- — Europe:
Act of Abjuration
The States General formally renounce allegiance to Philip II of Spain, a de facto declaration of independence giving rise to the Republic of the Seven United Provinces.
Era: The Dutch Revolt and the Birth of the Republic
Sources: Eighty Years' War · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Union of Utrecht · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Independence in the 16th century
One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 16th century, tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
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- Earliest
- 1581
- Latest
- 1581
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.