William the Silent, Count of Nassau, and first stadholder... - Historystack

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William the Silent, Count of Nassau, and first stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, is assassinated by Burgundian Balthasar Gérard with a handgun

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Spain

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Quite important (7)

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Politics

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Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, Europe, Modern History, Politics, Deaths, 16th Century, History of Spain, Spain, Murders, Assassinations, 1580s, July 10, Year 1584, William the Silent, Balthasar Gerard

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