The Dutch Wars of Liberation From Spanish Rule
17 Netherlands prior to the Dutch rebellion
1579 Map of the Netherlands indicating the Unions of Utrecht (blue) and Atrecht (yellow)
Philip II, King of Spain
The Relief Of Leiden, 1574
William I of Orange, 1580, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and Margrave, and Opponent of Spanish Rule
William Triumphant
Assassination of William of Orange by Balthasar Gérard (1584)
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange
Members of the Dutch Nobility Who Opposed Spanish Rule
1600 - efforts to eliminate the naval threat of Dunkirker raiders lead to the Battle of Nieuwpoort
1607 - Battle of Gibraltar the recently expanded Dutch navy destroys a Spanish fleet at Gibraltar
Naval Engagements
1625 - The Surrender of Breda (Velázquez) depicting one of the few Dutch defeats in the latter stage of the war
1645 - the Siege of Hulst, the last big siege of the war
Ratification of the Treaty of Munster, 1648, Painting by Gerard Terborch
Spanish Empire and the Dutch Republic in 1648