Events on July 9 in history

Martyrs of Gorkum (July 9, 1572)

Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.

The Martyrs of Gorkum (Dutch: Martelaren van Gorcum) were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious, who were hanged on 9 July 1572 in the town of Brielle (or Den Briel) by militant Dutch Calvinists during the 16th-century religious wars—specifically, the Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule, which developed into the Eighty Years' War.

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Events on 1572

16 Jan

Ridolfi plot
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
1 Apr

Capture of Brielle
In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
18 Aug

Henry IV of France
Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
23 Aug

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

Events on July 9 in history

Martyrs of Gorkum (July 9, 1572)

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Events on 1572

Ridolfi plot

Capture of Brielle

Henry IV of France

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre