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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into disuse in the 17th century, following the Fall of Antwerp (1584–1585), when Amsterdam replaced Antwerp as the Low Countries' main trading centre. Following...
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Siege of Antwerp may refer to: Fall of Antwerp, a 1584–1585 siege of Antwerp conducted by Spanish forces against a Dutch garrison during the Eighty Years'...
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Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions (redirect from List of the largest non-nuclear explosions)
April 1585, during the Spanish siege of Antwerp, a fortified bridge named "Puente Farnesio" (after the commander of the Spanish forces, Alessandro Farnese)...
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Fall of Antwerp (1585). The citadel saw action towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when it was defended by determined Bonapartists. The Siege of Antwerp...
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Cathedral of Our Lady (Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started...
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up in France and studied in England. After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, he moved to the northern part of the Netherlands. He stayed in Leiden for a short...
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Prior to the Fall of Antwerp, Portuguese had been sending gold, ivory, sugar, and other products from the Atlantic to the main port in Antwerp. The United...
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southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district...
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Berenberg family (category History of banking)
and Paul Berenberg from Antwerp, who came as Protestant refugees to the city-republic of Hamburg following the Fall of Antwerp in 1585 and who established...
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Isaac Le Maire (category Founders of the Dutch East India Company)
in 1585 after the fall of Antwerp he fled to the northern Netherlands. In 1585 he settled in Amsterdam. He was married in Antwerp to Maria Jacobsdr....
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Hellburner (category 16th century in Antwerp)
ships or Antwerp fire, were a pair of specialised explosive fireships built and fielded by the defending Dutch rebels in the Fall of Antwerp (1584–1585)...
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Battle of Kouwensteinsedijk Fall of Antwerp Siege of Grave (1586) Siege of Venlo (1586) Destruction of Neuss Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590) Battle of Zutphen...
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Spanish Netherlands (category Early modern history of Luxembourg)
over the partly Catholic Southern Netherlands, completed after the Fall of Antwerp in 1585. Better times came, when in 1598 the Spanish Netherlands passed...
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Flanders after the Fall of Antwerp in 1584. He then worked in Frankfurt for the remainder of his career. In Germany he enjoyed the patronage of Holy Roman emperor...
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Nicolaes Jonghelinck (category Art collectors from Antwerp)
was destroyed during the fall of Antwerp. Though it is known that Jonghelinck owned 16 paintings by Bruegel at the time of his death, the specific list...
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Builder: Antwerp Begun: September 1812 Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies. Précieuse Builder: Antwerp Begun:...
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Veerse Compagnie (category History of the Dutch East India Company)
Netherlands. After the fall of Antwerp in 1585, he moved his business to Zeeland. The fleet of the Veerse Compagnie was made up of two ships; 'Leeuw' (Lion)...
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Eighty Years' War (redirect from Dutch War of Independence)
northeastern parts of the Netherlands back into royalist hands. Parma's reconquests more or less stalled after the Fall of Antwerp (1585), and finally...
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The siege of Antwerp (Dutch: Beleg van Antwerpen, French: Siège d'Anvers, German: Belagerung von Antwerpen) was an engagement between the German and the...
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Emmanuel Adriaenssen (category Musicians from Antwerp)
Hadrianus, Hadrianius; c. 1554 in Antwerp – buried 27 February 1604 in Antwerp) was a Flemish lutenist, composer and master of music. He authored the influential...
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forces during the Eighty Years' War, participating in the successful Siege of Antwerp in 1585. After this he joined the Holy Roman Empire's campaign against...
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Compagnie van De Moucheron (category Trading companies of the Dutch Republic)
Netherlands. After the fall of Antwerp he moved his business to Zeeland. The fleet of the Compagnie van De Moucheron was made up of three ships, 'Ram', 'Schaap'...
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Willem Jansz Verstraeten (section Attribution of works)
Willem Verstraeten was the son of the Antwerp merchant Jean de la Rue, who left Antwerp probably soon after the Fall of Antwerp and moved to the Northern Netherlands...
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Adriaen Thomasz Key (category Painters from Antwerp)
Adriaen Thomasz. Key (c. 1544 in Antwerp – after 1589 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of portraits and religious paintings, a draughtsman and a printmaker...
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Chrystal Macmillan (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
Flushing, Netherlands on a mission of mercy. By late October 1914 she was providing food for refugees from the fall of Antwerp. Macmillan signed the Open Christmas...
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northeastern parts of the Netherlands back into royalist hands. Parma's reconquests more or less stalled after the Fall of Antwerp (1585), and finally...
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Flanders (redirect from The Quebec of Belgium)
enough of Spanish-controlled Flanders to close off the river Scheldt, effectively cutting Antwerp off from its trade routes. The fall of Antwerp to the...
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Haarlem (redirect from History of Haarlem)
idea that a city had to be square-shaped was abandoned. After the fall of Antwerp, many artists and craftsmen migrated to Haarlem and received commissions...
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Joachim van den Hove (category Musicians from Antwerp)
his father, Peeter van den Hove, was a respected musician. After the Fall of Antwerp in 1584–5 the family fled north. From at least 1593 to 1616 Joachim...
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