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Zeeland became part of Low Countries under Phillip the Good of Burgundy
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Episcopal palace at Atrecht held witch burnings
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Plague killed thousands
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German mercenaries killed 232 at Bread and Cheese rebellion
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Protestant Reformation swept across Europe; Dutch Protestants persecuted by Roman Catholics
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King Charles I of Spain rules Netherlands
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Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch Protestant martyr, burned at stake
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Wendelmoet Claesdochter first Dutch woman burned at stake as heretic
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Duke of Alba became guardian of Netherlands
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William I, Prince of Orange, led revolt against Spanish government; Duke of Alba declared William of Orange an outlaw; Holy office condemned all inhabitants of Netherlands to death as heretics; Eighty Years' War(Dutch Revolt) began
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King Phillip II of Spain banned foreign Dutch students; tidal wave in North Sea destroyed sea walls, over 1,000 killed
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Dutch declared independence from Spain
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Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia
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Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia
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Spanish took Ostend (northwest Belgium) from Netherlands
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Pilgrims left Netherlands, landed in Massachusetts
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Dutch conquered Brazil
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Spain recognized Dutch independence
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War broke out between Netherlands and England
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King Charles II of England declared war on Netherlands; British captured Banda Island of Run from Dutch
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King Louis XIV of France invaded Netherlands; sluices opened in Holland to save Amsterdam from French
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King Louis XIV of France declared war on Netherlands
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English and Dutch fleet beat France at Battle of La Hogue;
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England, Austria, and Netherlands formed Alliance against France
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Dutch protested against bad quality of bread
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Netherlands at war with England