The assassination of William of Orange by Balthasar Gerard in 1584. William I, Prince of Orange, 1533 - 1584, aka William the Silent, William the Taciturn and William of Orange. Main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.
The assassination of William of Orange by Balthasar Gerard in 1584. William I, Prince of Orange, 1533 - 1584, aka William the Silent, William the Taciturn and William of Orange. Main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published c.1882.
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