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    Delft in 1584. William was born on 24 April 1533 at Dillenburg Castle in the County of Nassau-Dillenburg, in the Holy Roman Empire (now in Hesse, German Federal...
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    Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1637) August 27 – Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, German noble (d. 1635) August 28 Taichang Emperor, of the Ming Dynasty...
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    Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg 1620–1625: Maurice, Prince of Orange 1625–1632: Ernest Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz 1632–1640: Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz 1640–1647:...
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  • October 6 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Siegerländer Heimatverein e.V. p. 48. Schutte, O. (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In: Tamse, C.A. (red.), Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis...
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    Army under the leadership of stadtholders Maurice of Nassau and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg, and the Dutch Republic's rise as a commercial great...
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    that Counts Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg had entrenched the army on a hillock along the right bank of the IJssel...
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    (Sitio de Bolduque de 1601 in Spanish) was an unsuccessful Dutch attempt led by Prince Maurice of Nassau and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg to capture...
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    led by Juan de Córdoba and a corps of Dutch cavalry, supported by English troops, led by Philip of Nassau. The Dutch stadtholder Maurice of Nassau, taking...
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    Chastelet de Chambon, French mathematician (d. 1671) October 26 – Robert Coe, American colonial (d. 1689) November 1 Albert, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, joint...
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    council were: Mercurio de Gattinara, Henrique de Nassau-Dillenburg, Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo y Enríquez, 2nd Duke of Alba, Alonso III de Fonseca, Archbishop...
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    Louis of Nassau's German mercenary army at the Battle of Mookerheyde on 14 April 1574, killing both him and his brother Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg. Rampant...
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    also named "the Old Fritz" (German: der Alte Fritz) George V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, 1620–1623 Gorm of Denmark Guthrum Haakon IV of Norway Hugh...
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    1542 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (d. 1576) September 25 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, sister of William the Silent (d. 1603) October 1 – Álvaro de Mendaña...
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    1620s (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    1555) August 9 – George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count of Nassau-Beilstein (1607–1620), then Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1620–1623) (b. 1562) August 12...
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    1509 agreement between Henry III of Nassau-Breda and William I of Nassau-Dillenburg. William receives all of John V's possessions in Germany, while Henry...
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    House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau His descendants...
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    Margaret Ward, English saint (birthdate unknown) August 31 – Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch prince (b. 1546) September 3 – Richard Tarlton, English actor...
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  • den Bergh, in name only, Stadtholder (1595–1618) William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg, Stadtholder (1595–1620) County of Flanders (complete list) – Philip...
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    Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (b. 1553) July 13 – William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (b. 1560) August 2 – Carolus Luython, Belgian composer (b. 1557) August...
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    Desportes, French poet (b. 1546) October 8 – Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (b. 1536) November 8 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and...
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    Descendants of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    – Wikisource". de.wikisource.org (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-15. "BLKÖ:Habsburg, Don Juan d'Austria (1545–1578)...
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  • of Nassau-Dillenburg against the Hof van Gelre en Zutphen. January 23, 1579: A coup d'état was led by Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and four Gueldrian...
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  • 1574, Francisco de Valdés halted the siege of Leiden, to face the invading rebel army led by Louis of Nassau and Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg (brothers of...
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  • den Bergh, in name only, Stadtholder (1595–1618) William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg, Stadtholder (1595–1620) County of Flanders (complete list) – Isabella...
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    de Cabezón, Spanish musician (d. 1602) September 5 – Roberto de' Nobili, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1559 September 21 – Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg,...
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    Army under the leadership of stadtholders Maurice of Nassau and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg, and the Dutch Republic's rise as a commercial great...
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  • order and discipline in its armed forces. William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg proposed in 1594 the volley fire technique with alternating infantry...
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  • powerful nobleman of the Netherlands, attempted two invasions from his Nassau-Dillenburg stronghold as a 'warlord' with mercenary soldiers organised in typical...
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  • Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. 1541) November 18 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch countess, sister of William the Silent (b. 1542) November 20...
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    troops under Count Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg and John Norreys on September 24, 1582. This marked the end of the...
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