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1533 CE - 1584 CE: Life of statesman, military commander, and advocate for religious tolerance, William the Silent (William of Orange).
1559 CE - 1568 CE: William the Silent serves as stadtholder and leader of the political opposition to Spanish policies in the Netherlands.
1564 CE: William the Silent openly advocates for religious tolerance in the Netherlands.
1568 CE - 1584 CE: William the Silent serves as military commander of the Protestant forces in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War.
1572 CE: William the Silent issues his writ The Goals of William of Orange concerning the war.
1582 CE: Assassination attempt on William the Silent fails.
1584 CE: William the Silent is assassinated by a Catholic zealot.