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Name: English Protectorate in the Netherlands
Type: Event
Start: 1585
End: 1588
Parents: Dutch revolt and establishment of the Dutch Republic
English Protectorate in the Netherlands: All Data
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The Dutch rebels of the northern Spanish Netherlands became an English protectorate with the Treaty of Nonsuch, signed on 10 August 1585, as a measure of protection against Spain.