The Hague
Netherlands
1531
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- David Joris spent most of the year here in exile.
- 5 December 1531
- Jan Volkerts Tripmaker, Melchior Hoffman's deputy in Holland, and 9 other Anabaptists were executed. Hoffman immediately declared a 2-year suspension of re-baptizing in order to avoid further martyrdom. David Joris witnessed Tripmaker's execution, which made a deep impression on him.
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