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The Liège Revolution, sometimes known as the Happy Revolution (French: Heureuse Révolution; Walloon: Binamêye revolucion), [3] against the reigning prince-bishop of Liège, started on 18 August 1789 and lasted until the destruction of the Republic of Liège and re-establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège by Austrian forces in 1791.
The Republic of Liège (French: République liégeoise) was a short-lived state centred on the town of Liège in modern-day Belgium.The republic was created in August 1789 after the Liège Revolution led to the destruction of the earlier ecclesiastical state which controlled the territory, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
But industrial cities, like Liège, also had a strong Orangist faction. [25] The movement met with strong disapproval from the authorities. Between 1831 and 1834, 32 incidents of violence against Orangists were mentioned in the press and in 1834 Minister of Justice Lebeau banned expressions of Orangism in the public sphere, enforced with heavy ...
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.
1779 - Société littéraire de Liège and Société libre d'émulation (Liège) founded. 1789 - August: Liège Revolution begins; Republic of Liège established. 1794 - St. Lambert's Cathedral sacked. [1] 1795 - "Union with France decreed." [3] 1796 Liège becomes part of France. [6] [1] Archives de l'État à Liège established. [7]
People of the Liège Revolution (5 P) Pages in category "Liège Revolution" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "People of the Liège Revolution" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Jean-Remy de Chestret (Liège 1739 - Paris 1809) was a Burgomaster of Liège in 1784 and 1789 and one of the chiefs of the Liège Revolution and later a member of the French Sénat conservateur. He is referred to in the revolutionary song Valeureux Liégeois.