Dutch Revolt
Eighty years of war for freedom from Spain
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In 1568 William of Orange led the Netherlands in revolt against Philip II, who ruled from Madrid and persecuted Protestants. The northern provinces deposed the king in 1581, but Spain recognised their independence as the Dutch Republic only in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
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- 1556 Russia annexes Astrakhan — 12 years earlier
- 1558–1583 Livonian War — 10 years earlier
- 1569 Union of Lublin — 1 year later
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Africa
- 1591 Battle of Tondibi and fall of Songhai — 23 years later
Asia
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Americas
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Alive at the time
- Ivan the Terrible (aged 38)
- Elizabeth I (aged 35)
- Akbar the Great (aged 26)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (aged 25)
- Miguel de Cervantes (aged 21)
- William Shakespeare (aged 4)
- Galileo Galilei (aged 4)
- Selim II (aged 44)
- Philip II of Spain (aged 41)
- Yermak Timofeyevich (aged 36)