 160415861604
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 August 1586Siege of RheinbergRheinberg, GermanySpanish victory
4 March 1590Capture of BredaBreda, Netherlands124 km WDutch-English victory
1591Siege of NijmegenNijmegen, Netherlands78 km NEDutch and English victory
1591Maurice's campaign of 1591Netherlands58 km NAnglo–Dutch victory
19 May 1591Siege of ZutphenZutphen, Netherlands48 km SEAnglo-Dutch victory
1 June 1591Siege of DeventerDeventer, Netherlands13 km NDutch-English victory
1591Capture of DelfzijlDelfzijl, Netherlands131 km NEDutch & English victory
21 July 1591Siege of KnodsenburgKnodsenbourg, Netherlands179 km SWAnglo-Dutch victory
20 September 1591Siege of HulstHulst, Netherlands139 km SWDutch & English victory
30 May 1592Siege of SteenwijkSteenwijk, Netherlands216 km NEDutch and English victory
26 July 1592Siege of CoevordenCoevorden, Netherlands45 km EDutch and English victory
27 March 1593Siege of GeertruidenbergGeertruidenberg, Netherlands168 km SWDutch and English victory
28 October 1593Siege of CoevordenCoevorden, Netherlands168 km NEDutch and English victory
14 July 1595Siege of GroenloGroenlo, Netherlands69 km SSpanish victory
30 June 1596Capture of CadizBay of Cádiz, Spain1,999 km SWAnglo-Dutch victory
1597Battle of TurnhoutTurnhout, Belgium1,867 km NEAnglo-Dutch victory
2 July 1600Battle of NieuwpoortNieuwpoort, Belgium154 km WDutch victory
18 July 1602Siege of GraveGrave, Netherlands218 km EAnglo-Dutch victory
20 September 1604Siege of OstendOstend, Belgium206 km WSpanish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, William Faithorne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.