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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Herman de Lynden (category Military personnel of the Holy Roman Empire)
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The siege of Breda of 1624–25 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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Edinburgh Castle (redirect from Castle of the Maidens)
station, now used as a shop. The summit of the rock is occupied by St Margaret's Chapel and 15th-century siege gun Mons Meg. On a ledge below this area is...
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The siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted...
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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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Valenciennes (redirect from Margraviate of Valenciennes)
an army composed of German, English, Scottish and French soldiers, and took Valenciennes on 21 May 1572. However, Louis went on to Mons, and the Protestant...
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Frederick Henry's Meuse campaign (category Sieges of the Eighty Years' War)
lead by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange in which he took the cities of Venlo, Roermond, Sittard and Maastricht. In 1572, 6 years after the revolt broke...
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The Siege of Hulst (1640) was a siege battle that took place during the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange would attempt to...
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The siege of Paris (7 May – 30 August 1590) took place during the French Wars of Religion when the French Royal Army under Henry of Navarre, and supported...
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