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Date: March 12 – July 1, 1579: Location: Maastricht (present-day the ... The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years' War which lasted from March 12 to ...
The siege of Maastricht may refer to one of several sieges: Siege of Maastricht (1579) by Spanish forces during the Eighty Years' War of 1568–1648; Capture of Maastricht (1632) by Dutch forces during the Eighty Years' War of 1568–1648; Siege of Maastricht (1673) by French forces during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–1678
The period between the Pacification of Ghent (8 November 1576), and the Unions of Arras (6 January 1579) and Utrecht (23 January 1579) constituted a crucial phase of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1568 –1648) between the Spanish Empire and the rebelling United Provinces, which would become the independent Dutch Republic.
1566 - Beeldenstorm in Maastricht; several churches looted by fanatic Protestants. 1570 - Jesuits establish a monastery and a college (1575). 1576 - Sack of Maastricht by Spanish troops and German mercenaries. 1579 - Siege of Maastricht (1579) by Spanish forces, followed by three-day sack; all Protestants killed or expelled. [3]
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Capture of Maastricht; Siege of Maastricht (1673) Siege of Maastricht (1676) Siege of Maastricht (1748) Siege of Maastricht (1793)
Year 1579 was a common year ... March 12 – The Siege of Maastricht, ... date unknown. Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, ...
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Date: between 1579 and 1581. Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Author: Frans Hogenberg (before 1540 –1590) Alternative names ...
This affected Maastricht as much as many other places in north-western Europe. [11] The 1489 and 1552 pilgrimages were cancelled due to threat of war. [18] [19] During the Siege of Maastricht (1579) the three "heavenly cloths" went missing, whereas the reliquary bust of Saint Servatius was largely destroyed. Maastricht became a heavily defended ...