Marretje Arents (c. 1712–28 June 1748 Amsterdam), known as ''Mat van den Nieuwendijk'', and ''het limoenwijf'' (i.e. the limewoman), was a Dutch

fishwife A fishwife, fish-fag or fishlass is a woman who sells fish. Some wives and daughters of fishermen were notoriously loud and foul-mouthed, as noted in the expression, ''To swear like a fishwife'' as they sold fish in the marketplace. One reaso ...

and rebellion leader,

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as one of the three instigators and leaders responsible for the so-called Pachter riots of 1748. The Pachter riots were caused by

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conflicts and began in

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on 17 June 1748. The discontent escalated on 24 June; during two days 19 (or 36) houses of

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s were plundered. Arents was quoted saying that they had plans to conquer the Stadhuis op de Dam ( city hall) and proclaim a

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References

* DVN, een project van Huygens ING en OGC (UU). Bronvermelding: Maarten Hell, Arents, Marretje, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Arents 3/01/2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Arents, Marretje 1712 births 1748 deaths 18th-century Dutch people Executed Dutch women Dutch rebels 18th-century executions by the Netherlands Criminals from Amsterdam 18th-century Dutch criminals Fishmongers (people) 18th-century rebels