Historical Events for Year 1572
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Months in Year 1572: January February March April May June July August October November December
Events 1 - 27 of 27
Jan 16th - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
Feb 5th - Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out
Mar 12th - Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os LusÃados" in Portugal
Apr 1st - Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, during the Eighty Years' War, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
Apr 21st - France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
May 4th - Veere sides with Geuzen
May 15th - Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes
Jun 9th - Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
Jun 11th - Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock
Jun 19th - Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater
Jun 21st - Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda
Jun 24th - 5 clergymen of Enkhuizen, hanged
Jul 9th - 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
Jul 18th - Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
Jul 19th - Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries
Jul 23rd - Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden
Aug 22nd - Failed assassination on admiral De Coligny
Aug 24th - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces
Oct 2nd - Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen
Oct 5th - Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen
Oct 18th - Spanish troops attack Maastricht
Nov 6th - Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
Nov 11th - Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege for Haarlem
Nov 16th - Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen
Dec 11th - Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem
Dec 13th - Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under admiral Lumey
Dec 17th - Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
