February 5 Beggars assault Oisterwijk, Netherlands, drive nuns out March 12 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal April 1 Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle April 21 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant May 4 Veere sides with Geuzen May 15 Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes June 9 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland June 11 Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock June 19 Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater June 21 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda June 24 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged July 9 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum July 18 Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht July 19 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries July 23 Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden August 18 King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois August 22 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny August 24 King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants October 2 Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen October 5 Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen October 18 Spanish troops attack Maastricht November 6 Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia November 11 Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem November 16 Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen December 11 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem December 13 Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey December 17 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
