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Facts

Date	1789 - 1790
Location	Brabant
Participants	Austrian Netherlands • Statists • Vonckist

Topics

Austria Belgium house of Habsburg social class middle class national liberation movement

Key People

Henri van der Noot

Belgian political leader

Jean-François Vonck

Belgian political leader

Jean-André van der Meersch

Belgian military leader