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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 ...
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.
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.
Independently, in 1789, a revolution had broken out in Liège. The revolutionaries established a republic which joined the United Belgian States in a semblance of an alliance. Realizing the fragility of the new state, Van der Noot approached foreign states for support and suggested a unification with the Dutch Republic, with little success.
Johannes Franciscus Vonck, also known by the Francization Jean-François Vonck or the Netherlandization Jan-Frans Vonck, (29 November 1743 – 1 December 1792) was a lawyer and one of the leaders of the Brabant Revolution from 1789–1790. This Revolution led to the founding of the United States of Belgium in January 1790.
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