<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years'_War" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Schenkenschans" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Schenkenschans">Siege of Schenkenschans</a> begins; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Henry,_Prince_of_Orange" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange">Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange</a>, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Army" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spanish Army">Spanish Army</a>.