Battle of Playa Honda

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Eighty Years' War

Oosterweel – Rheindalen – Heiligerlee – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Zuiderzee – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Gembloux – Maastricht – 1st Breda – Punta Delgada – Antwerp – Boksum – Zutphen – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – 2nd Breda – Turnhout – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Gibraltar – 2nd Bergen op Zoom –3rd Breda – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Maastricht – 4th Breda – Kallo – The Downs – Hulst – Puerto de Cavite

The naval Battle of Playa Honda was the first of 3 known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain held in the Philippines. It was won by the Dutch, meanwhile the next two were won by the Spanish, although the historical accounts of these battles are not fully verified. The second is most famous and it took place in 1617.