The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648, also known as The Dutch Revolt and Dutch War of Independence) was a military conflict between the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands and Spain, which then governed them, beginning in the reign of King Philip II of Spain (1556-1598). https://www.worldhistory.org/Eighty_Years'_War/ #History #EightyYears'War #ProtestantReformation #WilliamtheSilent

The Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands was among the most violent and destructive of any region during the first 50 years of the movement, ultimately informing the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648), but causing massive destruction and death prior to that conflict through religious intolerance and the inability to compromise by either faction. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2032/reformation-in-the-netherlands--the-eighty-years-w/ #History #EightyYears'War #ProtestantReformation #WilliamtheSilent