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On 4 November 1576, mutinying Spanish tercios of the Army of Flanders began the sack of Antwerp, leading to three days of horror among the population of the city, which was the cultural, economic and financial center of the Low Countries. The savagery of the sack led the provinces of the Low Countries to unite against the Spanish crown.
- 4 November 1576
1572 – Antwerp Citadel completed. 1576 – 4 November: during the Sack of Antwerp , John III van de Werve, Lord of Hovorst gets killed by the Spanish forces. [ 12 ]
The fall of Antwerp (Dutch: val van Antwerpen [vɑl vɑn ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)]) on 17 August 1585 took place during the Eighty Years' War, after a siege lasting over a year from July 1584 until August 1585.
- July 1584-17 August 1585
- Spanish victory
- Antwerp (present-day Belgium)
Oct 8, 2024 · Antwerp was the richest and most populous city in the Netherlands and a Calvinist rebel stronghold ever since Spanish soldiers sacked it in 1576, after which most of the Low Countries rose up in rebellion against the Habsburgs. In July 1584, Farnese laid siege to Antwerp.
The first phase of the war began with two unsuccessful invasions of the provinces by mercenary armies under Prince William I of Orange (1568 and 1572) and foreign-based raids by the Geuzen, the irregular Dutch land and sea forces. By the end of 1573 the Geuzen had captured, converted to Calvinism, and secured against Spanish attack the ...
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On 2 September 1572, the city of Antwerp was awash with rumours that 'the soldiers and Spaniards and Italians might com-mit murder like in Paris'. Just over a week had elapsed since the Feast of St Bartholomew. Three thousand Huguenots had died in Paris, and in the French provinces the killing was still going on.
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By 1572 Protestant ideas had spread in the Netherlands and Protestant Dutch rebels began a campaign for independence from Catholic Spain, leading to the Dutch Revolt. King Philip of...
