Jean-Joseph Charlier was a Belgian artisan and revolutionary who became an iconic figure in the Belgian Revolution. His participation as an amputee in the fighting near Brussels Park during the Dutch attack on Brussels in September 1830 was widely praised, and he gained the nickname Wooden Leg.
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Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1794 to 1886 · aged 91
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