The Netherlands: The Revolt that Made The Modern World (TRIH ep 680)
1568 · Resource
How is the Dutch national anthem, that has its origins during a 1568 siege of a French city, connected to the Dutch Revolt? What is the revolt’s role in the birth of modernity? And, why does it say ‘to the King of Spain I’ve granted a lifelong loyalty’? Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the national anthem with the deepest history, the Wilhelmus. Join
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Around 1568
- English Reformation (1533)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)