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| 1567 | Blois de Treslong |  |
| Blois de Treslong demands religious toleration but is refused |
| 13th Mar The Calvinists are defeated |
| 1567 | William I the Silent | |
| Outlawed by Spain, flees to Germany & begins a feud with Phillip II of Spain |
| Refuses to take the oath of allegiance to Phillip II |
| 1568 | Louis of Nassau-Dietz | |
| 23rd May Heiligerlee With 3,000 defeats a combined German & Spanish force under John, Duke of Arenberg |
| 21st July Jemmingen Alva moves into the Northern Netherlands, entices Louis into battle & defeats him |
| 21st July Jemmingen Commands an army of Calvanist "Beggars" |
| 21st July Jemmingen Groningen is captured by the Dutch & ruled for 30 yrs after the battle of Jemmingen |
| 21st July Jemmingen The rebels lose 7,000 killed compared to Spain's 80 |
| 1568 | Maurice of Nassau-Dietz | |
| Groningen Lays siege to Groningen but is driven away by the Duke of Alva's Spanish army |
| 1568 | William I the Silent | |
| Launches a raid into the Spanish Netherlands from exile in Germany |
| 1569 | William I the Silent | |
| Leads a naval attack by the "Gueux de Mer" on Spanish shipping in the Netherlands |
| 1570 | William I the Silent | |
| Launches a raid into the Spanish Netherlands from exile in Germany |
| 1572 | Marck, William de la | |
| Flushing Marck captures Flushing |
| 1st April Brill Captures Brill in Zeeland |
| 1572 | William I the Silent | |
| Launches a raid into the Spanish Netherlands from exile in Germany |
| Te Estates of Holland and Zeeland revolt against Spanish Rule |
| 12th July Haarlem Haarlem surrenders to the Spanish, the leaders are executed |
| 1573 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| Ostend A 3 yr siege ends in Dutch surrender |
| Ostend The English & Spanish make peace, Spain leaves the Dutch without any allies |
| 1574 | William I the Silent | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| 18th Feb Middleburgh The Dutch capture Middleburgh |
| 1577 | William I the Silent | |
| Brussels William I the Silent enters Brussels in triumph |
| William I the Silent ignores the Perpetual Edict |
| 24th July Namur The Governor Don John captures Namur |
| Aug Antwerp The workers of Brussels , Antwerp, Bruges & Ghent overthrow their Catholic Magistrates |
| 1578 | William I the Silent | |
| Appointed Lieutenant-Governor |
| 30th Jan Gembloux Don John defeats the Northern Netherlands Army at Gembloux, Brabant |
| 30th Jan Gembloux The Spanish harry and defeat Dutch causing 10,000 casualties while losing only 100 of their own |
| 1579 | William I the Silent | |
| 23rd Jan Utrecht Proclaims independence of the northern provinces, William becomes uncrowned ruler |
| 23rd Jan Utrecht The Union of Utrecht unites 7 provinces which declare their Independence from Spain |
| 1580 | William I the Silent | |
| Seeks French support by offering Dutch rule to Francis , Duke of Alencon & Anjou |
| 1581 | William I the Silent | |
| Philip II denounces William as a traitor & puts a high price on his head |
| 1588 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| Breda Appointed Captain of the Union |
| 1590 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| Breda Captures the strategic town of Breda while Parma is fighting in France |
| 1591 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| Groningen The Dutch capture Groningen from the Spanish |
| River Waal The Spanish & Dutch clash but Parma is ordered back to France to relieve Rouen |
| Maas The Spanish outposts north of the Maas is captured |
| June Deventer Captures Deventer |
| June Zutphen Captures Zutphen after a 7 day siege |
| 14th Sep Hulst Captures Hulst |
| 21st Oct Nijmegen Captures Nijmegen |
| 1597 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| 24th Jan Turnhout Maurice marches with 7,000 troops & routs a 6,000 Spanish under Jean de Rie of Varas |
| 1600 | Maurice of Nassau | |
| River Yser Cross es the River Yser |
| Nieuport Raises the siege of Nieuport |
| Flanders The States General orders Maurice to complete his capture of Flanders |
| 1648 | William II | |
| Spain gies up the "generality of lands" & closes the port of Antwerp |
| The 7 Dutch Provinces are granted independence |
| 1650 | William II | |
| 6th Nov Hague, The Sovereignty of the Provinces is declared by a General Assembly of 7 Provinces |
| 1830 | William I | |
| 3.5 million Belgians, the majority in the United Netherlands, become independent |
| Belgium rebels against the union with Holland imposed on them by the Treaty of Vienna |