The relief of Leiden
1574 · Event
To save a starving city, the rebels cut the dykes and drown their own farmland, and the Sea Beggars' flat-bottomed barges sail across the fields into Leiden with herring and white bread. The university founded in gratitude the next year becomes the republic's great school; the 3rd of October is still Leiden's feast day.
On these timelines: The Dutch Revolt, The Low Countries, Master, Spain
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