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Facts

Date c. 1579 - 1713

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Map of Europe in 1648 highlighting the Spanish Habsburg dominions in purple, including Spain, southern Italy, the Spanish Netherlands, and parts of France and central Europe. The orange line marks the boundary of the Holy Roman Empire, which runs through central Europe east of France and west of Poland and Austria. Major cities, regions, and surrounding countries are labeled for context.
Spanish Netherlands, 1700
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Major Events

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Dutch War
Ambrogio Spinola
Siege of Ostend
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treaties of Rastatt and Baden

Related Places

Belgium
Belgium
country, Europe
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
country, Europe

Key People

Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza
Alessandro Farnese
regent of The Netherlands
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Belgian scientist
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Juan de Austria
Spanish military officer
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Antoine Arnauld
French theologian
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Baltazar de Zúñiga
Spanish diplomat and statesman
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Arnold Geulincx
Flemish philosopher
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Juan José de Austria
prime minister of Spain
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John Bull
English composer
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Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
Spanish governor of The Netherlands
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Hendrik van Brederode
Dutch nobleman
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Albert VII
archduke of Austria
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Isabella Clara Eugenia, archduchess of Austria
archduchess of Austria
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Peter Philips
British composer
O'Neill, Hugh
Hugh O’Neill
Irish general
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Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist
Crayer, Caspar de: The Descent from the Cross
Caspar de Crayer
Flemish painter
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Alonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar
Spanish diplomat
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Carel van Mander
Dutch painter and writer
Sigismund Gonzaga Myszkowski
Egidius Sadeler, II
Flemish engraver and painter