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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...
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    Massachusetts Bay Colony. September 7–8 – Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure...
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    Piet Pieterszoon Hein (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    galleons were trapped on the Cuban coast in the Bay of Matanzas. After some musket volleys from Dutch sloops, the crews of the galleons also surrendered...
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  • at the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas. The Spanish galleons escorting the fleet abandoned the merchantmen capture, instead seeking refuge at bay of Matanzas...
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  • U.S. also captured the port of Guantánamo Bay after a four-day battle, which ended on June 10. U.S. expeditionary forces landed in Cuba on 22 June and...
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    Spanish treasure fleet during the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas in 1628, sufficient money was available to carry out the Groot Desseyn. Between 1630 and...
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    1628 Battle in the Bay of Matanzas October 10, 1868 – 1878 Ten Years' War April 25 – August 12, 1898 Spanish–American War April 25, 1898 Action of 25 April...
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    Spanish treasure fleet (category Spanish colonization of the Americas)
    capture an entire fleet, in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas in 1628, after which its cargo was taken to the Dutch Republic. The English admiral Robert...
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    Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648 (category Reformed Christianity in the Dutch Republic)
    Gelderland in 1627 after recapturing Grol. The Dutch victory in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas in 1628, in which a Spanish treasure fleet was captured...
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    was included in Santa Clara Province, and then to Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was reassigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six...
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  • Württemberg) established the Confederation of the Rhine in July 1806 following the Battle of Austerlitz (December 1805). Following the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt...
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    as subcommander under Tromp in the subsequent actions: the Battle of the Gabbard and the final Battle of Scheveningen in which Tromp died. De With was...
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  • Battle in the Bay of Matanzas – Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Hein was able to defeat and capture the Spanish treasure fleet. Battle of Treiden (1628) 1...
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    1628 Battle in the Bay of Matanzas October 10, 1868 – 1878 Ten Years' War April 25 – August 12, 1898 Spanish–American War April 25, 1898 Action of 25 April...
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    Marx Theatre, the moat of La Cabaña and the Principe Castle, all in Havana, and the baseball park in Matanzas.[page needed] In total, between 20,000 and...
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    Hendrick Lonck (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    Lonck, in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company, joined Admiral Piet Hein in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, a naval battle during the Eighty...
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    Harbor is the port of Havana, the capital of Cuba, and it is the main port in Cuba. Other port cities in Cuba include Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Manzanillo...
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    bombarded the Spanish fortifications at Matanzas Bay in Cuba. By July 16, an armistice was signed at the Arbol de La Paz (a large ceiba tree) in Santiago...
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    Massachusetts Bay Colony. September 7–8 – Eighty Years' War – Battle in the Bay of Matanzas: Dutch admiral Piet Hein captures 16 ships of the Spanish treasure...
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  • Moses Cohen Henriques (category Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War (United Provinces))
    fleet in the battle of the Bay of Matanzas off the Cuban coast, during the Eighty Years' War, in 1628. Part of the Spanish fleet in Venezuela had been...
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    Caribbean, culminating in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas in 1628, when the Dutch captured the annual Spanish treasure fleet. The Spanish now decided to...
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  • the involvement of an English force at the battle of Nicopolis in 1396" Belhatem, Romaissa, and Fatima Maameri. "British foreign policy towards the Ottoman...
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  • list of battles of the Eighty Years' War. Until August 1567, the government of the Habsburg Netherlands, in the hands of Governor-General Margaret of Parma...
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    municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, about 116 km (72 mi) by air [156 km (97 mi) by road] east of Havana. Cárdenas is the 15th most-populated...
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  • Manuel de Montiano (category Royal governors of La Florida)
    1998. p. 76 "Fort Matanzas National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. "The Building of Fort Matanzas - Fort Matanzas National Monument...
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    The Battle of IJsselmeer, also known as the Battle on Skates, was a notable military engagement during which the Duke of Alva dispatched his son, Don Frederick...
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  • history of Florida Martin County, Florida Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center Maryland Manor Mascotte, Florida Matanzas Inlet Matanzas Pass Bridge...
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    Pedro Betancourt Dávalos (category People from Matanzas Province)
    Dávalos was born on August 6, 1858, in La Palma near the town of Sabanilla del Encomendador, Matanzas Province. His parents were Juan Florencio Betancourt...
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    to affect the battle. Van Heemskerk left some of his ships at the bay entrance to prevent the escape of any Spanish ships. Twenty from the Dutch fleet...
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  • The Battle of Cabañas was an attempt in 1638 by Dutch privateer Cornelis Jol to capture the Spanish treasure fleet captained by Carlos de Ibarra. The...
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