#OTD
23rd January 1579
The Union of Utrecht was signed, forming a Protestant Dutch Republic.
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#MartinoRota (1520-83)
Portrait of Archduke #ErnestofAustria (1553-95), Governor of the #SpanishNetherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1580
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
#Habsburg
#AlonsoSánchezCoello (1531-88)
Portrait of Archduke #ErnestofAustria (1553-95), Governor of the #SpanishNetherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1580
Museo del Prado
#Habsburg
#AlonsoSánchezCoello (1531-88)
Portrait of Archduke #ErnestofAustria (1553-95), Governor of the #SpanishNetherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
1568
Royal Collection
#Habsburg
#OTD
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