Belgian general strike of 1893

When

11 Apr 1893 – 18 Apr 1893

Kind

Strike

Deaths

20

Coordinates

50.43° N, 3.83° E

Participants

200000

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1893 work stoppage in Belgium in support of universal male suffrage

The general strike of 1893 was a major general strike in Belgium in April 1893 called by the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) to pressure the government of Auguste Beernaert to introduce universal male suffrage in elections. The general strike was the first called in Belgium and a decisive moment for the nascent socialist movement in Belgium. According to the historian Carl J.

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