{"slug": "maurice-prince-of-orange", "label": "Maurice, Prince of Orange", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%2C_Prince_of_Orange", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164062", "qid": "Q164062", "description": "Dutch Republic stadtholder and Prince of Orange (1567-1625)", "entries": 18, "years": 12, "span": [1567, 1625], "span_label": ["1567 CE", "1625 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 13}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Maurice of Nassau", "Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange", "Maurice of Orange"], "related": [{"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "eighty-years-war", "label": "Eighty Years' War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mauritius", "label": "Mauritius", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stadtholder", "label": "Stadtholder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-henry-prince-of-orange", "label": "Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-farnese-duke-of-parma", "label": "Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nijmegen", "label": "Nijmegen", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#Births", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to get through the impregnable defenses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#January–March", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Zutphen is captured by the Dutch and English, under Maurice of Nassau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#April–June", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – The siege of the Spanish Netherlands city of Delfzijl is started by Maurice, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who leads a Dutch and English Army against the Spanish defenders. Delfzijl falls after six days, and is surrendered on July 2.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#April–June", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Siege of Knodsenburg: Dutch Republic stadtholder Maurice of Nassau and English General Francis Vere defeat the Duke of Parma outside Nijmegen after a four-day siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#July–September", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Siege of Hulst: Hulst is captured by Maurice of Orange, the staatholder of the Dutch Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#July–September", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – The city of Nijmegen is captured from Spanish occupiers by Maurice of Orange, the staatholder of the Dutch Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#October–December", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Battle of Turnhout: Maurice of Nassau defeats a Spanish force under Jean de Rie of Varas, in the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#January–March", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Lingen capitulates to forces led by Maurice of Nassau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#October–December", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia: Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck and three ships commanded by him are separated from the Dutch Republic fleet of Admiral Wybrand van Warwyck, and land on a Portuguese-charted island, Ilha do Cisne. Van Neck names the island Mauritius, after Maurice, Prince of Orange. Although Diogo Fernandes Pereira and sailors from Portugal had, in 1507, become the first Europeans to find Mauritius, van Neck's men apparently are the first to sight the dodo, a now extinct bird.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 22", "text": "22 November – Maurice of Nassau abandons the siege of 's-Hertogenbosch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372487374", "title": "1601 in Belgium", "revid": 1372487374, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Maurice of Nassau assembles a combined army of 7,000 Dutch and 4,000 English soldiers to make an attack on the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#April–June", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Eighty Years' War: The siege of the Dutch city of Lingen, by 13,000 Spanish troops and 3,000 cavalry, ends with the surrender of Captain Maerten Cobben after nine days of defense. Although the Dutch Republic's stadtholder, Maurice, Prince of Orange, had proclaimed that Lingen must be held at all costs, Dutch troops failed to come to Cobben's aid and Don Ambrogio Spinola of Spain peacefully takes control of the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#July–September", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – The Siege of Jülich ends as the Holy Roman Imperial city surrenders to Maurice of Nassau, commander of the Dutch Republic troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#July–September", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Hugo Grotius are imprisoned by Maurice, Prince of Orange.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#July–September", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – Eighty Years' War: After a siege of 86 days, Bergen op Zoom is relieved by a Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau and Ernst von Mansfeld.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#October–December", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363597525#April–June", "title": "1625", "revid": 1363597525, "section": "Deaths › April–June"}}, {"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau of the Dutch Republic dies, and is succeeded by his younger brother, Frederick Henry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363597525#April–June", "title": "1625", "revid": 1363597525, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}