Timeline Saturday 17 August 1585

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Saturday 17 August 1585

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Events on Saturday 17 August 1585 1

1585 Fall of Antwerp The Low Countries divide The Spanish recapture of Antwerp splits the Low Countries: the Protestant north becomes the Dutch Republic, while the Catholic south — the future Belgium — remains under Spanish Habsburg rule.

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