Ihe siri ike nke Philip mere megide Ndozigharị ahụ kpalitere Ọgba aghara Dutch na mpaghara ndị Calvinist Dutch, nke dugara na ntiwapụ nke Agha Afọ Iri Asatọ na 1568. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị nke afọ 1579, ógbè asaa ndị dị n'ebe ugwu guzobere Protestant Union nke Utrecht, nke kwupụtara nnwere onwe site na ngalaba Spanish nke Habsburgs dị ka Republic of the Seven United Netherlands site na 1581 Act of Abjuration. Alaka Spanish nke ndị Habsburg nwere ike ijigide ọchịchị naanị n'akụkụ Katọlik nke Southern Netherlands, nke emechara mgbe ọdịda Antwerp gasịrị
n'afọ 1585.