1789 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1789 in the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents[edit]
Habsburg Netherlands[edit]
- Monarch – Joseph II
Prince-Bishopric of Liège[edit]
- Prince-Bishop – César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck
Events[edit]
- April
- 29 April – Joseph II's government in Brussels issues a decree establishing rural representation in the Third Estate of the States of Brabant and abolishing their right to veto taxes.[1]
- May
- 8 May – Council of Brabant refuses to register the decree abolishing the veto of the Third Estate in the States of Brabant.[1]
- June
- 6 June – Joseph II instructs his minister in Brussels to decree that ordinary taxes will henceforth no longer be subject to annual approval by the States of Brabant.[1]
- 18 June – In a government coup, Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff, Joseph II's minister in Brussels, decrees the abolition of the Council of Brabant, the States of Brabant, and the Joyous Entry.[1]
- August
- 18 August – Beginning of Liège Revolution: democrats occupy the town hall
- 26 August – César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck, prince-bishop of Liège, flees to Trier; Republic of Liège proclaimed.[2]
- September
- 16 September – Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de Franchimont: Declaration of Rights proclaimed at Franchimont Castle.
- October
- 24 October – Army of émigré volunteers invades the Austrian Netherlands;[1] Manifesto of the People of Brabant read out in Hoogstraten.
- 27 October – Battle of Turnhout (1789): government forces defeated by émigrés.
- November
- Prussian forces sent to quell Liège revolution occupy the city of Liège.
- December
- 12 December – Government of Joseph II, headed by Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff, evacuates Brussels;[1] General Council of Government abolished.
Publications and performances[edit]
- André Grétry
- 2 March – Raoul Barbe-bleue (opera), Paris, Comédie-Italienne
- 17 March – Aspasie (opera), Paris, Opéra
Works of art[edit]
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Births[edit]
- May
- 4 May – Alexandre Gendebien, government minister (died 1869)
- April
- 10 April – Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, noblewoman (died 1823)
- October
- 14 October – Constant van Crombrugghe, founder of the Josephites of Belgium (died 1865)
Deaths[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f D. De Stobbeleir, "Verzet tegen de hervormingen van Jozef II en de staatsgreep van 18 juni 1789", tr. M. Erkens, in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 262-267.
- ^ Bruno Demoulin, Recueil des instructions aux ambassadeurs et ministres de France (Principauté de Liège 31; 1998), p. xxxviii.