Jan van Schaffelaar springt van de toren, 1482

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Jan van Schaffelaar

‘Dear companions, I must die at some point anyway. I don’t want to cause you any trouble.’ With these words, on 16 July 1482 Jan van Schaffelaar (c.1445-1482) threw himself from the church tower in the Dutch town of Barneveld.

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