Battle of Turnhout (1789)
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The Battle of Turnhout was a decisive military engagement between Belgian revolutionary and Austrian forces at Turnhout in the Austrian Netherlands. It was the first engagement of the Brabant Revoluti
1790 engraving of the battle
1902 painting of a Patriot soldier at the battle
Brabant Revolution
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The Brabant Revolution or Brabantine Revolution, sometimes referred to as the Belgian Revolution of 1789–1790 in older writing, was an armed insurrection that occurred in the Austrian Netherlands betw
Battle of Turnhout (1789)
…between Belgian revolutionary and Austrian forces at Turnhout in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). It was the first engagement of the Brabant Revolution and took place shortly after the revolutionary (patriot) army of Jean-André van der Mersch crossed the border from the Dutch Republic where it had…
Maria Christina and Albert Casimir of Teschen, joint Governors-General of the Austrian Netherlands from 1780 to 1793
Gold medallion depicting Emperor Joseph II whose reforms sparked the revolt
Portrait of Jan Frans Vonck, who led the liberal resistance to the Austrians
A coin, known as a Silver Lion (Lion d'Argent), minted by the rebels in 1790