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Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel

Events Before

  1. Foundation stone laid for the new city of La Valletta in Malta by Knights Hospitaller Grand Master Jean de Valette

    Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.

  2. Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against t

    Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against the Inquisition and the enforcement of the placards against heresy

  3. Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime

    Tribunal convicts Agnes Waterhouse of witchcraft and sentences her to be the first British woman executed for the crime (Chelmsford, England)

  4. Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England

    Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England

  5. Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries

    Protestant Iconoclasm "Beeldenstorm" (Iconoclastic Fury) begins in the European Low Countries

Events After

  1. Treaty of Adrianople: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace p

    Treaty of Adrianople: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash "present" and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvan

  2. Abdij Church in Middelburg is destroyed by fire

    Abdij Church in Middelburg is destroyed by fire

  3. Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike

    Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike

  4. Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed

    Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed

  5. Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood

    Duke of Alva oversees beheading of 18 nobles in Brussels as part of Council of Troubles/Council of Blood

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