Statists (Belgium)
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The Statists or Aristocrats were a conservative political faction active in the Austrian Netherlands and later the United Belgian States during the Brabant Revolution. They were led by Henri Van der N
Henri Van der Noot, leader of the Statist Faction. 1790
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 rebel soldier at the Battle of Turnhout, painted in 1902 by Théophile Lybaert