Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic came after the Dutch Republic was invaded by the French Republic. It was announced on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, when Louis Bonaparte took the Dutch throne. From October 1801 onward, it was called the Batavian Commonwealth. It was named after the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe.

The constitution that was made in 1798 was genuinely democratic.

It was a client state of France, but its governments tried to maintain some independence and to serve Dutch interests even where they clashed with the interests of the French.

Batavian Republic Media

• La Marseillaise.ogg

  National anthem of France, La Marseillaise

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  The flag of the Batavian Republic (1796 to 1806)

• Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic.svg

  Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic ("Bataafsche vlag").

• Marine Vlaggen van de Bataafse Republiek (Navy Flags of the Batavian Republic) 1796 Hendrik Roosing.jpg

  Naval flag and pennants of the Batavian Republic. The canton features the Netherlands Maiden.

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  Herman Willem Daendels (1762–1818)

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  Departments of the Batavian Republic

• Slag bij Castricum, objectnr SA 4 (cropped).tif

  The Battle of Castricum, in which a Franco-Batavian army defeated the Anglo-Russian forces and ended the invasion.

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  In The first Kiss this Ten Years! —or—the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François (1803), James Gillray caricatured the peace between France and Britain.

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  Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck as Grand Pensionary