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