Editing October 20 (section)

===Pre-1600===
*[[1568]] &ndash; The Spanish [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] [[Battle of Jodoigne|defeats]] a Dutch rebel force under [[William the Silent]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeremy Black|title=European Warfare, 1494–1660|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olw1qaxmgmQC&pg=PA108|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-27531-6|page=108}}</ref> 
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the [[relief of Goes]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Montaigne and the Low Countries (1580–1700)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-CvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|date=2007|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-474-1981-5|page=286}}</ref>