Siege of Breda (1637) when word came that the Dutch had suddenly invested the city of Breda with a besieging army of 18,000. Breda was the capital city of the baronial fief that had once been the crown jewel in the Dutch estates of the Nassau family in the Habsburg Netherlands before the war started. Frederick Henry had therefore a personal interest in recapturing the city and its surroundings. The siege was preceded by an attempt to surprise the garrison on 21 July 1637 by Dutch cavalry under Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz. However, the gates were closed in time and the Dutch skirmishers
Breda, Iowa Breda, Iowa Breda is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 483 at the 2010 census. Breda had its start in the year 1877 by the building of the Maple branch of the Chicago and North Western railroad through that territory. It was named after the Dutch city of Breda by a settler native to that place. Breda is located at (42.182147, -94.977999). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 483 people, 211 households, and 135