1580

Events

• Second sack of Mechlin by heretics during the Dutch Revolt; Van der Burch's father's house pillaged and wife ransomed for thousands of florins

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 second sack of Mechlin during the Dutch Revolt

  "Then in the year 1580, when the same city was again occupied by the heretics, his house was pillaged once more, and all his goods plundered"