History and chronology of Maurice of Nassau in Holland

General

House Orange
Military
War Dutch Independence

Events

Admiral
Battle River Waal
Battle Turnhout
Captain
Capture
Invasion Flanders
Peace
Siege Nieuport
Siege Ostend
Siege Rouen
Siege Zutphen
Stadholder
Succession

Places

Breda
Deventer
Flanders
Groningen
Hulst
Maas
Nieuport
Nijmegen
Ostend
River Waal
River Yser
Turnhout
Zutphen

Maurice of Nassau History of Holland


1573	Peace
Ostend The English & Spanish make peace, Spain leaves the Dutch without any allies
1573	Siege of Ostend
Ostend A 3 yr siege ends in Dutch surrender
1584	Succession
10th July Succeeds as Stadtholder after the assassination of William
1585	Stadholder
Appointed Stadholder of The Netherlands, Stadholder of the northern provinces
1588	Admiral
Breda Appointed Captain of the Union
1588	Captain
Breda Appointed Captain of the Union
1590	Capture
Breda Captures the strategic town of Breda while Parma is fighting in France
1591	Battle of River Waal
River Waal The Spanish & Dutch clash but Parma is ordered back to France to relieve Rouen
1591	Capture
Groningen The Dutch capture Groningen from the Spanish
Maas The Spanish outposts north of the Maas is captured
June Deventer Captures Deventer
June Zutphen Captures Zutphen after a 7 day siege
14th Sep Hulst Captures Hulst
21st Oct Nijmegen Captures Nijmegen
1591	Siege of Rouen
River Waal The Spanish & Dutch clash but Parma is ordered back to France to relieve Rouen
1591	Siege of Zutphen
June Zutphen Captures Zutphen after a 7 day siege
1597	Battle of Turnhout
24th Jan Turnhout Maurice marches with 7,000 troops & routs a 6,000 Spanish under Jean de Rie of Varas
1600	Invasion of Flanders
River Yser Crosses the River Yser
Flanders The States General orders Maurice to complete his capture of Flanders
1600	Siege of Nieuport
Nieuport Raises the siege of Nieuport