Adriaan van Zeebergh
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1787
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Adriaan van Zeebergh, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Prussian invasion of the Dutch Republic
1787Role: Pensionary who counseled the States of Holland not to reply
- Prussian Ultimatum
Thulemeyer demanded punishment for offenses against the Princess; the States of Holland, on van Zeebergh's counsel, did not reply.
- Invasion Begins: March to Nijmegen
On 13 September 1787 Prussian troops marched from Zyfflich to Nijmegen, joining Dutch States Army garrison troops under the stadtholder.
- Campaign Aims and Expected Resistance
The campaign aimed to disempower Patriots and disarm the Free Corps; resistance was expected at Utrecht, Rhine fortifications, and fortress cities.
- Capitulation and Imprisonment at Wesel
A Patriot commander capitulated after a token Prussian bombardment; he and his troops were taken to Wesel as prisoners of war, where he died in December 1787.
- Stadtholder Returns to The Hague
On 20 September 1787 William V and his wife arrived in The Hague, meeting an Orangist cabal including Sir James Harris.
- Prussian Ultimatum
Sources
- Prussian invasion of Holland Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22