With the French Revolution of 1789 the threat of war increased here in 1790.
At Stokstraat 11 the text WE WANT PEACE 1790 was applied to the facade. However, judging by the spelling mistakes, linguistic skills were apparently limited. The s is missing in DESIRONS and PAIX was written with a y, while the forgotten X was added. Still, the intention was clear: they saw the storm coming.
In 1793 a French army under the command of lieutenant-general De Miranda besieged the city, but he had to call the siege off due to the arrival of relief troops.
In 1794 a siege by General Kleber followed, which ended after two months with the surrender of Maastricht.
Sculptor Reijner Delcommune owned this building in 1790 and must therefore be considered responsible for the inscription.
And thus began the French era and the occupation of Maastricht, which would last for more than 20 years until Napoleon's defeat in 1815.
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