Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jean de Beck

Battles of Jean de Beck

Luxembourgish soldier, 1588 to 1648

Jean de Beck is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1639 and 1648: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in France (3), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 720 km apart end to end, 240 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (2), Franco-Spanish War (2).

Relief of ThionvilleBattle of HonnecourtSiege of ThionvilleBattle of LensRelief of ThionvilleBattle of HonnecourtSiege of ThionvilleBattle of LensBrusselsLilleCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfSaarbrückenBonnMetzCharleroi100 km49.895N, 4.501E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1639: 1 engagements1 in 16391642: 1 engagements1 in 16421643: 1 engagements1 in 16431648: 1 engagements1 in 164816391648
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Relief of Thionville, 1639Battle of Honnecourt, 1642Siege of Thionville, 1643Battle of Lens, 164816391648
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 June 1639Relief of ThionvilleThionville, FranceImperial-Spanish victory
26 May 1642Battle of HonnecourtHonnecourt-sur-Escaut, France227 km WSpanish victory
16 June 1643Siege of ThionvilleThionville, Spain227 km EFrench victory
20 August 1648Battle of LensLens, France267 km NWFrench 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, Hispalois, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.