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| 1532 | Viceroy |  |
| Naples Appointed Viceroy of Naples |
| 1567 | Council Blood | |
| Forms a tribunal nicknamed the Council of Blood which executes or banishes 1,100 |
| 1567 | Council Troubles | |
| Sentences 3,000 to death |
| 1567 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of the United Provinces |
| 1567 | Invasion of Holland | |
| To "make all the states into one kingdom with Brussels as its capital" |
| 1568 | Battle of Jemmingen | |
| 21st July Jemmingen Alva moves into the nth Netherlands, entices Louis into battle & defeats him |
| 21st July Jemmingen The rebels lose 7,000 killed compared to Spain's 80 |
| 21st July Jemmingen Wishes to destroy the army of "Beggars" & crush an effective force of Dutch rebels |
| 1568 | Battle of Jodoigne | |
| 20th Oct Jodoigne Destroys the rear of William's Army forcing him back to Germany |
| 1568 | Death | |
| 5th June Has Egmont executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject |
| 5th June Has Hoorn executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject |
| 1568 | Execution of Egmont | |
| 5th June Has Egmont executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject |
| 1568 | Execution of Hoorn | |
| 5th June Has Hoorn executed, a loyal Roman Catholic subject |
| 1569 | Reform | |
| Introduces a tax in the Netherlands to pay for the Spanish Army of occupation |
| 1572 | Siege of Alkmaar | |
| Alkmaar Defeated by the people of Alkmaar, prepared to open the dykes rather than surrender |
| 1572 | Siege of Haarlem | |
| 12th July Haarlem Captures Haarlem after a 7 month siege, the garrison occupants are all slaughtered |
| 12th July Haarlem Haarlem surrenders to the Spanish, the leaders are executed |
| 1572 | Siege of Mons | |
| Mons Prevents William of Orange from relieving Mons |
| 1573 | Battle of Zeider Zee | |
| Zeider Zee Defeated by a Dutch fleet, Alva resigns & is replaced as Viceroy by Luis de Requesens |
| 1573 | Battle of Zuiderzee | |
| 11th Oct Zuyder Zee A Dutch fleet defeats a Spanish squadron |
| 11th Oct Zuiderzee A Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee is defeated by the Watergeuzen |
| 1573 | Capture of Haarlem | |
| 7th Harlem Captures Haarlem after a 7 month siege |
| 1573 | Dismissal | |
| Philip replaces Alba with Requesens in The Netherlands |
| 1573 | Massacre Haarlem | |
| Haarlem Slaughters the entire garison |
| 1573 | Resignation | |
| Oct Resigns as Viceroy of the Spanish Netherlands after several setbacks |
