Timeline: Netherlands & Belgium | Timetoast

Period: Apr 17, 1384 to Apr 18, 1482

Burgundian Netherlands
Period: Apr 17, 1482 to Apr 18, 1581

Hapsburg Netherlands
Apr 17, 1517

Protestants burned at stake
Apr 17, 1556

Charles V gives Low Countries to Philip II

son of Charles V
Apr 17, 1559

Margaret appointed Governor

sister of Philip II, resigned 1567
Aug 10, 1566

Iconoclasm

Desecration of Catholic Churches
Apr 17, 1567

Philip II sends Duke of Alba

establishes Council of Troubles, aka Council of Blood
Apr 17, 1568

William I of Orange leads revolt against Spanish

80 Years' War (Dutch Revolt) begins
Apr 17, 1571

10% tax by Alba

tax on all sales, bad for economy
Apr 17, 1576

Pacification of Ghent

17 provinces united, religious tolerance
Apr 17, 1578

Duke of Parma sent to crush rebellion

Alexander Farnese
forced the Protestants out of southern 10 provinces
Apr 17, 1579

Split North and South

Protestant North, Catholic South
Spanish Netherlands = Belgium
Apr 17, 1581

Dutch declare independence
Period: Apr 17, 1581 to Apr 18, 1795

Dutch Republic
Period: Apr 17, 1581 to Apr 18, 1714

Spanish Netherlands
Jul 10, 1584

William assassinated

by Balthasar Gerards
Apr 17, 1585

Antwerp sacked by Duke of Parma
Apr 17, 1602

Dutch East India Company formed

first official stock market
Apr 17, 1614

New Amsterdam founded
Jan 17, 1618

Maurice becomes prince

after first son of William
Apr 17, 1621

Dutch West India Company formed
Apr 17, 1648

Spanish recognize Dutch Independence

Peace of Munster, end war
Period: Apr 17, 1652 to Apr 18, 1654

1st Anglo-Dutch War
Apr 17, 1654

Holland conquers Brazil

1630-1654
Apr 17, 1661

Holland sells Brazil to Portugal
Period: Apr 17, 1665 to Apr 18, 1667

2nd Anglo-Dutch War
Period: Apr 17, 1672 to Apr 18, 1674

3rd Anglo-Dutch War
Period: Apr 17, 1688 to Apr 18, 1697

War with France and Grand Alliance
Feb 17, 1689

William of Orange becomes king of England

William III and Mary II
Period: Apr 17, 1714 to Apr 18, 1795

Austrian Netherlands
Period: Apr 17, 1780 to Apr 18, 1784

4th Anglo-Dutch War

over Dutch still trading with America during revolution
Period: Jan 19, 1795 to Jun 5, 1806

Batavian Republic

supported by French Revolution
Apr 17, 1800

Dutch East Indies settled

Indonesia
Period: Apr 17, 1806 to Apr 18, 1810

Kingdom of Holland

Napoleon's satellite
Period: Apr 17, 1810 to Apr 18, 1815

Part of French Empire
Period: Apr 17, 1815 to Apr 18, 1839

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

with Belgium until 1830
Apr 17, 1825

Industrial Revolution Belgium
Apr 17, 1830

Belgian rebellion from Netherlands
Apr 17, 1922

Dutch women right to vote