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Name: Prussian invasion of Holland

Type: Event

Start: 1787 AD

End: 1787 AD

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Was a Prussian military campaign in September-October 1787 to restore the Orange stadtholderate in the Dutch Republic against the rise of the democratic Patriot movement.

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  • September 1787: The fortress city of Gorinchem (the only garrison south of Amsterdam still in a position to offer resistance, after the Woerden Defense Council had ordered all other troops to retreat to Amsterdam on 15 September) was ordered to surrender by Knobelsdorff on 17 September.
  • September 1787: The main Prussian force, led by Gaudi and Knobelsdorff, reached Leimuiden.
  • September 1787: Naarden and Weesp were part of the Dutch Republic during the Patriot movement in the late 18th century. Adam Gerard Mappa was a prominent Patriot leader who led the surrender of Naarden to Prussian forces in 1787 during the Prussian military occupation of the Dutch Republic.
  • October 1787: The Prussian forces left the city of Leiden.
  • October 1787: Prussian military occupation of Sloten

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