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  2. Eighty Years' War - Wikipedia

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    The Eighty Years' War [i] or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) [j] was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands [k] between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.

  3. Eighty Years' War, 1572–1576 - Wikipedia

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    The period between the Capture of Brielle (1 April 1572) and the Pacification of Ghent (8 November 1576) was an early stage of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1568 –1648) between the Spanish Empire and groups of rebels in the Habsburg Netherlands.

  4. Military history of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The battle was the first victory for the Dutch rebels in the Eighty Years' War. The relief of Leiden shortly after the city was besieged by Spanish forces, 1574. The siege ended when the geuzen opened the dikes surrounding the city causing the Spanish troops to flee.

  5. William the Silent - Wikipedia

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    William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; [1] [2] 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands [3] [4] as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the ...

  6. Siege of Leiden - Wikipedia

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    Defending Leiden was a Dutch States rebel army consisting of English, Scottish, and Huguenot French troops. [2] [3] The leader of the Dutch rebels, William the Silent, Prince of Orange, attempted a relief of Leiden by sending an army into the Netherlands under the command of his brother, Louis of Nassau.

  7. List of wars involving the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Dutch Empire: Chinese Indonesian rebels Victory: First Bone War (1824–1825) Dutch Empire: Sulawesian militia Victory: Java War (1825-1830) Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Javanese Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries: Victory. Diponegoro deported to Makassar; Belgian Revolution (1830-1831) Dutch Empire: Belgian rebels Supported by ...

  8. Eighty Years' War, 1566–1572 - Wikipedia

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    The period between the start of the Beeldenstorm in August 1566 until early 1572 (before the Capture of Brielle on 1 April 1572) contained the first events of a series that would later be known as the Eighty Years' War between the Spanish Empire and disparate groups of rebels in the Habsburg Netherlands.

  9. List of wars involving the Dutch Republic - Wikipedia

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    Dutch-Algerian war(1715-1726) [8] Dutch Republic Ottoman Algeria: Victory: Fourth Dutch-Zamorin War (1715-1718) Dutch East India Company: Zamorin of Calicut English East India Company (1715-1717) Victory. Dutch annexation of Pappinivattam and Chettuva. War indemnity of 85,000 gold coins was paid to the Dutch. War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718 ...