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  • Assault on Nijmegen (1589), Maarten Schenk van Nydeggen fails to take the city by surprise during the Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Nijmegen (1591), Maurice, Prince of Orange takes the city during the Eighty Years' War
  • Siege of Nijmegen (1794), French Revolutionary forces commanded by Jean Victor Marie Moreau take the city from the Dutch Republic (ruled by William V, Prince of Orange) during the War of the First Coalition
  • Bombing of Nijmegen (February 1944), American aircraft bomb the city as part of the Big Week during World War II
  • Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944), American and British troops capture the city and its two vital bridges as part of Operation Market Garden during World War II

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Siege of Nijmegen

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Assault on Nijmegen (1589), Maarten Schenk van Nydeggen fails to take the city by surprise during the Eighty Years' War Siege of Nijmegen (1591), Maurice...

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Nijmegen

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Nijmegen (Dutch: [ˈnɛiˌmeːɣə(n)] ; Nijmeegs: Nimwèège [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːçə]) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the...

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Timeline of Nijmegen

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1589 - 10 August: Assault on Nijmegen. 1591 July: Siege of Knodsenburg. October: Siege of Nijmegen. 1612 - Boterwaag (Nijmegen) [nl] (weigh house) built...

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List of sieges

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follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...

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Philip of Nassau

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1587, Philip was governor of Gorinchem, then in 1591, after the Siege of Nijmegen, he was governor of Nijmegen. From Nijmegen Philip started a campaign...

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Charles the Bold

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this campaign was the Siege of Nijmegen, which caused severe damages to the Burgundian army. After the successful conquest of Guelders, Charles imposed...

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Siege of Bastogne

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The siege of Bastogne (French pronunciation: [bas.tɔɲ] ) was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne...

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Siege of Knodsenburg

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sconce known as Knodsenburg in the district of Nijmegen. A siege by a Spanish army under the command of the Duke of Parma took place from 15 to 25 July 1591...

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Battle of the Nijmegen salient

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The Battle of the Nijmegen salient or the Defence of the Nijmegen bridgehead was a series of engagements that took place in the Netherlands during World...

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Antoine Guillaume Delmas

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given command of its 6th Division. Between September and November 1794 he participated in the Siege of Bois-le-Duc and the Siege of Nijmegen. In October...

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Charles Ewart

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retreat of the British through Holland after the disastrous siege of Nijmegen, 27 October to 8 November 1794, Ewart one day heard the wailing sounds of a child...

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List of battles of the War of the First Coalition

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is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797). It includes the battles of: the Low Countries...

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Gordon Drummond

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Duke of York. At the siege of Nijmegen Drummond was commended in the successful repelling of a French sortie. In 1801 Drummond led the 8th Regiment of Foot...

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Siege of Kinsale

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The siege of Kinsale (Irish: Léigear Chionn tSáile), also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland...

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Legio IX Hispana

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fell out of favour among modern scholars as successive inscriptions of IX Hispana were found in the site of the legionary base at Nijmegen (Netherlands)...

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