History A-Level
Assassination of Orange
What Assassination of Orange means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Assassination of Orange
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The killing of William of Orange at Delft in 1584 by Balthasar Gérard, a Catholic sympathiser, which left the revolt without its leading figure.
Topics that use Assassination of Orange
- Spain and the reconquest, 1573–84 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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