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24th February 1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Archduke of Austria, and his wife, Juana of Castile, in Ghent.
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#CharlesV #KingofSpain #HolyRomanEmperor #DukeofBurgundy #Hapsburg #Spain #History
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23rd February 1525
Start of the Battle of Pavia during the Italian Wars of 1521-1526.
The Imperial troops of Emperor Charles V defeated those of King François I of France.
#BattleofPavia #EmperorCharles #KingFrancoisI #Spain #France #ItalianWars #Hapsburg #Valois #History
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5th February 1557
The Treaty of Vaucelles was signed between King Philip II of Spain and King Henri II of France.
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#KingHenriIIofFrance #KingPhilipIIofSpain #TreatyofVaucelles #ValoisAngoulême #Hapsburg #History
On this day in 1889 occurred the Mayerling Tragedy that cost the lives of Crown Prince Rudolf Hapsburg and baroness Mary Vetsera, setting in train a process that led to the collapse of the #Hapsburg Dynasty.
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24th January 1547
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany was born in Prague to Ferdinand, King of Bohemia & Hungary & his wife, Anne of Bohemia & Hungary.
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#JoannaofAustria #ArchduchessofAustria #GrandDuchessofTuscany #Hapsburg #History
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23rd January 1579
The Union of Utrecht was signed, forming a Protestant Dutch Republic.
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#UnionofUtrecht #Treaty #Netherlands #Dutch #Protestant #SpanishNetherlands #Hapsburg #Spain #History
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12th January 1526
King François I of France and Emperor Charles V signed the Treaty of Madrid.
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#TreatyofMadrid #KingFrançoisI #EmperorCharlesV #EleanorofAustria #France #Spain #HolyRomanEmpire #Valois #Hapsburg #History
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10th January 1480
Margaret of Austria, Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy, was born to Maximilian of Austria (later Holy Roman Emperor) & Mary, Duchess of Burgundy.
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#MargaretofAustria #PrincessofAsturias #DuchessofSavoy #Hapsburg #History
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1st December 1530
Margaret of Austria died at Mechelen. She was then buried alongside her 2nd husband, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, in their mausoleum in The Royal Monastery of Brou at Bourg-en-Bresse.
#MargaretofAustria #GovenorofTheNetherlands #Hapsburg #Austria #History
#OnThisDay 1315:
Common-born militia from the #SwissConfederacy defeated a much larger force of professional #Hapsburg soldiers at the #BattleOfMortgarten. The Swiss won using blocks of infantry armed with #halberds & #pikes. This tactic came to dominate European battlefields for centuries.
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25th October 1555
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, abdicated a number of his titles; he handed over control of the Low Countries to his son, Philip (later King Philip II of Spain).
#CharlesV #HolyRomanEmperor #HolyRomanEmpire #Spain #Hapsburg #History
Right, Diversity of the gene pool always works so well. #Hapsburg #polydactly #Isolationist #foolish
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3rd October 1568
Elisabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, died, aged only 23 after suffering a miscarriage at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain.
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#ElizabethdeValois #QueenofSpain #KingPhillipIIofSpain #France #Spain #Valois #Hapsburg #History
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22nd September 1601
Anne of Austria, Queen & regent of France, was born at the Benavente Palace, Valladolid, Spain, to King Philip III of Spain & his wife, Margaret of Austria.
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#AnneofAustria #ArchduchessofAustria #Hapsburg #Spain #History
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21st September 1558
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor died of Malaria at the monastery of Yusta in the Extremadura region of Spain.
#CharlesV #HolyRomanEmperor #KingofSpain #Hapsburg #Spain #History
The guy looks like he has a #Hapsburg chin. That is an unfortunate situation is so. But it could explain a lot.
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13th September 1598
King Philip II of Spain died of cancer, at El Escorial, near Madrid.
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#PhilipIIofSpain #KingPhilipIIofSpain #KingofSpain #Hapsburg #Spain #History
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2nd September 1554
Anthony Browne, English peer, was created 1st Viscount Montagu as part of the celebrations for Queen Mary I's marriage to Philip of Spain.
#AnthonyBrowne #ViscountMontagu #QueenMaryI #QueenofEngland #PhilipofSpain #Hapsburg #Tudors #History
I was watching the story of #WilliamTell last night and how he and his mountain mates held off the #Hapsburg empire in #Switzerland. Just before the final battle, he said to his men: “We must be prepared to die. Because people who are prepared to die for their freedom will always win.” #uspoli
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#scp #scpfoundation #scp217 #scp3288 #clockwork #robotization #aristocrats #deformity #hapsburg
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16th August 1513
The Battle of the Spurs took place at Guinegate (Enguinegatte) in France.
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#TheBattleoftheSpurs #KingHenryVIII #EmperorMaximilianI #KingFrançoisI #England #HolyRomanEmpire #France #Tudors #ValoisAngoulême #Hapsburg #History
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13th August 1516
The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain was signed.
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#TreatyofNoyon #KingFrançoisI #EmperorCharlesV #France #HolyRomanEmpire #ValoisAngoulême #Hapsburg #History
David Teniers II was a prolific and innovative #FlemishBaroque artist and curator, known, among other things, for his contributions to contemporary genre painting. He was court painter and curator to the #Hapsburg governor-general of the #Netherlands, and founder of the #Antwerp Academy.
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22nd July 1478
Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy and Archduke of Austria was born in Bruges
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#PhilipofBurgundy #PhilipTheFair #DukeofBurgundy #ArchdukeofAustria #Burgundy #Austria #Hapsburg #History
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21st July 1552
Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician and first Viceroy of New Spain, died in Lima, Peru.
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#AntoniodeMendoza #Politician #ViceroyofNewSpain #ViceroyofPeru #Spain #Hapsburg #History
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20th July 1554
Philip of Spain arrived in Southampton ahead of his marriage to Queen Mary I of England.
#PhillipofSpain #MaryI #QueenMaryIofEngland #Spain #England #Hapsburg #Tudor #History
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18th July 1501
Isabella of Austria, Queen of Denmark, was born in Brussels, to Philip, Duke of Burgundy and his wife, Juana, Queen of Castile and Aragon.
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#IsabellaofAustria #QueenofDenmark #Hapsburg #History
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13th July 1558
The Battle of Gravelines took place near Calais.
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#BattleofGravelines #CountLamoralofEgmont #MaréchalPauldeThermes #PeaceofCateauCambresis #KingHenriIIofFrance #KingPhilipIIofSpain #France #Spain #Hapsburg #ValoisAngoulême #History
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9th July 1526
Elizabeth of Austria was born in Linz, Austria to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary.
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#ElizabethofAustria #HolyRomanEmpire #Hapsburg #History
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8th July 1545
Carlos, Prince of Asturias was born in Valladolid, Spain to Philip of Spain and his wife, Maria Manuela of Portugal.
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#CarlosPrinceofAsturias #DonCarlosofAsturias #PrinceofAsturias #Spain #Hapsburg #History
