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Without news from outside since 18 April 1579, Schwarzenberg ordered emergency coins valued at half, one and two stuivers to be minted in red copper on 28 April. This became the only money of legal course in Maastricht during the siege, and the prices of food, drinks and clothes were regulated by the military command. [120]
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
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]
The siege of Maastricht was the last and most major military action during the campaign. The siege itself lasted from 9 June until 22 August, the siege was fought between the Dutch States Army led by Frederick and Horace Vere and the combined forces of the Spanish and Imperial armies. The outnumbered Dutch forces successfully besieged the city ...
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.
Siege of Maastricht (1579) Date: between 1579 and 1581. Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Author: Frans Hogenberg (before 1540 –1590) Alternative names ...
Capture of Maastricht; Siege of Maastricht (1579) Siege of Maastricht (1673) Siege of Maastricht (1676) Siege of Maastricht (1748) Siege of Maastricht (1793) Siege of Maastricht (1794) Dutch conquest of Malabar; Siege of Malacca (1606) Siege of Maubeuge (1793) Siege of Menin (1706) Siege of Menin (1744) Siege of Meurs (1597) Siege of Middelburg ...
Year 1579 was a common year ... March 12 – The Siege of Maastricht, ... date unknown. Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, ...