Netherlands

AP Euro Netherlands

By margaret.dauria
  • May 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Technical course start
  • Oct 19, 1453

    100 Years War ends

  • 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

  • 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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