# List of battles of the Eighty Years' War

This is a list of battles of the Eighty Years' War.

## Introduction
### Royalist forces

Until August 1567, the government of the Habsburg Netherlands, in the hands of Governor-General Margaret of Parma and her Stadtholders, was using local Netherlandish troops, such as schutterijen as city guards. Military law enforcement included the Bandes d'ordonnance (Dutch: Benden van ordonnantie), elite heavy cavalry formations drawn mostly from the Flemish (Dutch-speaking) and Walloon (French-speaking) aristocracy. The newly created Army of Flanders arrived in the Low Countries in August 1567 under the command of the Duke of Alba, who immediately carried out substantial military reforms. Alba reduced the prominence of the Bandes d'ordonnance (in part because he distrusted the local nobility) in favour of the well-known Habsburg multi-ethnic infantry regiments, the tercios, alongside Spanish light cavalry (the latter comprised just 8% of the army by 1573).
Alba introduced Spanish (Castilian) as the language of communication in the Army of Flanders, and Spaniards received higher pay and most of the key positions in his high command. Alba had a low opinion of soldiers from other ethnicities (called "nations") in the tercios, such as Italians, Flemish and Walloons (flamencos or nativos, as the Spaniards called them), and Germans, and preferred relying on Spanish infantrymen, but the actual share of Spanish soldiers in the Army of Flanders – which was at one of the highest totals of the war during Alba's tenure – was a little over 15%. There were also Burgundian, Scottish, Irish, English and Portuguese "nations" at various stages of the war, and intermittently units from other ethnic backgrounds.
Mutiny due to lack of troop payment was a common problem in the 1570s, which could result in increasing civilian sympathies for the rebel cause (notably the 1576 Sack of Antwerp leading to the Pacification of Ghent), while in the late 1580s and especially 1590s, ethnic tensions between the commanders of the "nations" (such as the Italian Parma, the German Mansfeld and the Spanish Fuentes) led to power struggles that left the Army of Flanders divided and largely paralysed.

### Rebel forces

The rebels, who initiated their first actions of physical force during the Beeldenstorm (August–October 1566, initially mostly directed at Catholic Church property rather than governmental forces) started out as disparate riotous mobs of poorly armed and poorly trained but well-organised Calvinists, originally predominantly from industrial centres in western Flanders. On 14 December 1566, the Habsburg Netherlandish government declared the city of Valenciennes – where Calvinists had seized power – to be "in state of rebellion", and in late December 1566, the first encounter battles occurred between the Habsburg Netherlandish governmental troops and Calvinist rebels. Apart from managing to extend the Siege of Valenciennes (1567) for several months, the Calvinist rebels proved no match for the troops of Margaret of Parma (delegated to stadtholders such as Philip of Noircarmes), who crushed the disturbances in March 1567, before king Philip II sent Alba with the newly formed Army of Flanders from Spain to the Netherlands in April 1567.
During 1568 and 1572, William "the Silent" of Orange, the wealthiest and most powerful nobleman of the Netherlands, attempted two invasions from his Nassau-Dillenburg stronghold as a 'warlord' with mercenary soldiers organised in typical German fashion (here referred to as "Orangist troops") in opposition to Alba, though both met with little success. Meanwhile in 1572, a mixture of groups of noblemen and common people sympathetic to his cause, or to Calvinism, known as Geuzen, formed paramilitary units that seized control of most of Holland and Zeeland, where Calvinists soon came to dominate politics. Orange functioned as minister of war and commander-in-chief of the Hollandic and Zeelandic troops from 1572 on. It was not until 1575 that these units were merged into the Dutch States Army, organised and directed by the States of Holland and West Friesland and the States of Zeeland (which was illegal; only the king had the right to raise armies). Around the same time, starting in 1574 with the Admiralty of Rotterdam, five Dutch admiralties emerged to organise rebel fleets.
When faced with large-scale mutinies in the Army of Flanders in 1576 known as the Spanish Fury, Catholic-dominated provinces of the Netherlands such as Brabant and Flanders (authorised by the Council of State in March 1576) also began raising their own armies in self-defence against mutineers, but were unable to prevent the Sack of Antwerp. With the Pacification of Ghent (8 November 1576) all Seventeen Provinces except Luxemburg would agree to expel all foreign troops from the Habsburg Netherlands (essentially restoring the pre-1567 situation) while establishing a temporary general peace of religion. Although this resulted in much ad hoc cooperation between the rebel provinces and the inclusion of units from all of them into the States Army, organisation initially remained mostly provincial and decentralised, and the rebels suffered a catastrophe at the Battle of Gembloux (1578). Most of the rebel territories would go on to create a closer military alliance with the 1579 Union of Utrecht, proclaim independence by the 1581 Act of Abjuration, obtain English support in 1585 and establish the Dutch Republic in 1588, but the 1579–1588 period was marked by a long series of rebel defeats at the hands of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. Effective military reforms of the Dutch States Army were only introduced by Maurice of Nassau in the subsequent Ten Years (1588–1598). By the 1620s, the annual costs of the Dutch States Army were 11,177,087 guilders, 58% of which were paid by Holland as most populous and wealthy province. By the 1630s, Holland increasingly refused to fund land war operations, pleading for greater maritime expenses against the Dunkirker Privateers instead. This led to tensions with stadtholder Frederick Henry, who unsuccessfully sought to merge the five admiralties into one in 1639, and then resumed his focus on financing the land war.

## List

| Date | Battle | Region | Rebel forces | Royalist forces | Notes |
| 10 August – October 1566 | Beeldenstorm | multiple | Calvinist mobs | Government troops | Inconclusive |
| 14 December 1566 – 23 March 1567 | Siege of Valenciennes (1567) | Hainaut | Calvinist rebels | Government troops | Royalist key victory |
| 27 December 1566 | Battle of Wattrelos | Flanders | Calvinist rebels | Government troops | Royalist victory |
| 29 December 1566 | Battle of Lannoy | Flanders | Calvinist rebels | Government troops | Royalist victory |
| 13 March 1567 | Battle of Oosterweel | Brabant | Calvinist rebels | Government troops | Royalist victory |
| 23 April 1568 | Battle of Rheindalen | Jülich | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 23 May 1568 | Battle of Heiligerlee | Groningen | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| May–July 1568 | Siege of Groningen (1568) [nl] | Groningen | Orangist troops | Government troops | Royalist victory |
| 10–11 July 1568 | Battle on the Ems [nl] | Groningen | Geuzen | Government troops | Rebel victory |
| 21 July 1568 | Battle of Jemmingen | East Frisia | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 20 October 1568 | Battle of Jodoigne | Brabant | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 12 November 1568 | Battle of Le Quesnoy | Hainaut | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 9–19 December 1570 | Battle of Loevestein [nl] | Guelders | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 1 April 1572 | Capture of Brielle | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 6 April 1572 | Flushing rebellion [nl] | Zeeland | Civic militia | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 23 June – 19 September 1572 | Siege of Mons (1572) | Hainaut | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 July 1572 | Battle of Saint-Ghislain [nl] | Hainaut | Huguenot troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 12–15 September 1572 | Walloon Fury in Dokkum [nl] | Friesland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 2 October 1572 | Spanish Fury at Mechelen | Mechelen | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| ? 1572 | The Battle of Ijsselmeer | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 20 October 1572 | Relief of Goes | Zeeland | Geuzen English navy | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 22 October 1572 | Massacre of Naarden | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 4 November 1572 – 18 February 1574 | Siege of Middelburg (1572–1574) | Zeeland | Geuzen English navy | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 12 Augustus 1572 – 8 February 1578 | Blockades of Amsterdam [nl] | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 16 November 1572 | Massacre of Zutphen [fr; nl] | Guelders | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 11 December 1572 – 13 July 1573 | Siege of Haarlem | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 April 1573 | Battle of Flushing | Zeeland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 11 October 1573 | Battle of Borsele | Zeeland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 22 April 1573 | Battle on the Zuiderzee | Zuiderzee | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 21 August – 8 October 1573 | Siege of Alkmaar | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 28 August 1573 | Capture of Geertruidenberg (1573) | Holland | Geuzen Huguenot troops English navy | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| October 1573 | Battle of Delft (1573) | Holland | Geuzen English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| October 1573 – 3 October 1574 | Siege of Leiden | Holland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel key victory |
| 27/29 January 1574 | Battle of the Scheldt (1574) (Battle of Reimerswaal) | Zeeland | Geuzen English navy | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| Early February 1574 | Capture of Valkenburg (1574) | Holland | Geuzen English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 14 April 1574 | Battle of Mookerheyde | Cleves | Orangist troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 30 May 1574 | Battle of Lillo | Brabant | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 19 July – 7 August 1575 | Siege of Oudewater (1575) | Utrecht | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 11–24 August 1575 | Siege of Schoonhoven (1575) | Holland | Geuzen English troops Huguenot troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| October 1575 – 29 June 1576 | Siege of Zierikzee | Zeeland | Geuzen | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 25 July 1576 | Sack of Aalst [nl] | Flanders | City guard | Spanish mutineers | Mutineer victory |
| 14 September 1576 | Battle of Vissenaken [nl] | Brabant | Brabantian troops | Spanish mutineers | Mutineer victory |
| 15 September – 11 November 1576 | Siege of the Spanjaardenkasteel [nl] | Flanders | Brabantian troops Flemish troops Hollandic troops | Spanish mutineers | Rebel victory |
| 4–7 November 1576 | Sack of Antwerp | Brabant | Brabantian troops German/Walloon troops Armed citizens | Spanish mutineers | Mutineer victory |
| December 1576 – February 1577 | Siege of Vredenburg [nl] | Utrecht | City guard German troops | Spanish mutineers | Rebel victory |
| 24 July 1577 | Capture of the Namur citadel [nl; fr] | Namur | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory (Coup d'état) |
| 1–2 August 1577 | Capture of the Antwerp citadel [nl] | Brabant | Dutch States Army | German mutineers | Rebel victory |
| 4 August – 4 October 1577 | Siege of Breda (1577) [nl; es; fr; it] | Brabant | Dutch States Army | German mercenaries | Rebel victory |
| 28 October 1577 | Ghent Calvinist coup | Flanders | Dutch States Army Ghent Calvinists | | Calvinist victory (Coup d'état) |
| 31 January 1578 | Battle of Gembloux | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist key victory |
| 20–24 February 1578 | Siege of Zichem | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 8–12 March 1578 | Siege of Nivelles (Dutch) (French) | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 26 May 1578 | Alteratie of Amsterdam | Holland | Catholic city council Calvinist radicals Former Geuzen | | Calvinist victory (Coup d'état) |
| 25 June – 20 July 1578 | Siege of Kampen (1578) [nl] | Overijssel | Dutch States Army | German mercenaries | Rebel victory |
| 31 July 1578 | Battle of Rijmenam | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 3 August – 19 November 1578 | Siege of Deventer (1578) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army | German mercenaries | Rebel victory |
| 22 September – 7 October 1578 | Siege of Binche [fr; nl] | Hainaut | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 2 March 1579 | Battle of Borgerhout | Flanders | English troops Scottish troops Huguenot troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 8/12 March – 29 June/1 July 1579 | Siege of Maastricht | Limburg | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 29 March 1579 | Street battle in Mechelen | Mechelen | Dutch States Army Hollandic troops Calvinist armed citizens | Catholic armed citizens | Royalist victory |
| 1 July 1579 | Schermersoproer [nl] in Den Bosch | Brabant | Calvinist city guard | Catholic guilds | Royalist victory |
| 3 March – 18 June 1580 | Siege of Groningen (1580) [nl] | Groningen | Dutch States Army | Rennenberg troops | Royalist victory (Coup d'état) |
| 9 April 1580 | English Fury at Mechelen | Mechelen | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders City guard | Rebel victory |
| 9 June 1580 | Taking of Diest (1580) | Brabant | Dutch States Army Huguenot troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 15–16 June 1580 | Zwolle riot [nl] | Overijssel | Calvinist city guard Kampen Calvinists | Catholic armed citizens Catholic farmers | Calvinist victory |
| 17 June 1580 | Battle of Hardenberg [nl] | Overijssel | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 18 October 1580 – 23 February 1581 | Siege of Steenwijk (1580–1581) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| September 1580 – 17 Augustus 1581 | Siege of Cambrai (1581) [nl] | Cambrésis | Anjou troops Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 19 July 1581 | Battle of Kollum | Friesland | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 26–27 July 1581 | Capture of Breda (1581) | Brabant | Dutch States Army City guard | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 30 September 1581 | Battle of Noordhorn | Groningen | Dutch States Army English troops Scottish troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 3–24 October 1581 | Siege of Niezijl | Groningen | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 10 October – 30 November 1581 | Siege of Tournai (1581) [nl; fr] | Tournaisis | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 22 July – 15 September 1582 | Siege of Lochem (1582) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops Huguenot troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 26 July 1582 | Battle of Ponta Delgada (also part of the War of the Portuguese Succession) | Azores | Pro-Crato Portugal Dutch States Fleet France England | Pro-Philip Portugal Spanish Empire | Royalist victory (Pro-Philip victory) |
| 1–2 August 1582 | Siege of Lier (1582) | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 January 1583 | French Fury | Brabant | Dutch States Army Anjou troops | | States victory (Failed coup) |
| 7 February – 23 April 1583 | Siege of Eindhoven (1583) | Brabant | Dutch States Army Anjou troops Scottish troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 June 1583 | Battle of Steenbergen (1583) | Brabant | Dutch States Army Anjou troops English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| October 1583 – 17 September 1584 | Siege of Ghent (1583–1584) | Flanders | Calvinist Republic of Ghent | Army of Flanders Malcontents | Royalist victory |
| Early February 1584 | Capture of Aalst (1584) | Flanders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| May–July 1584 | Siege of Zutphen (1584) [nl] | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| July 1584 – 17 August 1585 | Siege of Antwerp | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist key victory |
| 6–15 October 1585 | Siege of IJsseloord | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 4–8 December 1585 | Battle of Empel | Brabant | Dutch fleet | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 January 1586 | Battle of Boksum | Friesland | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| Early April – 7 June 1586 | Siege of Grave (1586) | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| June 1586 | Siege of Venlo (1586) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 17 July 1586 | Capture of Axel | Flanders | Dutch States Army English soldiers | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 26 July 1586 | Destruction of Neuss | Cologne | Truchsess Cologne Dutch States Army | Ernest Cologne Army of Flanders | Royalist victory (Ernest-Spanish victory) |
| 13 August 1586 – 3 February 1590 | Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) | Cologne | Truchsess Cologne Dutch States Army | Ernest Cologne Army of Flanders | Royalist victory (Ernest-Spanish victory) |
| 22 September 1586 | Battle of Zutphen (Battle of Warnsveld) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English soldiers | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 12 June – 4 August 1587 | Siege of Sluis (1587) | Flanders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 27 February – 29 April 1588 | Siege of Medemblik (1588) [nl] | Holland | States Army Leicester troops | | States victory (Failed coup) |
| 29 July 1588 | Battle of Gravelines | Channel | English Royal Navy Dutch Republic Fleet | Spanish Armada Army of Flanders | Rebel key victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 23 September – 13 November 1588 | Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588) | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 10 April 1589 | Capture of Geertruidenberg (1589) | Holland | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| Early 1590 | Battle of Bayona Islands (1590) | Spain | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 4 March 1590 | Capture of Breda (1590) | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 19–30 May 1591 | Siege of Zutphen (1591) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 1–10 June 1591 | Siege of Deventer (1591) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 30 June – 15 July 1596 | Capture of Cádiz | Spain | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 2 July 1591 | Capture of Delfzijl | Groningen | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 15–25 July 1591 | Siege of Knodsenburg | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| Late August 1591 | Battle of the Gulf of Almería (1591) | Spain | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 20–24 September 1591 | Siege of Hulst (1591) | Flanders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 17–21 October 1591 | Siege of Nijmegen (1591) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| December 1591 – May 1592 | Siege of Rouen (1591–1592) | France | Henry of Navarre English troops Dutch Republic | Army of Flanders Catholic League | Royalist victory (Spanish-Catholic victory) |
| 24 April – 21 May 1592 | Siege of Caudebec | France | Henry of Navarre English troops Dutch fleet | Army of Flanders Catholic League | Rebel victory (Navarre-Anglo-Dutch or 'Protestant' victory) |
| 30 May – 5 July 1592 | Siege of Steenwijk (1592) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 26 July – 2 September 1592 | Siege of Coevorden (1592) | Drenthe | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 14 January – 10 February 1593 | 1593 Luxemburg campaign Siege of Sankt Vith | Luxemburg | Dutch States Army Duchy of Bouillon Kingdom of France | Army of Flanders | Royalist tactical victory Rebel strategic victory |
| 27 March – 24 June 1593 | Siege of Geertruidenberg (1593) | Holland | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 28 October 1593 – 6 May 1594 | Siege of Coevorden (1593) | Drenthe | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 19 May – 22 July 1594 | Siege of Groningen (1594) | Groningen | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel key victory |
| January–June 1595 | 1595 Luxemburg campaign Siege of Huy (1595) | Luxemburg Liège | Dutch States Army Duchy of Bouillon | Army of Flanders Bishopric of Liège | Royalist victory |
| 2 September 1595 | Battle of the Lippe | Cologne | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 11–28 September 1595 | Siege of Groenlo (1595) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 14 October 1595 | Sack of Lier | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 8–24 April 1596 | Siege of Calais (1596) | France | Henry of Navarre English troops Dutch troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| Mid-July – 18 August 1596 | Siege of Hulst (1596) | Flanders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 24 January 1597 | Battle of Turnhout | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| June – August 1597 | Islands Voyage | Azores | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 9–19 August 1597 | Siege of Rheinberg (1597) | Cologne | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 29 August – 3 September 1597 | Siege of Meurs (1597) | Moers | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 11–28 September 1597 | Siege of Groenlo (1597) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 1–9 October 1597 | Siege of Bredevoort (1597) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 1–10 October 1597 | Siege of Bredevoort (1597) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 18–19 October 1597 | Capture of Enschede (1597) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 19–21 October 1597 | Capture of Ootmarsum | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 20–23 October 1597 | Siege of Oldenzaal (1597) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 25 October – 12 November 1597 | Siege of Lingen (1597) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 28 April – 2 May 1599 | Siege of Schenckenschans (1599) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 15 May – 22 July 1599 | Siege of Zaltbommel | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 10–12 September 1599 | Siege of Rees (1599) | Cleves | Dutch States Army Lower Saxon Circle | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 28 January – 6 March 1600 | Siege of San Andreas (1600) | Guelders | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 5 February 1600 | Battle of Lekkerbeetje | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 2 July 1600 | Battle of Nieuwpoort | Flanders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel tactical victory |
| 12 June – 2 August 1601 | Siege of Rheinberg (1601) | Cologne | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 5 July 1601 – 20 September 1604 | Siege of Ostend | Flanders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist key victory |
| 1–27 November 1601 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1601) | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 18 July – 20 September 1602 | Siege of Grave (1602) | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 1 September 1602 – 18 May 1604 | Mutiny of Hoogstraten | Brabant | Dutch States Army English troops Spanish mutineers | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Mutineer–allied victory) |
| 3–4 October 1602 | Battle of the Narrow Seas (Battle of the Dover Straits) | Channel | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 26 May 1603 | Battle of Sluis | Flanders | Dutch Republic Fleet | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 19 May – 19 August 1604 | Siege of Sluis (1604) | Flanders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 10–19 August 1605 | Siege of Lingen (1605) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 16 June or 6 October 1606 | Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1606) | Portugal | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 3–14 August 1606 (royalists) 30 Oct. – 9 Nov. 1606 (rebels) | Siege of Groenlo (1606) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 25 April 1607 | Battle of Gibraltar (1607) | Spain | Dutch Republic Fleet | Spanish Empire | Rebel victory |
| 28 July – 2 September 1610 | Siege of Jülich (1610) | Jülich | Dutch Republic Kingdom of France Palatinate-Neuburg Brandenburg | Imperial Army | Rebel victory (Franco-Dutch victory) |
| Late August 1614 | Siege of Aachen (1614) | Aachen | Free City of Aachen Brandenburg | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 15 April 1617 | Battle of Playa Honda | Philippines | Dutch Republic Fleet | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 21 August 1621 | Battle of Gibraltar (1621) | Spain | Dutch Republic Fleet Denmark–Norway | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 5 September 1621 – 3 February 1622 | Siege of Jülich (1621–1622) | Jülich | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 8 July – 2 October 1622 | Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1622) | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 29 August 1622 | Battle of Fleurus (1622) | Hainaut | Dutch States Army German soldiers | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 28 August 1624 – 5 June 1625 | Siege of Breda (1624) | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist key victory |
| 1 April – 1 May 1625 | Recapture of Salvador | Brazil | Dutch Republic  WIC | Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire | Royalist victory |
| 24 September – 2 November 1625 | Battle of San Juan (1625) | Antilles | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire Puerto Rico | Royalist victory |
| 1–7 November 1625 | Cádiz expedition (1625) | Spain | Dutch Republic Royal Navy | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 25 July – 1 August 1626 | Siege of Oldenzaal (1626) | Overijssel | Dutch States Army English troops | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Anglo-Dutch victory) |
| 20 July – 19 August 1627 | Siege of Groenlo (1627) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 7–8 September 1628 | Battle in the Bay of Matanzas | Cuba | Dutch Republic Fleet | Treasure fleet | Rebel key victory |
| 30 April – 14 September 1629 | Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel key victory |
| 12 September 1631 | Battle of Abrolhos | Brazil | Dutch Republic  WIC | Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire | Royalist victory |
| 12–13 September 1631 | Battle of the Slaak | Holland | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Rebel victory |
| 9 June – 22 August 1632 | Capture of Maastricht | Limburg | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel key victory |
| 25 June – 1 July 1633 | Capture of Saint Martin (1633) | Antilles | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 11 June – 2 July 1633 | Siege of Rheinberg (1633) | Cologne | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 8–20 May 1635 | Siege of Philippine [nl] | Flanders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 20 May 1635 | Battle of Les Avins | Liège | Kingdom of France | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (French victory) |
| 8–10 June 1635 | Sack of Tienen [nl] | Brabant | Dutch States Army Kingdom of France | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory (Franco-Dutch victory) |
| 24 June – 4 July 1635 | Siege of Leuven | Brabant | Dutch States Army Kingdom of France | Army of Flanders Holy Roman Empire | Royalist victory |
| 30 July 1635 – 30 April 1636 | Siege of Schenkenschans | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 18 February 1637 | Battle off Lizard Point | England | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 20–25 August 1637 | Siege of Venlo (1637) | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 21 July – 11 October 1637 | Siege of Breda (1637) | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| April – May 1638 | Siege of Salvador (1638) | Brazil | Dutch Republic  WIC | Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire | Royalist victory |
| 20–22 June 1638 | Battle of Kallo | Brabant | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist key victory |
| 18 February 1639 | Action of 18 February 1639 | North Sea | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Rebel victory |
| 18 September 1639 | Action of 18 September 1639 | Channel | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Inconclusive |
| 21 October 1639 N.S. | Battle of the Downs | Channel | Dutch Republic Fleet | "Second Armada" | Rebel key victory |
| 12–17 January 1640 | Action of 12–17 January 1640 | Brazil | Dutch Republic  WIC | Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire | Rebel victory |
| August 1641 | Battle of San Salvador (1641) | Brazil | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire East Indies | Rebel strategic victory |
| 4 November 1641 | Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641) | Portugal | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Inconclusive |
| August 1642 | Battle of San Salvador (1642) | Brazil | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire East Indies | Rebel victory |
| 6 November 1642 – 28 December 1643 | Dutch expedition to Valdivia | Chile | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 20 March – 17 April 1644 | Attack on Saint Martin | Antilles | Dutch Republic | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |
| 7 October – 4 November 1645 | Siege of Hulst (1645) | Flanders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Rebel victory |
| 15 March – 4 October 1646 | Battles of La Naval de Manila | Philippines | Dutch Republic VOC | Spanish Empire East Indies | Royalist victory |
| October 1646 | Siege of Venlo (1646) [nl] | Guelders | Dutch States Army | Army of Flanders | Royalist victory |
| 10 June 1647 | Battle of Puerto de Cavite | Philippines | Dutch Republic Fleet | Spanish Empire | Royalist victory |