Eighty Years' War
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The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, c
The Battle of Gibraltar, 1607
The Beeldenstorm or Iconoclastic Fury was a more or less organised destruction of Catholic sacred objects which swept through the Habsburg Netherlands' churches in 1566. 1630 painting by Dirck van Delen
Capture of Brielle in 1572 by Anthonie Waldorp (1862)
Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau during the 1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort, a tactical Dutch victory for little gain
Ambrogio Spinola
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Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto was an Italian nobleman and military leader in the service of the Spanish Empire. He distinguished himself in several key eng
Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens (1627)
Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola by Anthony van Dyck
Ambrogio Spinola, Painted before 1630 in Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi.
Ambrogio on horseback at the Siege of Julich