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
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
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
Brabant Revolution
…the outbreak of the French and Liège revolutions, this émigré army crossed into the Austrian Netherlands and decisively defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Turnhout in October 1789. The rebels, supported by uprisings across the territory, soon took control over virtually all the Southern Netherlands and proclaimed…
1790 engraving of the battle
1902 painting of a Patriot soldier at the battle