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List of events
Events of the year 1794 in the
Austrian Netherlands and the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern
Belgium).
Incumbents
Events
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- 9 August – Hefty supplementary tax on nobility and religious houses, with hostages taken to ensure payment.
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- September
- 17–18 September –
Battle of Sprimont: final Austrian defeat in the Low Countries
- 21 September – Artworks confiscated from castles, churches and religious houses shipped to France.
[1]
- October
- 2 October – French forces reach the Rhine.
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- 15 October – Administrative reorganisation of occupied provinces proposed.
[1]
- November
- 16 November – Administrative reorganisation adopted, introducing
arrondissements, civil marriage, free trade with France; abolishing monopolies and noble titles.
[1]
- 26 November – French authorities order requisitioning and stockpiling of food.
[1]
- December
Births
- February
- April
- September
- Date uncertain
Deaths
- April
- July
References
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n Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), pp. 514-516.
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