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Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
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Eighty Years' War
War in the Habsburg Netherlands (c. 1566/1568–1648)
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Haarlem
Siege in the Northern Netherlands in 1572
The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous summer. After the naval battle of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)