Army of Flanders

The Army of Flanders was a field army of the Spanish Army based in the Spanish Netherlands between the 16th and 18th centuries. It was one of the longest-serving field armies of the early modern era, being founded in 1567 and disbanded in 1706. Taking part in numerous battles of the Eighty Years' War and Thirty Years' War, it employed or pioneered many developing military concepts, including permanent units (tercios), barracks and military hospitals long before they were adopted in most of Europe. As a result, the Army of Flanders has been considered the world's de facto first modern professional standing army. Sustained at huge cost and at significant distances from Spain via the Spanish Road, the Army of Flanders also became infamous for successive mutinies and its ill-disciplined activity on and off the battlefield, including the sack of Antwerp in 1576.

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1567 — 1706  Wikidata
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The battle of Rocroi (Rocroi, the last tercio)

• The Irish Military Community in Spanish Flanders, 1585-1621 -

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1578	Siege of Binche	siege, Union of Brussels, Army of Flanders	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1580	Unknown	Army of Flanders, Olivier van den Tympel, offensive, Calvinist Republic of Brussels	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1582	Siege of Lochem	siege, Dutch States Army, Army of Flanders	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1584	Siege of Brussels	siege, Alexander Farnese, Army of Flanders, Olivier van den Tympel	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1586	Destruction of Neuss	battle, Army of Flanders, Dutch States Army	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1607	Siege of Erkelenz	siege, Army of Flanders, Dutch Republic	Wikidata
commons	image		The battle of Rocroi (Rocroi, the last tercio)		Commons