battle, nineteenth century

Bombardment of Antwerp

Name: Bombardment of Antwerp
Location: Antwerp, Belgium

Bombardment of Antwerp was a battle fought in 1830 at Antwerp, in what is now Belgium. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Antwerp. It was part of the Belgian Revolution, which ran from 1830 to 1831. The recorded result: Dutch victory. Recorded strength: Mostly Gunboats against Population was 73,605.

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Fought1830

WhereAntwerp, Belgium51.221N, 4.400E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDutch victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of the NetherlandsagainstBelgium

Part ofBelgian Revolution1830 to 1831

Record

Date	1830 (year precision)
Place	Antwerp, Belgium 51.221N, 4.400E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Mostly Gunboats	Population was 73,605
Casualties and losses	Low, or none	Estimated 9 Million Dollars+ of Property Destroyed; number of dead unknown but Chasse said bloody, and so many dead
Commanders	David Hendrik Chassé

Placed at Antwerp; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Antwerp 1814, 0.4 km S
Fall of Antwerp 1584, 0.5 km S
Siege of Antwerp 1832, 0.5 km S
French Fury 1583, 0.5 km S
Siege of Antwerp 1914, 0.7 km E

In the same war

After: Siege of Venlo 11 November 1830

Elsewhere in 1830

Bombardment of Antwerp is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q121494313, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Antwerp (1830), revision 1381293049, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.