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Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enters Amsterdam

Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enters Amsterdam

Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enters Amsterdam

Events Before

  1. Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours

    Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (le Bon Roi Henri) or Henry the Great (Henri le Grand), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from...

  2. Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-L

    Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

  3. Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, the Spanish defeat the Walloons and capture Antwerp

    The period between the Capture of Brielle (1 April 1572) and the Pacification of Ghent (8 November 1576) was an early stage of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) between the Spanish Empire and groups...

  4. The Mexican city of León is founded by order of viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa

    The Mexican city of León is founded by order of viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa

  5. Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur

    Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur

Events After

  1. Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pa

    Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pave the streets of London.

  2. Battle of Gembloux (Gembloers); Spanish forces win decisive victor over coalition rebel forces

    Battle of Gembloux (Gembloers); Spanish forces win decisive victor over coalition rebel forces

  3. England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize North America

    England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize North America

  4. English explorer Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island

    Sir Martin Frobisher (1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage.

  5. Battle of Rijmenam: Spanish Habsburg forces defeated by Dutch troops (Eighty Years' War)

    The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.

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