Four Days Battle

Four Days' Battle
Part of the Second Anglo–Dutch War
The Four Days' Battle, 1–4 June 1666 (Pieter Cornelisz van Soest), c. 1666.
Date 1–4 June 1666 Location near North Foreland, England Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
England	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
George Monck Christopher Myngs  † William Berkeley  †	Michiel de Ruyter Cornelis Evertsen  † Abraham Hulst  †
Strength
79 ships	84 ships
Casualties and losses
17 ships sunk, 6 ships captured, ~1,500 killed, 1,450 wounded, 1,800 captured	4 ships lost, ~1,500 killed, 1,300 wounded

George Monck
Christopher Myngs  †

Michiel de Ruyter
Cornelis Evertsen  †

The Four Days' Battle was a naval battle of the Second Anglo–Dutch War. Fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666 in the Julian or Old Style calendar then used in England (11 June to 14 June New Style) off the Flemish and English coast, it remains one of the longest naval engagements in history.

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