N'afọ 1568, mpaghara asaa ahụ mechara bịanye aka na Union of Utrecht () malitere nnupụisi megide Philip nke Abụọ nke Spain nke dugara n'Agha Afọ Iri Asatọ. Tupu e merie Netherlands kpamkpam, agha dị n'etiti England na Spain, Agha Anglo-Spanish nke 1585-1604, malitere, na-amanye ndị agha Spain ịkwụsị ọganihu ha ma hapụ ha ịchịkwa obodo ahia dị mkpa nke Bruges na Ghent, mana na-enweghị njikwa Antwerp, nke bụ mgbe ahụ ikekwe ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri kachasị mkpa n'ụwa. Antwerp dara
na 17 August 1585, mgbe nnọchibido, na nkewa n'etiti Northern na Southern Netherlands (nke ikpeazụ kachasị Belgium nke oge a) guzobere.