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Events on Thursday 5 June 1806 1
1806Louis Bonaparte becomes King of HollandNapoleon installs his brother as monarchOn 5 June 1806, Napoleon made his younger brother Louis Bonaparte king of the newly created Kingdom of Holland, replacing the Batavian Republic. The kingdom functioned as a French satellite state, though Louis sought to govern with more independence than Napoleon wished. He abdicated in 1810 when Napoleon annexed the kingdom outright.