Episode 2 of 2
Lynching of the De Witt Brothers
- When
- 20 August 1672
- Where
- The Hague
Johan and Cornelis de Witt were lynched by an Orangist mob in The Hague on 20 August 1672.
A crowd incited by Orangist partisans attacked the de Witt brothers in The Hague. Johan and Cornelis were slaughtered, and their remains were eaten by the mob, ending their political careers and lives in a violent public spectacle.
Sources
- Cornelis de Witt Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-08
- Johan de Witt Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
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