Episode 2 of 5
William V flees to England
- When
- 18 January 1795
- Where
- departure from the Netherlands to England
Forced by the French advance, Stadtholder William V fled to England on a fishing boat on 18 January 1795.
Supported by the French Army, revolutionaries returned from Paris to fight in the Netherlands, and in 1795 William V went into exile in England. He was forced to flee to England on a fishing boat on 18 January 1795, after the French revolutionary forces took advantage of the freezing of the rivers in December 1794 and forced the Stadtholder into exile.
Sources
- Batavian Republic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-19
- William V, Prince of Orange Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27
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