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1
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Philip becomes ruler of the Netherlands

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1555

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Philip becomes King of Spain

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1556

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Margaret of Parma becomes Regent of the Netherlands

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1559

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4
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Granvelle starts the reform of the bishoprics

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1561

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5
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Granvelle is recalled to Spain

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1564

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6
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Margaret easily persuaded to accept the ‘Compromise of the nobility’

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April 1566

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7
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Iconoclastic Fury begins

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1566

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8
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Antwerp Accord is agreed

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1566

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9
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Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands and Margaret resigns as Regent

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1567

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10
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Council of Troubles is established

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1567

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11
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Counts of Egmont and Horne are executed

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June 1568

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12
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Prince of Orange’s first invasion and victory at Heiligerlee

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1568

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13
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Tenth-penny, 20th penny and 100th penny tax is refused by the states general

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March 1569

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14
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Alva starts to use the army to enforce the 10th penny tax

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1572

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15
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Flushing and Brill are seized by the Sea Beggars

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1572

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16
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Orange’s second invasion (4 pronged invasion)

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1572

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17
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Alva is replaced by Don Luis de Requesens

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1573

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18
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Requesens dies

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1576

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19
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Spanish Fury begins and the sack of Antwerp

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1576

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20
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Pacification of Ghent is signed

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1576

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21
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Don John becomes governor-general

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1576

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22
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Duke of Parma takes charge of the Spanish army in the Netherlands

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1577

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23
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Don John is replaced by Archduke Matthias- Philip II’s nephew

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1578

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24
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Unions of Arras and Utrecht are formed

25
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Act of Abjuration is passed against Philip II

26
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Assassination of William of Orange

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Treaty of Nonsuch is signed between the Northern provinces and England

28
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Spanish Armada

29
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Maurice of Nassau’s victory at Nieuwport

30
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Treaty of Antwerp is signed

31
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Segovia letters from Philip to the Dutch telling them to implement heresy laws or be considered guilty of treason

32
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The ‘beggars’ demanded the removal of the Inquisition and threatened rebellion if refused

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April 1566

33
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Very bad winter and poor harvest in the Netherlands

34
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Ultimatum from William of Orange, Egmont and Horne demanding the removal of Granvelle

35
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William of Orange refused to swear allegiance to Philip

36
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William of Orange flees to Germany on Alva’s arrival and has his lands and titles confiscated

37
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The massacre of Protestants in Paris on St Bartholomew’s Day

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August 1572

38
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Rule of Margaret in the Netherlands

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1559 - 1567

39
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Rule of the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands

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1567 - 1573

40
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Rule of Requesens in the Netherlands

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1573 - 1576

41
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Rule of Don John in the Netherlands

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1576 - 1578

42
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Rule of the Duke of Parma in the Netherlands

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1578 - 1592

43
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Parma regained Brussels and Antwerp

44
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Maurice of Nassau captures Breda

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Maurice of Nassau captures Zutphen and Deventer

46
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Maurice of Nassau counter attack- Groningen

47
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Netherlands became a semi-independent state ruled by Isabella

48
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King of France, Henry IV cuts the Spanish road

49
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Philip’s 2 bankruptcies between 1570 and 1600

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1575 and 1596

50
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Alva’s siege of Harlem

51
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Synod of Emden

52
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Spanish recapture Grave and Sluis

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Grave in 1586 and Sluis in 1587

53
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Dutch relief of Ter Goes- Highlighting Determination of Dutch groups

54
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Dutch invasion of Schouwen

55
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Alva sacked Mechelen

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October 1572

56
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Alva sacked Zutphen

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November 1572

57
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Siege of Alkamaar and siege of Leiden where dikes were broken

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1573- Siege of Alkmaar

1574- Siege of Leiden

58
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Siege of Zierkikzee

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1575-76. It took 9 months

59
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Siege of Mons

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Siege of Mons in 1572 took 6 months

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