The siege of Mons of 1572 took place at Mons, capital of the County of Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium), between 23 June and 19 September...
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Siege of Mons may refer to: Siege of Mons (1572), during the Eighty Years' War Siege of Mons (1691), during the Nine Years' War Siege of Mons (1709),...
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The siege of La Rochelle of 1572–1573 was a massive military assault on the Huguenot city of La Rochelle by Catholic troops during the fourth phase of the...
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Siege of Mount Hiei (1571) Siege of Futamata (1572) Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572) Siege of Mons (1572) – Eighty Years' War Siege of Middelburg (1572–74)...
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The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to...
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Julián Romero (category Spanish people of the Eighty Years' War)
he commanded the guard at the execution of Counts Egmont and Horn. Romero fought in the Siege of Mons (1572), where he nearly succeeded in killing William...
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The siege of Middelburg (1572–1574) lasted over a year during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch rebel army with the support of the English laid siege to Middelburg...
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the Prince of Condé barely escape the same fate. This brings about the Fourth War of Religion in France. September 19 – The Siege of Mons, which started...
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hand in the Battle of Malplaquet and the Siege of Mons in 1709. In 1715, Mons returned to Austria under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). But...
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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)...
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Herman de Lynden (category Prince-Bishopric of Liège military personnel)
capture of Rotterdam, then received a company of 300 Low Germans to fight with Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard, with whom he participated in the Siege of Mons (1572)...
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The siege of Sancerre (1572–1573) was a siege of the fortified hilltop city of Sancerre in central France during the Wars of Religion where the Huguenot...
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After the siege of the fortress of Mons (that had been captured by Louis of Nassau in May 1572), Noircarmes was entrusted with the punishment of its citizens...
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The siege of La Rochelle (French: le siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes le grand siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces...
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Netherlands in April 1567. During 1568 and 1572, William "the Silent" of Orange, the wealthiest and most powerful nobleman of the Netherlands, attempted two invasions...
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The siege of Kinsale (Irish: Léigear Chionn tSáile), also known as the battle of Kinsale, was the ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland...
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Jean de Hangest, seigneur d'Yvoy (category French people of the French Wars of Religion)
King of France, Charles IX, to take the Protestant fight to the Netherlands, in 1572, Jean took 7,000 men to relieve the Spanish Siege of Mons, where...
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Eighty Years' War (redirect from Dutch War of Independence)
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...
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Menno van Coehoorn (category Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
Namur Huy Mons Ostend His ideas remained untested until the 1688-1697 Nine Years War, whose tactics placed great emphasis on manoeuvre and siege warfare...
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The siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War. A Spanish force under Archduke...
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of Jeanne d'Albret 1572–1573: usually known as the "Fourth War", ended by the Edict of Boulogne November 1572 – July 1573: Siege of La Rochelle May 1573:...
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François de la Noue (category French people of the French Wars of Religion)
Spaniards in the Netherlands, but was taken at the recapture of Mons by the Spanish in 1572. Permitted to return to France, he was commissioned by Charles...
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Chiappino Vitelli (category Generals of former Italian states)
army led by Jean de Hangest in 1572. His military inventions include a siege technique, first tried at the Siege of Mons the same year. He had a personal...
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in the provinces (category 1572 in France)
provinces refers to a series of killings that took place in towns across France between August and October 1572. A reaction to news of the St. Bartholomew's...
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The siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted to capture the rebellious...
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siege of Breda of 1624–1625 occurred during the Eighty Years' War. The siege resulted in Breda, a Dutch fortified city, falling into the control of the...
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The fall of Antwerp (Dutch: val van Antwerpen [vɑl vɑn ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)]) on 17 August 1585 took place during the Eighty Years' War, after a siege lasting...
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St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (redirect from Massacre of St Bartholomew)
(French: Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence directed against the Huguenots...
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The siege of Rouen was an unsuccessful attempt by Henry IV of France to capture Rouen, the historical capital city of Normandy. The battle took place...
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The siege of Coruña, also known as the defence of Corunna, was a series of military encounters between the English Armada and the defenders of the fishermen's...
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