 From 1963 to 1964 he held a Guggenheim Fellowship, and from 1964 to 1966 he was a Sloan Research Fellow.From 1989 to 1990 he was a scholarship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.Siege of Ghent (1583–1584)

The Siege of Ghent during the Eighty Years' War by Spanish general Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, lasted from October 1583 to 17 September 1584.