Some nonresistant Anabaptists found leaders in Menno Simons and the brothers Obbe and Dirk Philips, Dutch Anabaptist leaders who repudiated the distinctive doctrines of the Münster Anabaptists.

Menno Simons accepted this view, probably received from the peaceful Melchiorites Obbe and Dirk Philips, and it became the general belief of Dutch Anabaptists in the first century of their existence.

In 1533 he accepted the ideas of the Anabaptists, and was baptized in Delft by Obbe Philips.

He was ordained around 1537 by Obbe Philips.

Menno Simons was ordained around 1537 by Obbe Philips, and was probably baptized earlier by Philips also.

W. J. Kühler, in Geschiedenis I ( 1932 ), concluded that " in Obbe the brotherhood certainly lost its most appealing leader.

* Obbe Philips in Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

Taking in the fishing village of Obbe ( deriving from a Norse word for a bay ), he planned to turn it into a consolidated major fishing centre, with product distributed through the 400 + Mac Fisheries fish monger shops.

In 1920, Obbe with local consent was rebranded Leverburgh, and 300 men started work on a new pier and seashore infrastructure for processing the product from 50 berthed trawlers.

The Post Office serving the village was established in 1873 and had its name changed from Obbe to Leverburgh in December 1920.

Obbe Philips ( ca.

Obbe Philips became interested in the Reformation, and converted to Anabaptism late in 1533.

Obbe also ordained his brother, Dirk Philips, and baptized David Joris.

Obbe and Dirk were among the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman ( the more radical having set up the kingdom in Münster ), and as early as 1534 were preaching against establishing God's kingdom by force.

* 1566 – Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands.

Whilst Marlborough led his army, General Overkirk would maintain a defensive position in the Dutch Republic in case Villeroi mounted an attack.

The assault consisted of 12 battalions of Dutch infantry commanded by Major Generals Schultz and Spaar ; two brigades of Saxons under Count Schulenburg ; a Scottish brigade in Dutch service led by the 2nd Duke of Argyle ; and a small brigade of Protestant Swiss.

Havana's inability to resist invaders was dramatically exposed in 1628, when a Dutch fleet led by Piet Heyn plundered the Spanish ships in the city's harbor.

New ecologial and socio-historical insights have led to parts of the Dommel's course being restored to their original states, and plans to have the Gender flow through the centre once again ( link to article in Dutch ).

When in 1613 the Dutch attacked the Fortres of Solor, the population of this fort, led by the Dominicans, moved to the harbor town of Larantuka, on the eastern coast of Flores.

In 1846, Dutch and Portuguese initiated negotiations towards delimiting the territories but these negotiations led to nowhere.

This soon led to the occupied ports being used as bases for privateers, the Dunkirkers, to attack the shipping of the Dutch and their allies.

William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England.

Much to Ribbentrop's fury, someone leaked the plans for the German invasion to the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, which led Ribbentrop to devote the next several months to conducting an unsuccessful investigation into who leaked the news.

* 1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years ' War.

Queen Wilhelmina had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation — with consent by the Dutch government — of the islands during the war led to increasing demands for autonomy within the population as well.

A Canadian and U. S. led operation ( supported by British and Dutch forces ), Operation Mountain Thrust was launched in May 2006 to counter renewed Taliban insurgency.

This interest led to attending several conferences ( Financial Cryptography 98, various MIT presentations ), participating on mailing lists such as " cypherpunks " and " dbs ", and eventually implementing patented Chaumian digital cash in an underground library, HINDE, with Ian Goldberg, named after Hinde ten Berge, a Dutch cypherpunk also present at FC98.

However, both the location of the island and its name were quoted in a Dutch book in 1508, which described a 1505 Portuguese expedition led by Francisco de Almeida from the East Indies: " n the twenty-first day of July we saw land, and it was an island lyng six hundred and fifty miles from the Cape, and called Saint Helena, howbeit we could not land there.

The Dutch revolted against the Spanish domination during the 1560s, leading to a protracted war of independence that led to a truce only in 1609.

According to this view, the people indigenous to Taiwan and those who have taken up residence there have been repeatedly occupied by groups including the Dutch, the Spanish, the Ming, Koxinga and the Ming loyalists, the Qing, the Japanese and finally the Chinese Nationalists led by the Kuomintang.

In the meantime, Marlborough led combined English, Dutch and German forces in the Low Countries, where he captured several important fortresses, most notably Liège.

Marlborough — ignoring the wishes of the Dutch, who preferred to keep their troops in the Low Countries — led the English and Dutch forces southward to Germany ; Eugene, meanwhile, moved northward from Italy with the Austrian army.

The Franco-Spanish army led by the James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick | Duke of Berwick defeated decisively the allied forces of Kingdom of Portugal | Portugal, Great Britain, and the Dutch Republic at the Battle of Almansa.

The British, led by Secretary of State Henry St John, began to correspond secretly with the Marquis de Torcy, excluding the Dutch and Austrians from their negotiations.

** In the Dutch general election, the Christian Democratic Appeal, led by Ruud Lubbers wins 54 seats, and is ultimately able to form a government on November 7 after entering into coalition with the Labour Party.

* October 2 – Eighty Years ' War: After a siege of 86 days, Bergen-op-Zoom is relieved by a Dutch army led by Maurice of Nassau and Ernst von Mansfeld.

* May 10 – Amsterdam: A small troop of Anabaptists, led by the minister Jacob van Geel, attacks the city hall in an attempted coup to seize the city.

* February 27 – A group of Anabaptists, led by Jan Matthys, seize Münster in Westphalia and declare it " The New Jerusalem ", begin to exile dissenters and forcibly baptize all others.

* A religious schism takes place in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists led by Jakob Ammann.

* April 8 – Flensburg Disputation, a debate, attended by Stadtholder Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ( later King Christian III of Denmark ) between Lutherans ( led by Hermann Fast ) and the more radical Anabaptists ( led by Melchior Hoffman ).

* The Hutterites or Hutterian Brethren are descendants of German, Swiss, and Tyrolean Anabaptists led by Jacob Hutter, who was burned at the stake in 1536 for refusing to renounce his faith.

In 1534, the Anabaptists led by John of Leiden, took power in the Münster Rebellion and founded a democratic proto-socialistic state.

However, the work of the Anabaptists in the Appenzell region ( as well as in Zurich and St. Gallen ) in 1525 led to government crackdowns.

However, the work of the Anabaptists in the Appenzell region ( as well as in Zurich and St. Gallen ) in 1525 led to government crackdowns.

However, the work of the Anabaptists in the Appenzell region ( as well as in Zurich and St. Gallen ) in 1525 led to government crackdowns.