Revolt of the Netherlands:
the >>Revolt of the Netherlands or the Eighty-Years´ War (1568-1648) is the war between the Low Countries and Spain, which led to the independence of the (northern Netherlandic) Republic of the United Provinces. The term ´Revolt of the Netherlands´ is the most current designation for the entire first phase of the Eighty-Years´ War (1568-1609).

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