Eighty Years' War, 1566–1572
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The period between the start of the Beeldenstorm in August 1566 until early 1572 contained the first events of a series that would later be known as the Eighty Years' War between the Spanish Empire an
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
Relief statues in St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, attacked in Reformation iconoclasm in the 16th century.
The Duke of Alba, painted by Antonis Mor in 1549
William of Orange painted by Anthonis Mor around 1554
Battle of Oosterweel
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The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel, near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. A Spanis
Battle of Oosterweel From Frans Hogenberg's Nederlandse Gebeurtenissen
Battle of Oosterweel, engraving by Romeyn de Hooghe
Battle of Oosterweel Famien Strada