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1432
1432
Zeeland became part of Low Countries under Phillip the Good of Burgundy -
1460
1460
Episcopal palace at Atrecht held witch burnings -
1489
1489 - 1490
Plague killed thousands -
1492
1492
German mercenaries killed 232 at Bread and Cheese rebellion -
1500
1500
Protestant Reformation swept across Europe; Dutch Protestants persecuted by Roman Catholics -
1516
1516
King Charles I of Spain rules Netherlands -
1524
1524
Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch Protestant martyr, burned at stake -
1527
1527
Wendelmoet Claesdochter first Dutch woman burned at stake as heretic -
1567
1567
Duke of Alba became guardian of Netherlands -
1568
1568
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 -
1568
1568
King Phillip II of Spain banned foreign Dutch students; tidal wave in North Sea destroyed sea walls, over 1,000 killed -
1581
1581
Dutch declared independence from Spain -
1602
Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia -
1602
Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia -
1604
Spanish took Ostend (northwest Belgium) from Netherlands -
1620
Pilgrims left Netherlands, landed in Massachusetts -
1630 - 1654
Dutch conquered Brazil -
1648
Spain recognized Dutch independence -
1652
War broke out between Netherlands and England -
1665
King Charles II of England declared war on Netherlands; British captured Banda Island of Run from Dutch -
1672
King Louis XIV of France invaded Netherlands; sluices opened in Holland to save Amsterdam from French -
1688
King Louis XIV of France declared war on Netherlands -
1692
English and Dutch fleet beat France at Battle of La Hogue; -
1701
England, Austria, and Netherlands formed Alliance against France -
1741
Dutch protested against bad quality of bread -
(1780 - 1783)
Netherlands at war with England