Turnhout, a town of Belgium, in the Campine district, 26 miles ENE. of Antwerp. It has a palais de justice (1371) and manufactures of cotton, linen, lace, paper, &c. Pop. 17,800. Here on 22d January 1597 the Netherlanders, under Prince Maurice, won a victory over the Spaniards; and on 27th October 1789 the patriots over the Austrians.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 340
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