| 12710 Breda | Discovered 1990 Nov. 15 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. |
| Breda, a city dating from 1252 in the southern part of The Netherlands, was captured in 1581 by the Spaniards during the Eighty Years War. In 1590 the town fell again into the hands of Maurice of Nassau, using a handful of men hidden under the turf of a peat-boat. |
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| Reference: 20080819/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2008-08-25 |
