4 April 1658

Making up news items

Since 1657 the Haegsche Donderdagsche (of Maandagsche) Mercurius (The Hague Thursday (or Monday) Mercury) has appeared, published by Gerard van der Macht. The newspaper reported about the 'Nordic War', between Sweden and Denmark, Brandenburg, and Poland. Because Van der Macht did not have anything against making up news items, such as the defeat of Sweden near Copenhagen, the Court convicted him on April 5 1658, and banned him from Holland. This issue is the last one published in The Hague.

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