Belgian strike of 1886

The Strike (1886) by Robert Koehler, often assumed to depict the 1886 strikes in Belgium[1]

The Belgian strikes of 1886, occasionally known as the social revolt of 1886 (French: Révolte sociale de 1886), was a violent period of industrial strikes and riots in Belgium from 18 to 29 March 1886 and an important moment in Belgium's 19th-century history. The strike or labour revolt was provoked by social inequalities in Belgian society and has compared to the peasant jacqueries of the Middle Ages.[2]

  1. ^ Dennis 2011, p. 81.
  2. ^ Deneckere 2010, p. 52.