Siege of Valenciennes (1566–1567)

Siege of Valenciennes
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Capture of Valenciennes from Famiano Strada's De Bello belgico decades duae (reprint 1727).
Date	14 December 1566 – 23 March 1567
Location	Valenciennes, County of Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands (present-day France)50°21′N 3°31′E
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch rebels	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Pérégrin de La Grange; Guido de Brès	Philip of Noircarmes

The siege of Valenciennes took place between 14 December 1566 and 23 March 1567 at Valenciennes, then in the Spanish Netherlands. It is sometimes considered the first siege of the Eighty Years' War. Following the Beeldenstorm, which reached the city on 24 August 1566, Calvinists under the leadership of Pérégrin de La Grange and Guido de Brès (also called "Guy de Bray", the author of the 1561 Belgic Confession) fortified themselves within Valenciennes' walls. The acting stadtholder of Hainaut, Philip of Noircarmes, subdued the city after months of failed negotiations, starvation, and finally an artillery bombardment.

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