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Eighty Years' War

16th- and 17th-century Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs
Event revolt Q164432
Eighty Years' War
Diego Velázquez · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
revolt, civil war[3]
Country
Seventeen Provinces[2]
Follows
Compromise of Nobles[4]
Location
Low Countries[5]
Part of
European Wars of Religion[6]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band[41][42][43]
End time
January 30, 1648[22]
Has cause
Protestant Church in the Netherlands[40]
Has part(s)
Battle of Oosterweel, Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Jemmingen, Capture of Brielle, Battle of Gembloux, Battle on the Zuiderzee, Battle of Borsele, Battle of Reimerswaal, Siege of Leiden, Siege of Maastricht, Battle of Nieuwpoort, Siege of Breda, Siege of Venlo, Siege of Ostend, Siege of Mons, Siege of Groningen, Dutch–Portuguese War, Siege of Bommenede[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
In opposition to
Spanish Inquisition, Council of Trent, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish House of Habsburg[44][45][46][47]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Netherlands[48][49]
Participant
Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of France, Spanish Empire, Seventeen Provinces, Union of Utrecht, Union of Arras, Iberian Union, Principality of Nassau-Diez, County of Nassau, Watergeuzen, Geuzen[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Significant event
French Wars of Religion, Anglo-Spanish War, Thirty Years' War, War of the Jülich Succession[36][37][38][39]
Start time
May 23, 1568[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eighty Years' War en 80 Years' War en Dutch War of Independence ar حرب الثمانين عاما cs osmdesátiletá válka da Den nederlandske frihedskrig da Firsårskrigen da Firsårige Krig de Spanisch-Niederländischer Krieg de Aufstand der Niederlande de Achtzigjähriger Krieg el Ογδοηκονταετής Πόλεμος en-gb 80 Years' War en-gb Dutch War of Independence es Revuelta de Flandes es Revuelta flamenca es Rebelión de los Paises Bajos es Revolucion holandesa es Rebelión de los Países Bajos es Guerra de Flandes
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85091001
GND ID
4139650-9
BBC Things ID
b6f28637-95c7-4190-bfd2-16d1be6e0e03
BabelNet ID
03411585n
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
nederland-1500-1813/tachtigjarige-oorlog
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/Eighty-Years-War
FAST ID
1802133
FactGrid item ID
György Rekop
Freebase ID
/m/05pd9lb
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Åttiårskrigen
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2265835
Harper's tag
wars-of-independence-1556-1648, 1556-1648
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Library of Congress Classification
DH185-DH207
Museum-digital tag ID
101367
NDL Authority ID
00576653
NL CR AUT ID
ph966365
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007565638305171
National Library of Latvia ID
000295268
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX465344
Numista ruling authority ID
7285
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
526789
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
132388
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Eighty Years' War
Topic's main category
Category:Eighty Years' War
UK Archival Thesaurus ID
f8/mt805/7007/eighty-years’-war-(1568-1648)
WikiKids ID
Tachtigjarige_Oorlog
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MilitaryConflict", "EightyYearsWar"]
Yale LUX ID
concept/215104bf-9ce1-4332-a77c-43fef9107057

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🔗 Connections
Has these parts 95
Anglo-Spanish War, Dutch–Portuguese War, Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Gibraltar (1607), Battle of Nieuwpoort, Sack of Antwerp, Anglo-Spanish War of 1625–1630, Battle of the Downs +87 more
← Participated in conflict 47
Guy Fawkes, Spanish Netherlands, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Royal Netherlands Navy, Peace of Münster, Maarten Tromp +39 more
Has part(s) 16
Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Nieuwpoort, Battle of Jemmingen, Siege of Breda, Siege of Ostend, Siege of Leiden, Battle of Gembloux, Capture of Brielle +8 more
Participant 12
Spanish Empire, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Scotland, Seventeen Provinces, Union of Utrecht, Iberian Union +4 more
← Participant in 6
Spanish Empire, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of Scotland, Pieter van der Does
In opposition to 4
Council of Trent, Spanish Inquisition, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish House of Habsburg
Significant event 4
Thirty Years' War, French Wars of Religion, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Jülich Succession
Instance of 2
civil war, revolt
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Netherlands
Country 1
Seventeen Provinces
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Follows 1
Compromise of Nobles
Has cause 1
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Location 1
Low Countries
Part of 1
European Wars of Religion
Topic's main category 1
Category:Eighty Years' War
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Battles of the Eighty Years' War
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Eighty Years' War
← Field of work 1
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
← Set in period 1
Alatriste
← Significant event 1
Castle Huis Bergh
← Time period 1
Geuzen
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Summary

Eighty Years' War is a revolt[1].

Related Entities

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases Dutch Republic Guy Fawkes Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Maarten Tromp Royal Netherlands Navy

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  1. 4w ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wars-of-independence-1556-1648, 1556-1648
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  4. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wars-of-independence-1556-1648, 1556-1648
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  5. 18w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Battle of Oosterweel, Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Jemmingen +15
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Siege of Bommenede, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  6. 18w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Battle of Oosterweel, Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Jemmingen +15
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Dutch–Portuguese War, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  7. 20w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) → XX465344
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  8. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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