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Bishopric of Ypres
Becomes first bishop after Ypres is made a diocese.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ypres in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Becomes first bishop after Ypres is made a diocese.
Religious violence reaches churches around Ypres.
Faces Calvinist pressure during unrest around Ypres.
Captures Ypres during the Spanish reconquest of the southern Netherlands
The garrison at Ypres surrenders to Parma.
Provenance
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