Capture of Brielle

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The Capture of Brielle was a pivotal 1572 seizure of the Dutch port town by the Sea Beggars that helped ignite the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Capture of Brielle canonical 5
Capture of Brielle (1 April 1572) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capture of Brill ⓘ
Inname van Den Briel ⓘ
associatedWith Sea Beggar raids along the Dutch coast ⓘ
rise of rebel-controlled enclaves in Holland ⓘ
belligerent Sea Beggars ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
chronologicalOrder early phase of the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
commanderOrLeader Lumey, Count of La Marck ⓘ
commemoratedIn Dutch local traditions in Brielle ⓘ
commemoratedOn 1 April ⓘ
conflict Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Eighty Years' War ⓘ
consequence strengthening of rebel control in coastal areas of Holland and Zeeland ⓘ
weakening of Spanish authority in the northern Netherlands ⓘ
countryAtTime Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
date 1 April 1572 ⓘ
faction Dutch rebels ⓘ
supporters of William of Orange ⓘ
followedBy spread of rebellion in Holland and Zeeland ⓘ
hasPartOf seizure of the port town of Brielle ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Low Countries ⓘ
impactOn Spanish strategic position in the North Sea region ⓘ
morale of Dutch rebels ⓘ
involvedForceType naval forces ⓘ
privateers ⓘ
town garrison ⓘ
militaryTactic surprise amphibious assault by Sea Beggars ⓘ
opponent forces loyal to Philip II of Spain ⓘ
partOf Dutch struggle for independence from Spain ⓘ
place Brielle ⓘ
politicalContext Spanish attempts to centralize control in the Netherlands ⓘ
religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in the Low Countries ⓘ
presentDayCountry Netherlands ⓘ
relatedEvent Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Pacification of Ghent ⓘ
Sack of Naarden ⓘ
Siege of Haarlem ⓘ
religiousAspect linked to Calvinist opposition to Spanish Catholic rule ⓘ
result Sea Beggar victory ⓘ
loss of Brielle by Spanish forces ⓘ
significance encouraged other Dutch towns to join the revolt ⓘ
first major town captured by the Sea Beggars ⓘ
helped ignite open rebellion against Spanish rule in the Netherlands ⓘ
pivotal early success for the Dutch Revolt ⓘ
year 1572 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Watergeuzen → notableEvent → Capture of Brielle ⓘ
Geuzen → notableEvent → Capture of Brielle ⓘ
Den Briel → significantEvent → Capture of Brielle ⓘ
Sea Beggars → notableEvent → Capture of Brielle ⓘ
Lumey van der Marck → notableWork → Capture of Brielle ⓘ
Lumey van der Marck → significantBattle → Capture of Brielle (1 April 1572) ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Brielle