August 1566
Iconoclasm
Religious unrest reaches Bruges during the wider iconoclastic movement.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bruges in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Religious unrest reaches Bruges during the wider iconoclastic movement.
Calvinist supporters help overthrow Catholic magistrates in Bruges.
Calvinist magistrates dominate Bruges during the Dutch Revolt.
Bruges associates with the Union of Utrecht during revolt against Spain.
Secures Bruges for Spanish authority
Bruges enters the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after Napoleon's defeat.
Provenance
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