Netherlands & Belgium

  • 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

    Dutch Republic

  • Period: Apr 17, 1581 to

    Spanish Netherlands

  • William assassinated

    by Balthasar Gerards
  • Antwerp sacked by Duke of Parma

  • Dutch East India Company formed

    first official stock market
  • New Amsterdam founded

  • Maurice becomes prince

    after first son of William
  • Dutch West India Company formed

  • Spanish recognize Dutch Independence

    Peace of Munster, end war
  • Period: to

    1st Anglo-Dutch War

  • Holland conquers Brazil

    1630-1654
  • Holland sells Brazil to Portugal

  • Period: to

    2nd Anglo-Dutch War

  • Period: to

    3rd Anglo-Dutch War

  • Period: to

    War with France and Grand Alliance

  • William of Orange becomes king of England

    William III and Mary II
  • Period: to

    Austrian Netherlands

  • Period: to

    4th Anglo-Dutch War

    over Dutch still trading with America during revolution
  • Period: to

    Batavian Republic

    supported by French Revolution
  • Dutch East Indies settled

    Indonesia
  • Period: to

    Kingdom of Holland

    Napoleon's satellite
  • Period: to

    Part of French Empire

  • Period: to

    United Kingdom of the Netherlands

    with Belgium until 1830
  • Industrial Revolution Belgium

  • Belgian rebellion from Netherlands

  • Dutch women right to vote