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    The Act of Abjuration (Dutch: Plakkaat van Verlatinghe; Spanish: Acta de Abjuración, lit. 'placard of abjuration') is the declaration of independence by...
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  • high clergy. Another famous abjuration was brought about by the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe of July 26, 1581, the formal Act of Abjuration or declaration of...
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  • example would be the situation that led to the Act of Abjuration or Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, signed on July 26, 1581, in the Netherlands, an instance where...
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  • the Dutch declaration of independence of 1581, known in Dutch as Plakkaat van Verlatinghe. Affair of the Placards (French: Affaire des Placards), 17 October...
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  • the Pacific Northwest (probably Oregon or Washington). 1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence...
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    (also known as the "United Provinces"). The Act of Abjuration or Plakkaat van Verlatinghe was signed on 26 July 1581, and was the formal declaration of independence...
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    influenced by the Dutch "Plakkaat van Verlatinghe" (Act of Abjuration). Several American Presidents had Dutch ancestry: Martin Van Buren, 8th President....
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  • revolution in Europe was that of the Netherlands, through the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe that the northern states drafted to proclaim the fall of King Philip...
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  • Orange Philip II of Spain 1572–1584 With the "Act of Abjuration" (Plakkaat van Verlatinghe) during the Dutch Revolt, the northern provinces of the Netherlands...
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    World. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Facts on File. p. 115. ISBN 0-8160-1118-4. Willem van Schendel (12 February 2009). A History of Bangladesh. Cambridge University...
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