 It was a turning point in the Eighty Years War and gave rise to the expression "Bij Alkmaar begint de victorie" ("Victory begins at Alkmaar").The event is still celebrated every year in Alkmaar on 8 October, the day the siege ended.In 1799, during the French Revolutionary Wars, an Anglo-Russian expeditionary force captured the city but was ultimately defeated in the Battle of Castricum.