Siege of Oudewater (1575)

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Siege of Oudewater (1575)
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Depiction of the siege of Oudewater
Date 19 July – 7 August 1575 Location Oudewater, Utrecht (present-day the Netherlands) Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Rebels	Spain
Commanders and leaders
	Gillis van Berlaymont

The siege of Oudewater was an event during the Eighty Years' War that took place in the Dutch town of Oudewater, culminating in the Oudewater Massacre ((in Dutch) Oudewaterse moord).^[1][2] The siege by Spanish troops started on 19 July 1575 and ended on 7 August 1575, when the town was taken by storm and plundered.^[3]