Dutch rebels led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_of_Nassau" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis of Nassau">Louis of Nassau</a>, defeat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Ligne,_Duke_of_Arenberg" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg">Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg</a>, and his loyalist troops in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heiligerlee_(1568)" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)">Battle of Heiligerlee</a>, opening the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years'_War" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a>.