1572

Events

• First sack of Mechlin by heretics during the Dutch Revolt; Van der Burch's father imprisoned and financially ruined
• Death of Jan van Gorp
• Death of Pope Pius V

Preliminaries

• TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — The first sack of Mechlin by heretics during the Dutch Revolt

  "For in the year 1572, when the heretics seized Mechlin by surprise, he was cast into a degrading prison, subjected to many hardships, and also endured a severe loss of fortune"