Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s

E411400

naval war phase of the Eighty Years' War

The Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s was a critical phase of the Eighty Years' War marked by intense maritime conflict for control of Atlantic trade routes and colonial possessions between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Dutch–Spanish War	1
Dutch–Spanish naval conflicts	1
Dutch–Spanish naval operations of 1639	1
Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s canonical	1
Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naval war ⓘ phase of the Eighty Years' War ⓘ
areaOfConflict	Atlantic trade routes ⓘ colonial possessions in the Americas ⓘ sea lanes between Europe and the New World ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
characterizedBy	battles for colonial ports ⓘ blockades ⓘ commerce raiding ⓘ convoy warfare ⓘ
conflictBetween	Dutch Republic ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
conflictType	maritime conflict ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
endTime	late 1630s ⓘ
goal	control of Atlantic trade routes ⓘ control of colonial possessions ⓘ
historicalContext	European colonial expansion ⓘ rise of Dutch maritime power ⓘ
involves	American silver fleets ⓘ Atlantic trade ⓘ Caribbean colonies ⓘ
mainTheater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ European coastal waters ⓘ
opponent	Habsburg Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Habsburg monarchy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf	Dutch struggle for independence from Spain ⓘ Eighty Years' War ⓘ
relatedTo	Dutch West India Company operations ⓘ Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Spanish War Spanish galleon trade ⓘ surface form: Spanish treasure fleets
resultedIn	shift in balance of naval power toward the Dutch Republic ⓘ
startTime	1630 ⓘ
strategicImportance	securing Dutch overseas trade ⓘ weakening Spanish imperial finances ⓘ
timePeriod	1630s ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slag bij de Downs → isCentralEventIn → Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s ⓘ

Antonio de Oquendo → conflict → Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch–Spanish naval conflicts

Battle off the Downs → relatedEvent → Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch–Spanish naval operations of 1639

Battle off the Downs → category → Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War

Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s → relatedTo → Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch–Spanish War