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Jan 23 - Netherlands Splits, start of the Dutch Empire
Season 1
Episode 23
Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
Seismic events in Northern Europe today on the 23rd of January and the Union of Utrecht effectively unites the northern provinces of the Netherlands. A radical experiment in Religious Freedom leads to the waning of Spain as an international force and heralds the beginning of the Dutch empire and the start of a Dutch Golden Age