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On 1 April 1572, the Protestant pirate Sea Beggars seized the strategically vital port of Brill, finding it undefended because the garrison had gone fishing — a turning point in the Dutch Revolt.
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The turning point of the Dutch Revolt arrives almost by accident. On 1 April 1572, the Sea Beggars sailed towards Brill — a strategically vital port on an island in the estuary controlling the waterways of Holland and Zeeland — and found it empty. The entire garrison had gone fishing, convinced the war was effectively over. The pirates sailed in, seized the port, sacked the Catholic churches, and proclaimed Calvinist rule. With this single base secured, the whole situation transformed. [1] — Tom Holland "Sea Beggars seized Brill on 1 April 1572: On 1 April 1572, the Protestant pirate Sea Beggars seized the strategically vital port of Brill, …" 48:35 Calvinist risings ignited across Holland and Zeeland; towns expelled Spanish garrisons and declared for William. By July, representatives from both provinces were ready to confirm William as Stadtholder — re-instating the office Philip had originally given him, but now in the service of the revolt. The rebels' rhetorical solution to the paradox of serving the Spanish king while fighting the Spanish was elegant: Philip didn't know what his servants were doing and would be appalled if he did. It was the oldest political fiction in the book.
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