Liège Revolution
| Liège Revolution | |||||||
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| Part of the Atlantic Revolutions | |||||||
Destruction of the Cathedral of Saint-Lambert by revolutionaries. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Liège rebels Republic of Liège (1789–1791) Supported by: Prussia (from July 1790) |
Supported by: Prussia (1789–1790) | ||||||
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Jean-Remy de Chestret Jacques-Joseph Fabry Jean-Nicolas Bassenge |
César de Hoensbroeck Emperor Leopold II | ||||||
The Liège Revolution, sometimes known as the Happy Revolution (French: Heureuse Révolution; Walloon: Binamêye revolucion), 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 Liège Revolution was concurrent with the French Revolution and its effects were long-lasting and eventually led to the abolition of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and its final annexation by French revolutionary forces in 1795.