Dutch Revolt Timeline

Question 1

Philip becomes ruler of the Netherlands

Answer 1

1555

Question 2

Philip becomes King of Spain

Answer 2

1556

Question 3

Margaret of Parma becomes Regent of the Netherlands

Answer 3

1559

Question 4

Granvelle starts the reform of the bishoprics

Answer 4

1561

Question 5

Granvelle is recalled to Spain

Answer 5

1564

Question 6

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

Answer 6

April 1566

Question 7

Iconoclastic Fury begins

Answer 7

1566

Question 8

Antwerp Accord is agreed

Answer 8

1566

Question 9

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

Answer 9

1567

Question 10

Council of Troubles is established

Answer 10

1567

Question 11

Counts of Egmont and Horne are executed

Answer 11

June 1568

Question 12

Prince of Orange’s first invasion and victory at Heiligerlee

Answer 12

1568

Question 13

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

Answer 13

March 1569

Question 14

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

Answer 14

1572

Question 15

Flushing and Brill are seized by the Sea Beggars

Answer 15

1572

Question 16

Orange’s second invasion (4 pronged invasion)

Answer 16

1572

Question 17

Alva is replaced by Don Luis de Requesens

Answer 17

1573

Question 18

Requesens dies

Answer 18

1576

Question 19

Spanish Fury begins and the sack of Antwerp

Answer 19

1576

Question 20

Pacification of Ghent is signed

Answer 20

1576

Question 21

Don John becomes governor-general

Answer 21

1576

Question 22

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

Answer 22

1577

Question 23

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

Answer 23

1578

Question 24

Unions of Arras and Utrecht are formed

Answer 24

1579

Question 25

Act of Abjuration is passed against Philip II

Answer 25

July 1581

Question 26

Assassination of William of Orange

Answer 26

1584

Question 27

Treaty of Nonsuch is signed between the Northern provinces and England

Answer 27

1585

Question 28

Spanish Armada

Answer 28

1588

Question 29

Maurice of Nassau's victory at Nieuwport

Answer 29

1600

Question 30

Treaty of Antwerp is signed

Answer 30

1609

Question 31

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

Answer 31

1565

Question 32

The 'beggars' demanded the removal of the Inquisition and threatened rebellion if refused

Answer 32

April 1566

Question 33

Very bad winter and poor harvest in the Netherlands

Answer 33

1564-65

Question 34

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

Answer 34

1563

Question 35

William of Orange refused to swear allegiance to Philip

Answer 35

1566

Question 36

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

Answer 36

1567

Question 37

The massacre of Protestants in Paris on St Bartholomew's Day

Answer 37

August 1572

Question 38

Rule of Margaret in the Netherlands

Answer 38

1559 - 1567

Question 39

Rule of the Duke of Alva in the Netherlands

Answer 39

1567 - 1573

Question 40

Rule of Requesens in the Netherlands

Answer 40

1573 - 1576

Question 41

Rule of Don John in the Netherlands

Answer 41

1576 - 1578

Question 42

Rule of the Duke of Parma in the Netherlands

Answer 42

1578 - 1592

Question 43

Parma regained Brussels and Antwerp

Answer 43

1585

Question 44

Maurice of Nassau captures Breda

Answer 44

1590

Question 45

Maurice of Nassau captures Zutphen and Deventer

Answer 45

1591

Question 46

Maurice of Nassau counter attack- Groningen

Answer 46

1594

Question 47

Netherlands became a semi-independent state ruled by Isabella

Answer 47

Post-1594

Question 48

King of France, Henry IV cuts the Spanish road

Answer 48

1601

Question 49

Philip's 2 bankruptcies between 1570 and 1600

Answer 49

1575 and 1596

Question 50

Alva's siege of Harlem

Answer 50

July 1573

Question 51

Synod of Emden

Answer 51

1571

Question 52

Spanish recapture Grave and Sluis

Answer 52

Grave in 1586 and Sluis in 1587

Question 53

Dutch relief of Ter Goes- Highlighting Determination of Dutch groups

Answer 53

1572

Question 54

Dutch invasion of Schouwen

Answer 54

1575-76

Question 55

Alva sacked Mechelen

Answer 55

October 1572

Question 56

Alva sacked Zutphen

Answer 56

November 1572

Question 57

Siege of Alkamaar and siege of Leiden where dikes were broken

Answer 57

1573- Siege of Alkmaar | 1574- Siege of Leiden

Question 58

Siege of Zierkikzee

Answer 58

1575-76. It took 9 months

Question 59

Siege of Mons

Answer 59

Siege of Mons in 1572 took 6 months