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Battle in the Bay of Matanzas
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Piet Hein capturing the Spanish silver fleet during the battle. The Story of New Netherland (1909).
Date
7 September–8 September 1628
Location
Near Matanzas, Cuba
Result
Dutch victory[1]
Capture of the Spanish treasure fleet by the Dutch[2]
Belligerents
United Provinces
Spain
Commanders and leaders
Piet Hein Witte de With
Juan de Benavides Bazán
Strength
31 vessels
21 vessels
Casualties and losses
No casualties
12 vessels captured
Minimal casualties
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Eighty Years' War
Origins – List of battles
1566–1572
Western Europe
Beeldenstorm
Valenciennes
Wattrelos
Lannoy
Oosterweel
Dahlen
Heiligerlee
Jemmingen
Jodoigne
Le Quesnoy
1572–1576
Western Europe
Brielle
Mons
1st Mechelen
Goes
Naarden
Middelburg
Haarlem
IJsselmeer
Alkmaar
1st Geertruidenberg
Leiden
Delft
Valkenburg
Mookerheyde
Oudewater
Schoonhoven
Zierikzee
European waters
Flushing
Borsele
Haarlemmermeer
Zuiderzee
Reimerswaal
Lillo
1576–1579
Western Europe
1st Antwerp
Gembloux
Rijmenam
1st Deventer
Borgerhout
1579–1588
Western Europe
1st Maastricht
2nd Mechelen
Diest
1st Steenwijk
Kollum
1st Breda
Noordhorn
Niezijl
Lochem
1st Lier
2nd Antwerp
Eindhoven
Steenbergen
Ghent
Aalst
3rd Antwerp
Arnhem
Empel
Boksum
1st Grave
1st Venlo
Axel
Neuss
1st Rheinberg
1st Zutphen
1st Sluis
European waters
Ponta Delgada
Ten Years, 1588–1598
Western Europe
1st Bergen op Zoom
2nd Geertruidenberg
2nd Breda
2nd Zutphen
2nd Deventer
Delfzijl
Knodsenburg
1st Hulst
Nijmegen
Rouen
Caudebec
2nd Steenwijk
1st Coevorden
1st Luxemburg
3rd Geertruidenberg
2nd Coevorden
Groningen
2nd Luxemburg
Huy
1st Groenlo
Lippe
2nd Lier
Calais
2nd Hulst
Turnhout
2nd Rheinberg
1st Meurs
2nd Groenlo
Bredevoort
Enschede
Ootmarsum
1st Oldenzaal
1st Lingen
European waters
1st English Channel · Flanders
Bayona Islands
Gulf of Almería
1st Cádiz
Azores
1599–1609
Western Europe
1st Schenckenschans
Zaltbommel
Rees
San Andreas
Lekkerbeetje
Nieuwpoort
3rd Rheinberg
Ostend
1st 's-Hertogenbosch
2nd Grave
Hoogstraaten
3rd Sluis
2nd Lingen
3rd Groenlo
European waters
Dover Strait
2nd Sluis
1st Cape St. Vincent
1st Gibraltar
Twelve Years' Truce, 1609–1621
Western Europe
Aachen
East Indies
Playa Honda
1621–1648
Western Europe
Jülich
2nd Bergen op Zoom
Fleurus
3rd Breda
2nd Oldenzaal
4th Groenlo
2nd 's-Hertogenbosch
Meuse (2nd Maastricht)
Leuven
2nd Schenkenschans
3rd Schenkenschans
4th Breda
2nd Venlo
Roermond
Kallo
3rd Hulst
4th Hulst
European waters
2nd Gibraltar
2nd Cádiz
Slaak
Lizard Point
Dunkirk
2nd English Channel
The Downs
2nd Cape St. Vincent
Americas
1st Salvador
Puerto Rico
Bay of Matanzas
Abrolhos
Trujillo · Campeche
1st Saint Martin
2nd Salvador
Itamaracá
Southern Chile
2nd Saint Martin
East Indies
Mormugão
Galle
Malacca
1st San Salvador
2nd San Salvador
Manila
Cavite
Peace – Aftermath – Historiography
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Dutch colonial campaigns
17th century
Bantam (1601)
Amboina (1605)
Malacca (1606)
Cape Rachado (1606)
Mozambique (1607)
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Johor (1613)
Macau (1622)
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Persian Gulf (1625)
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Elmina (1625)
Cuba (1628)
Batavia (1628–29)
Recife (1630)
Abrolhos (1631)
Liaoluo Bay (1633)
Taiwan (1635–36)
Brazil (1636)
Liuqiu Island (1636)
Porto Calvo (1637)
Elmina (1637)
Vietnam (1637–43)
Goa (1638)
Salvador (1638)
Mormugão (1639)
Itamaracá (1640)
Ceylon (1640)
Malacca (1641)
Luanda (1641)
Taiwan (1641)
Taiwan (1642)
Chile (1643)
Cambodia (1643–44)
New Netherland (1643–45)
Tabocas (1645)
Philippines (1646)
Kombi (1647)
Guararapes (1648)
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Taiwan (1652)
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2nd Colombo (1654)
Malabar (1658-1663)
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The Battle in the Bay of Matanzas was a naval battle in Cuba during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch squadron was able to defeat and capture a Spanish treasure fleet.
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