Netherlands Timeline 1400 - 1700

  • 1432

    1432

    Zeeland became part of Low Countries under Phillip the Good of Burgundy
  • 1460

    1460

    Episcopal palace at Atrecht held witch burnings
  • 1489

    1489 - 1490

    Plague killed thousands
  • 1492

    1492

    German mercenaries killed 232 at Bread and Cheese rebellion
  • 1500

    1500

    Protestant Reformation swept across Europe; Dutch Protestants persecuted by Roman Catholics
  • 1516

    1516

    King Charles I of Spain rules Netherlands
  • 1524

    1524

    Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch Protestant martyr, burned at stake
  • 1527

    1527

    Wendelmoet Claesdochter first Dutch woman burned at stake as heretic
  • 1567

    1567

    Duke of Alba became guardian of Netherlands
  • 1568

    1568

    William I, Prince of Orange, led revolt against Spanish government; Duke of Alba declared William of Orange an outlaw; Holy office condemned all inhabitants of Netherlands to death as heretics; Eighty Years' War(Dutch Revolt) began
  • 1568

    1568

    King Phillip II of Spain banned foreign Dutch students; tidal wave in North Sea destroyed sea walls, over 1,000 killed
  • 1581

    1581

    Dutch declared independence from Spain
  • 1602

    Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1602

    Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 1604

    Spanish took Ostend (northwest Belgium) from Netherlands
  • 1620

    Pilgrims left Netherlands, landed in Massachusetts
  • 1630 - 1654

    Dutch conquered Brazil
  • 1648

    Spain recognized Dutch independence
  • 1652

    War broke out between Netherlands and England
  • 1665

    King Charles II of England declared war on Netherlands; British captured Banda Island of Run from Dutch
  • 1672

    King Louis XIV of France invaded Netherlands; sluices opened in Holland to save Amsterdam from French
  • 1688

    King Louis XIV of France declared war on Netherlands
  • 1692

    English and Dutch fleet beat France at Battle of La Hogue;
  • 1701

    England, Austria, and Netherlands formed Alliance against France
  • 1741

    Dutch protested against bad quality of bread
  • (1780 - 1783)

    Netherlands at war with England