The Battle of Flushing was a
naval battle
Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river. Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years. Even in the interior of large lan ...
of the
Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...
, fought on April 17, 1573 near the city of
Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by
Sancho d'Avila, the
Dutch fleet by
Lieven Keersmaker.
The Dutch fleet initially left Flushing, but returned when the
Spanish fleet was hit by the city's cannons. Five Spanish ships were seized, but the remainder managed to reach the cities of
Middelburg and
Arnemuiden.
1573 in Europe
Flushing
Flushing 1573
Battles in Zeeland
Vlissingen
1573 in the Habsburg Netherlands
Eighty Years' War (1566–1609)
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