Act of Abjuration

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declaration of independence historical document

The Act of Abjuration was the 1581 declaration in which several Dutch provinces formally renounced their allegiance to King Philip II of Spain, effectively marking the birth of the independent Dutch Republic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Act of Abjuration canonical	10
1581 (Act of Abjuration)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	declaration of independence ⓘ historical document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Plakkaat van Verlatinghe ⓘ surface form: Plakkaat van Verlatinge
appliesToJurisdiction	Flanders ⓘ surface form: County of Flanders Drenthe ⓘ Duchy of Brabant ⓘ Friesland ⓘ Gelre ⓘ Groningen ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Holland Overijssel ⓘ Utrecht ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ
archivedIn	Nationaal Archief, The Hague ⓘ surface form: Dutch National Archives
comparedTo	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: United States Declaration of Independence
country	Low Countries ⓘ
date	1581-07-26 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom	Philip II of Spain ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
followedBy	offer of sovereignty to the Duke of Anjou ⓘ search for a new sovereign for the Netherlands ⓘ
genre	political manifesto ⓘ
governmentFormed	Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
hasLegalStatus	foundational act of Dutch independence ⓘ
hasPart	formal renunciation clause ⓘ list of grievances ⓘ preamble ⓘ
hasTopic	right to depose a tyrant ⓘ sovereignty of the people ⓘ
influenced	later declarations of independence ⓘ
inspiredBy	political contract theory ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalNature	formal renunciation of allegiance ⓘ
partOfConflict	Eighty Years' War ⓘ surface form: Eighty Years War
place	The Hague ⓘ
predecessor	Union of Utrecht ⓘ
region	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
resultedIn	de facto independence of the northern Netherlands ⓘ foundation of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
signedByBody	States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
signedDuringReignOf	Philip II of Spain ⓘ
statedReason	failure of the sovereign to protect his subjects ⓘ tyranny of Philip II ⓘ violation of traditional rights and privileges ⓘ
subjectOf	Dutch constitutional history ⓘ
titleInDutch	Plakkaat van Verlatinghe ⓘ
year	1581 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eighty Years' War → keyEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Seventeen Provinces → significantEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Union of Utrecht → followedBy → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Habsburg Netherlands → significantEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

United Provinces → startEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

County of Holland → sovereignUntil → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1581 (Act of Abjuration)

Dutch States General → significantEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Plakkaat van Verlatinghe → translatedTitle → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Stadtholder → significantEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Treaty of Arras (1579) → precedes → Act of Abjuration ⓘ

Protestant provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands → significantEvent → Act of Abjuration ⓘ