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    The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years' War which lasted from March 12 to July 1, 1579. The Spanish were victorious. The Siege of Maastricht...
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    The siege of Maastricht took place from 15 to 30 June 1673 during the Franco-Dutch War of 1672 to 1678, when a French army captured the Dutch fortress...
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    in the city's economy. In 1579 the city was sacked by the Spanish army led by the Duke of Parma (Siege of Maastricht, 1579). For over fifty years the...
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    Year 1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on...
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    The siege of Maastricht was fought between 9 June and 22 August 1632, when the Dutch commander Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, eventually captured...
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    the Siege of Maastricht (1579) Louis de Berlaymont (1542 - 1596), archbishop of Cambrai and prevost of Saint Servatius in Maastricht Lancelot de Berlaymont...
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    23 January 1579,Groenveld 2009, pp. 16–17 Groenveld 2009, pp. 10–11 would be followed by the Act of Abjuration on 26 July 1581, declaring de facto independence...
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    of 's-Hertogenbosch. The city had been loyal to the King of Spain since 1579 and was part of the Spanish Netherlands. The Twelve Years' Truce ended in...
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    Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht. Unfortunately, very little is left from this period. After the Siege of Maastricht (1579) the Spanish troops ransacked...
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    Spanish Fury (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    and 1 July 1579, both sides suffered hard in the siege of Maastricht. The victorious attackers then held a second Spanish Fury at Maastricht which killed...
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    Relics or Maastricht Septennial Pilgrimage (Dutch: Heiligdomsvaart van Maastricht) is a seven-yearly Catholic event in the Dutch city of Maastricht. Originating...
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    vicinity of Maastricht, mostly in the border region with Belgium. The Fraternity of the Holy Cross seems to have existed from 1439 until 1579; after that...
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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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  • 1579 - Siege of Maastricht (1579) by Spanish forces, followed by three-day sack; all Protestants killed or expelled. 1632 - Capture of Maastricht by...
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    pronunciation: [ˈʋik]; Limburgish: Wiek [ˈwiːk˦]) is a neighbourhood in Maastricht, Netherlands comprising the eastern bank of the Meuse (Dutch: Maas) in...
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  • to the King of Spain again. In 1579 he succeeded his brother Gilles, who was killed at the Siege of Maastricht (1579), as stadtholder of Namur and Artois...
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    Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign (category Sieges of the Eighty Years' War)
    captured during the campaign, the most notable one being Parma's siege of Maastricht. Later in 1588, Maurice, Frederick's half-brother. Became the Prince...
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    Gilles van Berlaymont (c. 1545 – 18 June 1579 in Maastricht) was stadtholder for the Spanish Crown of Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel (1572-1573)...
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  • (1578) Siege of Deventer (1578) – Eighty Years' War Siege of Miki (1578–1580) Siege of Itami (1579) Siege of Maastricht (1579) – Eighty Years' War Siege of...
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    with Maastricht. Farnese commenced the Siege of Maastricht on 12 March 1579. He ordered his troops to sap the walls. The inhabitants of Maastricht were...
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    Alessandro Farnese he took part in the 1578 Battle of Gembloux and 1579 siege of Maastricht. In 1587 he was appointed governor of the citadel of Antwerp, but...
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    neighbourhood of Maastricht, in the Dutch province of Limburg. Heer is a former municipality and village, incorporated into Maastricht in 1970 and, until...
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    (1572–1574). He died in the Siege of Maastricht (1579). John of Berlaymont, provost of the Saint Gervais, in Maastricht, and a member of the cathedral...
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    Villapark is a neighbourhood of Maastricht, Netherlands, located in the city's southwestern part. It is a relatively affluent neighbourhood. Sint Petrus...
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    The 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...
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    A former village, Amby is now a neighborhood (part 25) of Maastricht, in the Netherlands, located about 4 km northeast of the center of the city. From...
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  • Charles de Brimeu, Count of Megen, marched towards Woerden, and laid siege to the town on September 8. Siege of Zierikzee (1576) Siege of Maastricht (1579) List...
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  • Sint Servaasbrug (category Bridges in Maastricht)
    bridge across the river Meuse in Maastricht, Netherlands. It is named after Saint Servatius, the first bishop of Maastricht, and (despite being largely rebuilt...
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    neighbourhood in Maastricht, Netherlands. Until 2007, it was officially named City. As its name suggests, it is the most centrally located area of Maastricht. Dinghuis...
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    king and a rebellious northern group. Meanwhile, Parma laid siege to Maastricht on 12 March 1579; his troops entered the city on 29 June. Parma and his deputies...
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