What the records say
- When
- 30 May 1787
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 52.32° N, 5.55° E
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Bijltjesoproer
Het Bijltjesoproer or Kattenburgoproer of 30 May 1787 was an uprising of Dutch Orangist ship carpenters in the Kattenburg quarter of Amsterdam against the city's Patriot regenten. These labourers were nicknamed "Bijltjes" ; hence the name Bijltjesoproer.
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