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The Brabant Revolution or Brabantine Revolution (French: Révolution brabançonne, Dutch: Brabantse Omwenteling), sometimes referred to as the Belgian Revolution of 1789–1790 in older writing, was an armed insurrection that occurred in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) between October 1789 and December 1790.
The Manifesto of the People of Brabant (French: Manifeste du peuple brabançon, Dutch: Manifest van het Brabantse Volk) was a document made public at the start of the Brabant Revolution in 1789 proclaiming the end of the domination of the House of Austria over the Duchy of Brabant. It was first written in French and then printed in French and ...
It was a crucial event during the Brabant Revolution: the Patriots received a major boost by taking this first large city, and the authority of the Austrian Netherlands was beginning to disintegrate. Within two weeks, the Treaty of Union was drafted, which established the independent republic of the United Belgian States on 11 January 1790.
The Brabant Revolution became a reality. The towns of Ghent, Diest, Tienen, and Brussels fell to the rebels. Austrian forces withdrew to the Duchy of Luxembourg. [1] On 31 December Brabant declared its own independence [2] and was joined, in January 1790, by many other Belgian states leading to the creation of the United Belgian States.
The use of the word "Belgium" in 1789 was the first time that the term had been officially employed to denote the region since Roman times. [21] The revolution was conservative in character, not seeking to create a radically different social or religious order. [21] Once established, the revolutionaries divided into political factions.
The First Belgian Revolution of 1789–1790 (also known as the Brabant revolution) overlapped with the French Revolution, and called for independence from Austrian rule. Brabant rebels, under the command of Jean-André van der Mersch , defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Turnhout and launched the United States of Belgium together with the ...
People of the Brabant Revolution (1 C, 6 P) U. United Belgian States (8 P) Pages in category "Brabant Revolution" ... Battle of Turnhout (1789) Belgian Legion (1792) C.
The United Belgian States (Dutch: Verenigde Nederlandse Staten or Verenigde Belgische Staten; French: États-Belgiques-Unis; Latin: Foederatum Belgium), also known as the United States of Belgium, was a short-lived confederal republic in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) established under the Brabant Revolution.