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Siege of Alkmaar

The siege of Alkmaar was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish between 21 August and 8 October 1573, with boiling tar and burning branches from their renewed city walls. Wikipedia
Dates: Aug 21, 1573 – Oct 8, 1573
Location: Alkmaar and Holland