Smarting from intolerable grievances, and with a price set upon the head of their illustrious Stadtholder, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, in 1581, renounced the tyrannical sovereignty of Philip the Second, and declared themselves independent.
Sumner highlights the declaration of independence by the United Provinces of the Netherlands in 1581 as a significant historical moment.
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