Battle of Oosterweel

Battle of Oosterweel
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Oosterweel; From Pieter Bor's Nederlantsche Oorloghen
Date	13 March 1567
Location	Oosterweel, north of Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium)51°14′37″N 4°23′5″E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch rebels	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jean Marnix †	Philip de Lannoy
Strength
2,500	800
Casualties and losses
"Almost the entire force killed or captured"	Unknown

The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel, near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels and killed or captured almost all of them.

Oosterweel

Oosterweel in present-day Belgium

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