Capture of Breda of 1590
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The capture of Breda was a short battle during the Eighty Years' War and Anglo–Spanish War during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda. Using a clever tactic reminiscent of the Trojan horse which became famous as the ruse with the Turfschip van Breda, a small assault force hid in a peat barge, entered the city of Breda, and proceeded to take it over resulting in a minimum number of casualties. It was the turning point of the war as the forces under Maurice were able to take the offensive.
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1590 Capture of Breda of 1590
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Turfschip van Breda, 1590 't Kasteel van Breda verrast, door middel van een Turfschip, in 't jaar 1590 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-80.097
Inname van Breda met behulp van het turfschip, penning geschonken aan de veroveraars van de stad, NG-C-2017-181| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | De Post in de Vloeiweide | offensive | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1304 | Siege of Dordrecht | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1393 | Siege of Castle Altena | siege, Cod Alliance Treaty, Hook Alliance Treaty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1573 | Capture of Geertruidenberg | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1577 | Siege of Bréda | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1581 | Capture of Breda of 1581 | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1589 | Siege of Heusden | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1589 | Capture of Geertruidenberg | Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1590 | Capture of Breda of 1590 | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1593 | Siege of Geertruidenberg | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1597 | Battle of Turnhout | Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Hispanic Monarchy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1602 | Mutiny of Hoogstraten | mutiny | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1624 | Siege of Breda of 1624–25 | Spanish Empire, Maurice of Nassau, siege, Carlos Coloma, Ernst von Mansfeld, Justinus van Nassau, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1632 | Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign | Holy Roman Empire, Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1637 | Siege of Breda | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1789 | Battle of Turnhout | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1793 | Siege of Breda | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1813 | Unknown | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1813 | Siege of Breda | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Hoogstraten | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of the Scheldt | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Battle for the Kapelsche Veer | battle | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | bomb shelter Bredaseweg 444, Tilburg | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Commandeursbolwerk Geertruidenberg | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Bovensluis | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Buitensluis | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Hel | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Giessen | fort, architectural ensemble | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort on the Uppelse Dijk in Werkendam | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Oranje | redoubt, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortifications of Klundert | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1583 | vestingwerken van Woudrichem | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2020 | Maczek Memorial Breda | military museum, museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Turfschip van Breda, 1590 't Kasteel van Breda verrast, door middel van een Turfschip, in 't jaar 1590 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-80.097 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Turfschip van Breda, 1590, RP-T-00-1558 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Het turfschip wordt Breda het kasteel ingehaald, 1590, RP-P-OB-80.099 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | In 't Jaar 1590, RP-T-00-1717 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inname van Breda, 1590 In nemen van kasteel van Breda (titel op object), RP-P-OB-80.094 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inname van Breda met behulp van het turfschip, penning geschonken aan de veroveraars van de stad, NG-C-2017-181 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inname van Breda, 1590, RP-P-OB-80.091 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inname van Breda, 1590, RP-P-OB-80.090 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Turfschip van Breda, 1590 't Kasteel van Breda verrast, door middel van een Turfschip, in 't jaar 1590 (titel op object), RP-P-OB-80.095 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Inname van Breda, 1590 't in nemen van Breda (titel op object), BI-B-FM-019B-4 | Commons | ||







