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May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
Technical course start -
Oct 19, 1453
100 Years War ends
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Period: Jan 1, 1525 to Sep 9, 1529
Pieter Brueghel
Children's Games, Hunters in Snow
Much more secular focus than Italian counterparts of the time -
Period: Jan 1, 1565 to Dec 31, 1567
Massacre of the Innocents painting
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Jan 1, 1566
Netherlands revolts from Philip II
Philip II wants them for profit, greatest crisis of reign -
Jan 1, 1572
Northern Provinces unite, revolt
Under William I of Orange, why they wear orange
Now Spain only has Southern Netherlands -
Nov 8, 1576
Pacification of Ghent
Split Low Countries. Catholic South became Belgium, Spanish Netherlands and Northern Provinces became Protestant Holland -
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