Dutch naval lieutenant Jan van Speyk blows …
Years: 1831 - 1831
February
Dutch naval lieutenant Jan van Speyk blows up his own gunboat in Antwerp on February 5, 1831, rather than strike his colors on the demand of supporters of the Belgian Revolution.
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- Greece, Ottoman
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- France, constitutional monarchy of
- Netherlands, Kingdom of The United
- Belgium, Kingdom of
