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The Leiden gunpowder disaster was an event in which a ship carrying hundreds of barrels of black powder exploded in the town of Leiden in the Netherlands on 12 January 1807. The disaster killed 151 people and destroyed over 200 buildings in the town. A painting of the explosion's aftermath done by Johannes Jelgerhuis
Leiden (/ ˈ l aɪ d ən / LY-dən, ... On 12 January 1807, a catastrophe struck the city when a boat loaded with 17,400 kg ... Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands ...
The history of the present Heilige Lodewijkkerk is tightly linked to the nearby explosion of a ship with gun powder in 1807. The explosion destroyed a large part of the city center including a catholic church at the Nieuwe Rijn. The St. James Chapel that was used to test textile was heavily damaged, but the tower was still intact.
Louis Frederick II (13 April 1793 – 28 April 1807) [8] Friedrich Günther (28 April 1807 – 28 June 1867) [9] Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 1794 – 19 August 1835) Principality of Lippe. Leopold II (5 November 1802 – 1 January 1851) [10] Principality of Reuss-Greiz. Heinrich XIII (28 June 1800 – 29 ...
Famous Leiden dignitaries are buried there, including the painter Jan Steen and the Leiden professor Herman Boerhaave. The beautiful stained-glass windows already took a terrible blow during the Beeldenstorm, but were completely destroyed a couple of centuries later, in the gunpowder explosion of 12 January 1807. The windows were boarded up ...
Jean Luzac. Jean (also Johan or Joan) Luzac (1746 in Leiden – January 12, 1807) was a Dutch lawyer, journalist and professor in Greek and History, of Huguenot origin. He was the most influential newspaper editor in the Western world in the years immediately preceding the French Revolution, and his sister Emilie married his fellow Patriot Wijbo Fijnje.
1574 - 3 October: Siege of Leiden ends. [5] 1575 Leiden University founded. [6] Leiden University Library founded. 1577 - Flemish textile manufacturers move to Leiden. [7] 1578 - Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland (water management building) purchased. [1] 1580s - "Immigration of Flemings, Walloons, and Brabanters" to Leiden. [7] 1580 - Printer ...
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