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Last meeting between Philips II and William of Orange (1559)

Same place

  • The arrival of the Earl of Leicester at Vlissingen (1585)
  • Willibrordus preaches Christianity (690)
  • Bruges at the time of the Hanseatic League
  • Capture of Den Briel (1572)
  • Een gildeoptocht in Antwerpen, 1520.
  • French fury at Antwerp (Anjou driven from Antwerp) (1583)
  • Antwerp’ citadel after the capitulation (Chassé House) (1832)
  • In de drukkerij van Plantijn, Antwerpen, 1570.
  • The battle of Nieuwpoort (1600)
  • De slag bij Nieuwpoort.

Same time

  • Abdication of Charles V (1555)
  • Een Hagepreek buiten Utrecht, Augustus 1566
  • Offering of the petition of nobles (1566)
  • Capture of Egmond (1567)
  • De prins trekt over de Maas, 1568.
  • In de drukkerij van Plantijn, Antwerpen, 1570.
  • Capture of Den Briel (1572)
  • De troepen van Bossu dringen Rotterdam binnen, 9 April 1572
  • Kenau Simons Hasselaar in Haarlem (1573)
  • Van der Werff at the Siege of Leiden (1574)

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Last meeting between Philips II and William of Orange (1559) Last meeting between Philips II and William of Orange (1559)
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Series:

History of the native country

Timeframe:

Explorers and reformers

Scene of action:

Vlissingen

Illustrator:

Eichman, J.H. en Altmann, H.

Publisher:

L. de Fouw, Goes

Year of publication:

1856

Themes:

European history   

This wall chart shows the Spanish Roman Catholic king Philips II in Vlissingen, about to permanently depart the Netherlands. The man whose hand he is shaking is the Protestant prince William of Orange.

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