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Batavian meaning
From Batavia; Jakartan. | Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century. | From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Example sentences (20)
As the Franco-Batavian alliance's embodiment, the Staatsbewind was forced to assent to a Convention bringing the total of French and Batavian forces in the Netherlands to 35,000.
The mutineers of the Batavian fleet, with their ships,and a number of deserters from the Batavian army accompanied the retreating British troops to Britain.
Tugu Kunstkring Paleis was initially known as Bataviasche Kunstkring (Batavian Arts Circle).
After the Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam on 18 January 1795 the stadtholder decided to flee to Britain, and his sons accompanied him.
As such it had an importance that outlasted the Batavian Republic and set up an ideal to emulate for its successor states.
Historiographical note Johan Rudolph Thorbecke According to the British historian Simon Schama the Batavian Republic has been controversially treated by historians.
History main Napoleon felt the Batavian Republic was becoming too independent for his liking.
In 1795, the Batavian Republic was proclaimed and the old order was swept away by a series of constitutional changes in the following years.
In 1795 the old order was swept away and the Batavian Republic was established.
It is believed that it was from this time that the Romans instituted a Herul auxiliary unit, the Heruli seniores, who were stationed in northern Italy and often associated with the Batavian Batavi seniores.
Many members of the brigade went home to the Batavian Republic, thanks to an amnesty.
Napoleon raised hopes for William that he might have an important role in a reformed Batavian Republic.
On November 23, 1804, they forbade any Batavian official to take orders from the French.
Schama, p. 207 This changed the Dutch republic from a client state of England and Prussia into a French one; The qualification of the Batavian Republic as a French client state is usually uncontroversial.
Schimmelpenninck was a power in the Batavian Republic by himself.
The Batavian Republic entertained very liberal views as to the administration of the country, but they had little opportunity for giving them effect.
The Batavian Republic was to play a major supporting role in this.
The consequence of the Peace Treaty was that the Batavian Republic now received international recognition, even by the British government, and that the old Dutch Republic was now irreversibly dead.
The latter was in use until the Batavian revolt.
The lettuce variety celtuce is grown for its stem, used in Chinese cooking * Summercrisp – Also called Batavian or French crisp, this lettuce is midway between the crisphead and leaf types.