Historedia
Person

Jan van Speijk

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1831

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jan van Speijk, 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

  1. Austrian suppression of the 1831 Italian revolts and Gregory XVI's election

    1831

    Role: Royal Netherlands Navy officer

    1. 2 February 1831 · Papal StatesElection of Gregory XVI

      Cardinal Cappellari was elected Pope Gregory XVI on 2 February 1831, succeeding Pius VIII after a fifty-day conclave.

    2. 5 February 1831 · AntwerpVan Speijk's Gunboat Explosion

      Jan van Speijk blew up his gunboat in Antwerp on 5 February 1831 rather than surrender to Belgian revolutionaries.

Sources

  1. Jan van Speijk Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06