1994 Death Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73 1944 Event German troops in Vlissingen surrenders 1944 Event Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen 1943 Event U.S. air raid on German bases at Gilze-Rijen/Vlissingen 1906 Event Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1876 Death Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78 1809 Event English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen 1616 Event English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen 1616 Event Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1585 Event English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen 1556 Event Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain
