Regional1587

Battle of Sluys

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Netherlands

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Sluys (1587), part of the Anglo-Spanish Wars. Spain defeated England, Netherlands.

Belligerents3

Spain
England
Netherlands

ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)Kingdom of EnglandDutch Republic

Conflict graph

PART OFAnglo-Spanish War (1585-1604)

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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