The eel riots of 1886 ended with 26 people and 1 eel dead
In the wake of the 1886 Eel Riots in Amsterdam, Dutch newspapers filled their columns with reports about the event, but it was French magazine l'Illustration that came out with these drawings by M. de Haenen 10 days later. Fait sur place, these illustrations tell the story of the Palingoproer (eel riots), the bloodiest case [...]
