Batavian Republic

Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1795–1806. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Batavian Republic was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the Dutch throne. The republic was founded with the armed support of the French Revolutionary Army and became a client state. The confederal structure of the old Dutch Republic was permanently replaced by a unitary state. For the first time in Dutch history, the constitution that was adopted in 1798 had a genuinely democratic character.

Seat of power: The Hague

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• On 23 April 1798, the Staatsregeling voor het Bataafsche Volk was approved with 153,913 votes against 11,587.
• The School Law of 1806 organised a national system of public elementary education.
• The Assembly began discussing other important matters, such as the separation between church and state, and the emancipation of minorities.
• A first government-approved attempt at unification of the Dutch spelling was made.

Picture

The Batavian Republic was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

Image: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, file

Sources

• Batavian Republic (Wikipedia)
• Batavian Republic (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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