1986 Death Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84 1931 Birthday Jack Ging, Alva, Oklahoma, actor, 11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo 1910 Event Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine 1902 Birthday Alva Myrdal, Uppsala Sweden, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-1982 1878 Event Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph) 1853 Birthday Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist 1580 Event Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal 1573 Death Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged 1573 Event Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1573 Event Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland 1572 Event Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem 1572 Event Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen 1570 Event Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" 1569 Event Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign 1569 Event Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce 1568 Event Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 1568 Event Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels 1568 Death Duke of Alva, and 18 nobles, beheaded 1568 Event In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1567 Event Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands 1567 Event Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium 1566 Event Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva 1565 Event Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism
