Category
page 11580s in the Habsburg Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces
Union of states in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries
Act of Abjuration
declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from the allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt
Fall of Antwerp
1584 siege
Battle of Zutphen
1586 European battle
Capture of Breda
1581 taking of Breda during the Eighty Years' War by surprise after a sentry was bribed
Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom
1588 siege
Battle of Noordhorn
1581 battle during the Eighty Years' War
French Fury
failed attempt by Francis, Duke of Anjou, to conquer the city of Antwerp by surprise

Valois Tapestries
series of tapestries depicting festivities at the court of France
English Fury at Mechelen
1580 sacking of city in Belgium
Siege of Steenwijk
1580 siege
Siege of Lochem
1582 siege
Battle of Steenbergen
battle in The Netherlands in 1583
Siege of Grave
1586 siege during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War
Capture of Aalst
1584 siege in Belgium
Siege of Lier
1582 siege