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Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam

1795 · 52.32° N, 5.55° E

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1795
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Revolution
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52.32° N, 5.55° E
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political event in 1795, the Netherlands
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Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam

Political event in 1795, the Netherlands

The Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam refers to the transfer of power in the city of Amsterdam on 18 January 1795 to a Revolutionary Committee of the new Batavian Republic. The same day the stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, William V, Prince of Orange, fled the country. Amsterdam was the first city that declared itself in the Batavian Revolution that brought about the Batavian Republic.

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