country, 277 engagements
Battles in Netherlands
277 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Netherlands: 112 battles, 142 sieges, 16 naval actions and 7 campaigns between AD 28 and 1956. The wars with most engagements here: Eighty Years' War (98), World War II (30), Hook and Cod Wars (9), Franco-Dutch War (9).
Engagements by half century
Wars fought here 22 with pages
- Eighty Years' War 98
- World War II 30
- Hook and Cod Wars 9
- Franco-Dutch War 9
- War of the First Coalition 5
- War of the Second Coalition 5
- Guelders Wars 4
- French Revolutionary Wars 4
- War of the Sixth Coalition 4
- Hundred Years' War 2
- Third Anglo-Dutch War 2
- War of the Spanish Succession 2
- War of the Austrian Succession 2
- Germanic Wars 1
- viking expansion 1
- Franco-Flemish War 1
- Burgundian Wars 1
- Cologne War 1
- First Anglo-Dutch War 1
- Second Anglo-Dutch War 1
- American Revolutionary War 1
- War of the Fifth Coalition 1
Contested ground 25
- Venlo 18 engagements
- Maastricht 17 engagements
- North Sea 8 engagements
- Arnhem 7 engagements
- Breda 7 engagements
- Groenlo 5 engagements
- Sluis 4 engagements
- Ter Heijde 4 engagements
- Bergen op Zoom 4 engagements
- 's-Hertogenbosch 4 engagements
- Alkmaar 4 engagements
- Deventer 4 engagements
- Oldenzaal 4 engagements
- Nijmegen 4 engagements
- Eindhoven 3 engagements
- Rotterdam 3 engagements
- Groningen 3 engagements
- Leiden 3 engagements
- Haarlem 3 engagements
- Rhenen 3 engagements
Engagements by date
| Date | Engagement | Place | War |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 28 | Battle of Baduhenna Wood | Heiloo | Germanic Wars |
| AD 450 | Battle of Finnsburg | Frisia | |
| AD 695 | Battle of Dorestad | Dorestad | Frisian–Frankish wars |
| AD 734 | Battle of the Boarn | Boorne | Frisian–Frankish wars |
| AD 882 | Siege of Asselt | Roermond | |
| AD 891 | Battle of the Geul River | Geul | viking expansion |
| AD 993 | Battle of Winkel | Winkel | |
| 1018 | Battle of Vlaardingen | Vlaardingen | |
| October 1204 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | Liège-Brabant Wars |
| 28 July 1227 | Battle of Ane | Ane | Crusade against the Stedinger |
| 1228 | Drenther Crusade | Drenthe | |
| 4 July 1253 | Battle of Westkapelle | War of the Flemish Succession | |
| 1256 | Battle at Hoogwoud | Hoogwoud | |
| 1267 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | |
| 1274 | Siege of Haarlem | Haarlem | |
| 1278 | Siege of Bredevoort | Bredevoort | |
| 1279 | Siege of Vredelant | Vreeland | |
| 1282 | Battle of Schellinkhout | Schellinkhout | West-Frisian Wars |
| April 1303 | Siege of Maastricht | Wyck | |
| 1304 | Siege of Dordrecht | Dordrecht | |
| 10 August 1304 | Battle of Zierikzee | Gouwe | Franco-Flemish War |
| 1318 | Siege of Sittard | Sittard | |
| February 1334 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | |
| 23 September 1338 | Battle of Arnemuiden | Arnemuiden | Hundred Years' War |
| 24 June 1340 | Battle of Sluys | Sluis | Hundred Years' War |
| 1345 | Battle of Warns | Staveren | Friso-Hollandic Wars |
| 1351 | Battle of Vlaardingen | Vlaardingen | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 19 June 1354 | Slag op de Vrijenberg | Loenen | Gelderland Brotherhood |
| 1359 | Siege of Delft | Delft | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1373 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | First War of the Guelderian Succession |
| 1380 | Battle of Arum | Arum | |
| 1388 | Battle of Niftrik | Niftrik | |
| 1 July 1393 | Siege of Castle Altena | Land van Altena | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 24 November 1407 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | |
| 1416 | Siege of IJsselstein | IJsselstein | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1418 | Siege of Dordrecht | Dordrecht | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1419 | Battle of Miedum | Miedum | Great Frisian War |
| 1420 | Battle of the Palesloot | Palesloot | Great Frisian War |
| 1426 | Battle of Brouwershaven | Brouwershaven | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1428 | Siege of Gouda | Gouda | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1456 | Siege of Deventer | Deventer | |
| 1459 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| 1473 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Burgundian Wars |
| 1480 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Gelrian Independence War |
| 1480 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Gelrian Independence War |
| 1481 | Siege of Leiden | Leiden | |
| 1481 | Looting of Naarden | Naarden | Second Utrecht Civil War |
| 1482 | Second Battle of Vreeswijk | Vreeswijk | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 1482 | Battle of Westbroek | Westbroek | Hook and Cod Wars |
| 23 June 1483 | Siege of Utrecht | Utrecht | |
| 1489 | Siege of Rotterdam | Rotterdam | |
| 1490 | Siege of Montfoort | Montfoort | |
| 1498 | Siege of Leeuwarden | Leeuwarden | |
| 1499 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| 8 July 1499 | Siege of Rhenen | Rhenen | |
| 26 May 1502 | Siege of Huissen | Huissen | |
| 1510 | Siege of Oldenzaal | Oldenzaal | Guelders Wars |
| 1511 | Siege of IJsselstein | IJsselstein | |
| September 1511 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Guelders Wars |
| 1517 | Siege of Medemblik | Medemblik | |
| 20 January 1517 | Siege of Sneek | Sneek | |
| 1535 | Siege of Bolsward | Bolsward | |
| 1536 | Battle of Heiligerlee | Heiligerlee | Guelders Wars |
| 1543 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Guelders Wars |
| 4 July 1543 | Siege of Amersfoort | Amersfoort | |
| 1568 | Siege of Groningen | Groningen | |
| 23 May 1568 | Battle of Heiligerlee | Heiligerlee | Eighty Years' War |
| 9 December 1570 | Siege of Loevestein | Loevestein Castle | Eighty Years' War |
| 1572 | Siege of Stavoren | Staveren | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 April 1572 | Capture of Brielle | Brielle | Eighty Years' War |
| 6 April 1572 | Capture of Flushing | Eighty Years' War | |
| 10 June 1572 | Capture of Zutphen | Zutphen | Eighty Years' War |
| 1572 | Annexation of Doetinchem | Doetinchem | Eighty Years' War |
| 12 August 1572 | Blockades of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | |
| 20 October 1572 | Relief of Goes | Goes | Eighty Years' War |
| 4 November 1572 | Siege of Middelburg | Middelburg | Eighty Years' War |
| 11 December 1572 | Siege of Haarlem | Haarlem | Eighty Years' War |
| 17 April 1573 | Battle of Flushing | Vlissingen | Eighty Years' War |
| 26 May 1573 | Battle of Haarlemmermeer | Haarlemmermeer | Eighty Years' War |
| 28 August 1573 | Capture of Geertruidenberg | Geertruidenberg | Eighty Years' War |
| September 1573 | Battle of Delft | Delft | Eighty Years' War |
| 8 October 1573 | Siege of Alkmaar | Alkmaar | Eighty Years' War |
| 11 October 1573 | Battle on the Zuiderzee | Zuiderzee | Eighty Years' War |
| January 1574 | Capture of Valkenburg | Valkenburg aan de Geul | Eighty Years' War |
| 29 January 1574 | Battle of Reimerswaal | Oosterschelde | Eighty Years' War |
| 1574 | Battle of Mookerheyde | Mook en Middelaar | Eighty Years' War |
| 13 July 1574 | Siege of Zaltbommel | Zaltbommel | Eighty Years' War |
| 1574 | Battle of Geestbrug | Geestbrug | Eighty Years' War |
| 3 October 1574 | Siege of Leiden | Leiden | Eighty Years' War |
| 7 August 1575 | Siege of Oudewater | Oudewater | Eighty Years' War |
| 24 August 1575 | Siege of Schoonhoven | Schoonhoven | Eighty Years' War |
| 1575 | Siege of Woerden | Woerden | Eighty Years' War |
| October 1575 | Siege of Zierikzee | Zierikzee | Eighty Years' War |
| 1575 | Siege of Bommenede | Bommenede | Eighty Years' War |
| 20 October 1576 | Spanish Fury at Maastricht | Maastricht | Eighty Years' War |
| 21 December 1576 | Siege of Vredenburg | Vredenburg/Kronenburg | Eighty Years' War |
| July 1577 | Siege of Breda | Breda | Eighty Years' War |
| 19 November 1578 | Siege of Deventer in 1578 | Deventer | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 July 1579 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | Eighty Years' War |
| 18 October 1580 | Siege of Steenwijk | Steenwijk | Eighty Years' War |
| 1581 | Battle of Kollum | Kollum | Eighty Years' War |
| 26 July 1581 | Capture of Breda | Breda | Eighty Years' War |
| 24 October 1581 | Siege of Niezijl | Niezijl | Eighty Years' War |
| 15 September 1582 | Siege of Lochem | Lochem | Eighty Years' War |
| 7 February 1583 | Siege of Eindhoven | Eindhoven | Eighty Years' War |
| 1583 | Battle of Steenbergen | Steenbergen | Eighty Years' War |
| 1584 | Siege of Zutphen | Zutphen | Eighty Years' War |
| 1585 | Battle of Amerongen | Amerongen | Eighty Years' War |
| 6 October 1585 | Siege of IJsseloord | IJsseloord | Eighty Years' War |
| 7 December 1585 | Battle of Empel | Empel | Eighty Years' War |
| 17 January 1586 | Battle of Boksum | Boksum | Eighty Years' War |
| February 1586 | Siege of Grave | Grave | Eighty Years' War |
| 28 June 1586 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 17 July 1586 | Capture of Axel | Axel | |
| 22 September 1586 | Battle of Zutphen | Zutphen | Eighty Years' War |
| 12 June 1587 | Siege of Sluis | Sluis | Eighty Years' War |
| 27 February 1588 | Siege of Medemblik | Medemblik | |
| 23 September 1588 | Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom | Bergen op Zoom | Eighty Years' War |
| 1589 | Siege of Heusden | Heusden | Eighty Years' War |
| 1589 | Capture of Geertruidenberg | Geertruidenberg | Eighty Years' War |
| 10 August 1589 | Assault on Nijmegen | Nijmegen | Cologne War |
| 4 March 1590 | Capture of Breda | Breda | Eighty Years' War |
| 1591 | Siege of Nijmegen | Nijmegen | Eighty Years' War |
| 1591 | Maurice's campaign of 1591 | Netherlands | Eighty Years' War |
| 19 May 1591 | Siege of Zutphen | Zutphen | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 June 1591 | Siege of Deventer | Deventer | Eighty Years' War |
| 1591 | Capture of Delfzijl | Delfzijl | Eighty Years' War |
| 1591 | Capture of Delfzijl | Delfzijl | Eighty Years' War |
| 21 July 1591 | Siege of Knodsenburg | Knodsenbourg | Eighty Years' War |
| 20 September 1591 | Siege of Hulst | Hulst | Eighty Years' War |
| 30 May 1592 | Siege of Steenwijk | Steenwijk | Eighty Years' War |
| 26 July 1592 | Siege of Coevorden | Coevorden | Eighty Years' War |
| 27 March 1593 | Siege of Geertruidenberg | Geertruidenberg | Eighty Years' War |
| 28 October 1593 | Siege of Coevorden | Coevorden | Eighty Years' War |
| 1594 | raid on Delfzijl | ||
| 19 May 1594 | Siege of Groningen | Groningen | Eighty Years' War |
| 14 July 1595 | Siege of Groenlo | Groenlo | Eighty Years' War |
| July 1596 | Siege of Hulst | Hulst | Eighty Years' War |
| 1597 | Siege of Venlo 1597 | Venlo | Maurits' campaign of 1597 |
| 11 September 1597 | Siege of Groenlo | Groenlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 October 1597 | Siege of Bredevoort | Bredevoort | Eighty Years' War |
| 1597 | Capture of Enschede | Enschede | Eighty Years' War |
| 20 October 1597 | Siege of Oldenzaal | Oldenzaal | Eighty Years' War |
| 1597 | Capture of Ootmarsum | Ootmarsum | Eighty Years' War |
| 15 May 1599 | Siege of Zaltbommel | Zaltbommel | Eighty Years' War |
| 28 January 1600 | Siege of San Andreas | Fort Sint-Andries | Eighty Years' War |
| 1600 | Battle of Lekkerbeetje | Q1821322 | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 November 1601 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | Eighty Years' War |
| 18 July 1602 | Siege of Grave | Grave | Eighty Years' War |
| 26 May 1603 | Battle of Sluis | Sluis | Eighty Years' War |
| 1603 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | Eighty Years' War |
| 8 August 1605 | Siege of Oldenzaal | Oldenzaal | |
| 3 August 1606 | Siege of Groenlo | Groenlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 1606 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 1622 | Siege of Bergen op Zoom | Bergen op Zoom | Eighty Years' War |
| 1624 | Invasion of the Veluwe | Veluwe | Eighty Years' War |
| 28 August 1624 | Siege of Breda | Breda | Eighty Years' War |
| 1626 | Siege of Oldenzaal | Oldenzaal | Eighty Years' War |
| 20 July 1627 | Siege of Groenlo | Groenlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 30 April 1629 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | Eighty Years' War |
| 1629 | Invasion of the Veluwe | Veluwe | Eighty Years' War |
| 1629 | Battle of IJsseloord | IJsseloord | Eighty Years' War |
| 13 September 1631 | Battle of the Slaak | Volkerak | Eighty Years' War |
| 1 June 1632 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| 9 June 1632 | Capture of Maastricht | Maastricht | Eighty Years' War |
| 30 June 1634 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | Eighty Years' War |
| 1635 | Siege of the Philippines | Philippine | Eighty Years' War |
| June 1635 | Battles of Schooneveld | North Sea | Third Anglo-Dutch War |
| 21 July 1637 | Siege of Breda | Breda | Eighty Years' War |
| 20 August 1637 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | Eighty Years' War |
| 1637 | Capture of Roermond | Roermond | Eighty Years' War |
| 1640 | Siege of Hulst | Hulst | Eighty Years' War |
| 7 October 1645 | Siege of Hulst | Hulst | Eighty Years' War |
| October 1646 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| 8 August 1653 | Battle of Scheveningen | Ter Heijde | First Anglo-Dutch War |
| 20 August 1666 | Holmes's Bonfire | Second Anglo-Dutch War | |
| 1672 | Siege of Nimègue | Nijmegen | Franco-Dutch War |
| 1672 | Siege of Doesburg | Doesburg | Franco-Dutch War |
| 1 June 1672 | Siege of Groenlo | Groenlo | Franco-Dutch War |
| 29 June 1672 | Siege of Coevorden | Coevorden | Franco-Dutch War |
| 9 July 1672 | Siege of Groningen | Groningen | Franco-Dutch War |
| 12 October 1672 | Battle of Woerden | Woerden | Franco-Dutch War |
| 1673 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | Franco-Dutch War |
| 7 June 1673 | First battle of Schooneveld | North Sea | Franco-Dutch War |
| 14 June 1673 | Second Battle of Schooneveld | North Sea | Third Anglo-Dutch War |
| 21 August 1673 | Battle of Texel | Texel | |
| 1673 | Siege of Naarden (1673) | Naarden | |
| 25 July 1674 | Siege of Grave | Grave | |
| 6 July 1676 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | Franco-Dutch War |
| 1701 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1702 | Siege of Hulst | Hulst | War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1747 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| July 1747 | Siege of Bergen op Zoom | Bergen op Zoom | War of the Austrian Succession |
| 15 April 1748 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | War of the Austrian Succession |
| February 1781 | Capture of Sint Eustatius | Sint Eustatius | American Revolutionary War |
| 17 December 1792 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | |
| 6 February 1793 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | War of the First Coalition |
| 21 February 1793 | Siege of Breda | Breda | French Revolutionary Wars |
| 1793 | Siege of Geertruidenberg | Geertruidenberg | |
| 1794 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | |
| 14 September 1794 | Battle of Boxtel | Boxtel | French Revolutionary Wars |
| 19 September 1794 | Siege of Maastricht | Maastricht | War of the First Coalition |
| October 1794 | Siege of Nijmegen | Nijmegen | War of the First Coalition |
| October 1794 | Siege of Venlo | Venlo | War of the First Coalition |
| 1794 | Battle of Puiflijk | Puiflijk | |
| 23 January 1795 | Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder | War of the First Coalition | |
| 24 October 1798 | Action of 24 October 1798 | North Sea | French Revolutionary Wars |
| 1799 | Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland | North Holland | War of the Second Coalition |
| 27 August 1799 | Battle of Callantsoog | Callantsoog | War of the Second Coalition |
| 10 September 1799 | Battle of Krabbendam | Zijpe | War of the Second Coalition |
| 19 September 1799 | Battle of Bergen | Bergen | French Revolutionary Wars |
| 2 October 1799 | Battle of Alkmaar | Alkmaar | War of the Second Coalition |
| 6 October 1799 | Battle of Castricum | Q137926253 | War of the Second Coalition |
| 1809 | Walcheren Campaign | Walcheren | War of the Fifth Coalition |
| 1813 | Battle of Arnhem | Arnhem | War of the Sixth Coalition |
| 1813 | Siege of Geertruidenberg | Geertruidenberg | |
| 12 November 1813 | Siege of Deventer | Deventer | War of the Sixth Coalition |
| 13 November 1813 | Siege of Delfzijl | Delfzijl | War of the Sixth Coalition |
| 1813 | Siege of Naarden (1813-1814) | Naarden | |
| 18 November 1813 | Siege of Gorkum | Gorinchem | |
| 1813 | Woerden Disaster | Woerden | |
| 19 December 1813 | Siege of Breda | Breda | War of the Sixth Coalition |
| 5 March 1814 | Siege of Bergen op Zoom | Bergen op Zoom | |
| 1936 | Battle of Schoterzijl | Schoterzijl | |
| 1940 | bombardments of Venlo | Venlo | World War II |
| 10 May 1940 | Battle for The Hague | The Hague | World War II |
| 10 May 1940 | Battle of Rotterdam | Rotterdam | liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation |
| 10 May 1940 | Battle of Maastricht | Maastricht | World War II |
| 11 May 1940 | Battle of the Grebbeberg | Grebbeberg | World War II |
| 1940 | Battle of Mill | Mill, North Brabant | World War II |
| 1940 | Bombing of Amsterdam | Amsterdam | |
| 12 May 1940 | Battle of the Afsluitdijk | Afsluitdijk | World War II |
| 1940 | German invasion of the Netherlands | Netherlands | World War II |
| 1940 | Rotterdam Blitz | Rotterdam | World War II |
| 1940 | bombing of Middelburg | Middelburg | |
| 1941 | February raids in Amsterdam | Jodenbuurt | |
| 1941 | Bombing of Eindhoven Gas Holder in World War II | Eindhoven | World War II |
| 1942 | Operation Oyster | Eindhoven | World War II |
| 1943 | Raid in Delfshaven | Q15877118 | |
| 1943 | 17 March 1943 razzia in Leiden | Leiden | |
| 1943 | allied bombing of Rotterdam | Rotterdam-West | |
| 1943 | Bijeenkomst in Rivièrahal, Diergaarde Blijdorp voor getroffenen, 04.1943 | Rivièrahal | |
| 1943 | Operation Ramrod 16 | Amsterdam | World War II |
| 1943 | Raid June 1943 in Amsterdam | Transvaalbuurt | |
| 1943 | Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord | Amsterdam-Noord | World War II |
| 1943 | Wolfheze raid | Wolfheze | World War II |
| 1944 | Bombing of Nijmegen | Nijmegen | World War II |
| 1944 | Bombing of Kleykamp | Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp | |
| 1944 | Operation Market Garden | Netherlands | World War II |
| 17 September 1944 | Battle of Arnhem | Arnhem | World War II |
| 1944 | Battle of Nijmegen | Nijmegen | World War II |
| 1944 | bombardment of Eindhoven | Eindhoven | |
| 30 September 1944 | Battle of Overloon | Overloon | World War II |
| 30 September 1944 | Battle of the Nijmegen Salient | ||
| 1944 | Putten raid | Putten | |
| 4 October 1944 | Battle of Opheusden | Opheusden | World War II |
| 1944 | Nazi Raid in Panningen | Panningen | |
| 1944 | Raid in Beegden | Beegden | |
| 1944 | Bombing of Zutphen | Zutphen | |
| 1944 | Operation Pegasus | World War II | |
| 31 October 1944 | Battle of Walcheren Causeway | Walcheren | World War II |
| 1944 | Operation Infatuate | World War II | |
| 1944 | Razzia of Rotterdam | Rotterdam | |
| 1944 | Operation Sneeuwvlok | Rijswijk | |
| 27 November 1944 | Battle of Broekhuizen | Broekhuizen | World War II |
| 1944 | Battle of Haalderen | Haalderen | World War II |
| 1944 | Raid on the prison in Leeuwarden | Leeuwarden | |
| 1945 | Battle of Groningen | Groningen | World War II |
| 26 January 1945 | Battle for the Kapelsche Veer | World War II | |
| 1945 | Operation Blackhawk | Limburg | World War II |
| 1945 | Bombing of the Bezuidenhout | Bezuidenhout | World War II |
| 1945 | Bombing of Enkhuizen | Enkhuizen | |
| 1945 | Operation Amherst | Drenthe | World War II |
| 12 April 1945 | Liberation of Arnhem | Arnhem | liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation |
| 17 April 1945 | Battle of Otterlo | Otterlo | |
| 1945 | Western Allied invasion of Germany | Germany | World War II |
| 1956 | Storming of Felix Meritis | Felix Meritis |
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