Don Sancho Dávila y Daza (21 September 1523 – 1583) was a Spanish general. Born at Ávila, he first served as the commander of the Duke of Alba's bodyguard...

Antwerp came from the Spanish commander of the Citadel of Antwerp, Sancho d'Avila. He tried to convince the commander of the German troops in the city...

Porto took place in October 1580 by the Spanish forces commanded by Don Sancho d'Avila during the War of the Portuguese Succession. The city was captured easily...

themselves outmaneuvered by the Spanish troops under an experienced leader, Sancho d'Avila. Leading the charge on the Spanish Louis was shot in the arm. He carried...

completely destroyed at Porto by the Spanish forces under the command of Don Sancho d'Avila. At the end of 1580, most of the Portuguese territory was in Spanish...

800 cavalry could counter Louis' advance. The Spanish army was led by Sancho d'Avila and Bernardino de Mendoza. The armies met near the village of Mook....

by  France  England Commanders and leaders Philip II/I Duke of Alba Sancho d'Avila Álvaro de Bazán Duke of Braganza Prior of Crato Count of Vimioso † Henry...

Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Spanish troops, commanded by Sancho d'Avila, overwhelm a larger force of Dutch rebels led by Jean de Montigny, Lord...

5 Spanish ships. Battle of Borsele 22 April – A Spanish fleet under Sancho d'Avila is forced to retreat by a Dutch fleet under Admiral Worst Battle of...

lifted the siege in April 1574 to face the invading rebel troops, but Sancho d'Avila reached them first and defeated them in the Battle of Mookerheyde, where...

which was fought as part of the Eighty Years War. Spanish forces under Sancho d'Avila defeated the rebel forces of Louis of Nassau, who was killed. The Mookerschans...

near the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by Sancho d'Avila, the Dutch fleet by Lieven Keersmaker. The Dutch fleet initially left...

July 18 – Duke George II of Brieg (1547–1586) (d. 1586) September 21 – Sancho d'Avila, Spanish general (d. 1583) September 22 – Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon...

led by Jean de Montigny, Lord of Villers, and a Spanish army commanded by Sancho Dávila y Daza. As a part of William of Orange's planned invasion, the Dutch...

Stories of the Sack of Antwerp in 1576, in which the Spanish led by Sancho d'Avila raped, tortured and murdered as many as 17,000 civilians, were grist...

Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Spanish troops, commanded by Sancho d'Avila, overwhelm a larger force of Dutch rebels led by Jean de Montigny, Lord...

1573 during the Eighty Years' War between a Spanish fleet commanded by Sancho d'Avila and a Gueux fleet under Admiral Worst. The Spanish fleet sailed from...

Dutch troops to enter the city, who besieged the citadel, commanded by Sancho d'Avila. In this situation, Juan del Aguila convinced the mutineers from Alost...

Sea Beggars defeat Spanish under Sancho d'Avila 22 April Borsele – Sea Beggars beat back a Spanish fleet under d'Avila 26 May Haarlemmermeer – Spanish...

the citadel was Castellano de Amberes ("Castellan of Antwerp"). 1576: Sancho d'Avila 1577: Philippe III de Croÿ 1587–1596: Don Cristóbal de Mondragón 1606-1622:...

in 1573. The Army of Flanders retained its battlefield superiority: Sancho d'Avila with 5,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Walloons destroyed Louis of Nassau's...

ammunition, and other materials began to run out, the Spanish commander Sancho d'Avila made a second attempt to resupply the city by sea (his first attempt...

Luxembourg and Walloon colonel of the Tercios. As a colonel he served under Sancho d'Avila when they saw the first revolts in Flanders Protestants led by Prince...

Burgundy stepped down to become the mayor of Middelburg. In early December Sancho d'Avila arrived from Antwerp, the Duke of Alba, ordered him to send reinforcements...

ceremony took place two days later at 1:00 pm, in the chapels of Calle Sancho d'Avila no. 2 before being then transferred to the Southwest cemetery. "Estebán...

German hammer thrower Manuela Sáenz, Ecuadorian national heroine Manuela Sancho, Aragonese revolutionary Manuela Schmermund (born 1971), German Paralympic...

cornets of cavalry. The Spanish were defeated. The Spanish commander Sancho d'Avila, along with his officers Francois de Tolede and Ruy de Lopez were wounded...

July 18 – Duke George II of Brieg (1547–1586) (d. 1586) September 21 – Sancho d'Avila, Spanish general (d. 1583) September 22 – Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon...

William of Orange), but the Spanish forces commanded by General Don Sancho d'Avila reached them first, leading to the Battle of Mookerheyde. The Dutch...

weakly garrisoned, fell before the Spanish troops under the command of Sancho d'Avila in 1580. At the time of Restoration of Independence of Portugal, the...