Ka kammala wannan jumla: Matakan da Philip ya ɗauka don ya hana a yi wa cocin Katolika gyare-gyare ya sa aka yi tawaye a lardunan Netherland na Calvinist, kuma hakan ya sa aka soma Yaƙin Shekara tamanin a shekara ta 1568. A watan Janairun 1579 larduna bakwai na arewa sun kafa Protestant Union of Utrecht, wanda ya ayyana 'yancin kai daga reshen Habsburgs na Spain a matsayin Jamhuriyar Unitedasar Netherlands guda bakwai ta Dokar Abjuration ta 1581. Harshen Habsburgs na Spain zai iya ci gaba da mulkinsa kawai a kan yankin Katolika na Kudancin Netherlands, wanda aka kammala bayan da Habsburgs suka ci gaba da mulkinsa.
Faduwar Antwerp a shekara ta 1585.