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Spanish troops riot and kill about six thousand Antwerp citizens in a rampage known as the Spanish Fury.
William of Orange is placed over the northern provinces after the Pacification of Ghent.
Maximilian II dies; he is succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor by his brother, Rudolf II.
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