| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 16 |
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. |
Feb 5 |
Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out |
Mar 12 |
Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal |
Apr 1 |
Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, during the Eighty Years' War, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. |
Apr 21 |
France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant |
May 4 |
Veere sides with Geuzen |
May 15 |
Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes |
Jun 9 |
Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland |
Jun 11 |
Spanish co-land guardian Duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock |
Jun 19 |
Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater |
Jun 21 |
Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda |
Jun 24 |
5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged |
Jul 9 |
19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum |
Jul 18 |
Willem of Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht |
Jul 19 |
Battle at Saint Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries |
Jul 23 |
William of Orange's troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden |
Aug 22 |
Failed assassination on Gaspard de Coligny, a French nobleman and admiral, a Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion |
Aug 24 |
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces |
Oct 2 |
Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen |
Oct 5 |
Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen |
Oct 18 |
Spanish troops attack Maastricht |
Nov 6 |
Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia |
Nov 11 |
Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege of Haarlem |
Nov 16 |
Troops under Don Frederik (the Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo) occupy and plunder Zutphen, Nmetherlands |
Dec 11 |
Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem |
Dec 13 |
Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet (confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under admiral Lumey |
Dec 17 |
Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands |
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