January 2 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville April 5 Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch May 19 Spain confisquates English ships June 23 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops July 7 King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms July 17 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I July 25 Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics July 29 Friese academy opens August 8 Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) August 10 English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands August 14 Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands August 17 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma August 20 English queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: aid to Netherland August 27 Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp December 20 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen
