Timeline

1576 Spanish Fury

1576 Pacification of Ghent

1576 Don John

1576-77 Calvinist Chaos and revolution

1577 Archduke Matthias

1578 Anjou came to the Netherlands

1578 John Casimir

1579 Union of Arras

1579 Union of Utrecht

• Calvinists from north entered towns and began to stir things up. By associating Catholics with the Spanish, they gained support
• Oudenaarde Calvinists ambushed and overtook its council and imposed own faith
• Orange was still for a joined Netherlands
• People rebelled against Orange and Spanish brought back
• Grandees were rebelling against Orange’s rule and brought in Matthias