United Belgian States
United Belgian States | |||||||||
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| 1790 | |||||||||
The United Belgian States' territory in 1790 | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state Vassal state of Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Brussels | ||||||||
| Government | Confederal republic | ||||||||
| President of the Sovereign Congress | |||||||||
• 1790 | François de Nélis | ||||||||
• 1790 | Henri de Crumpipen | ||||||||
| President of the National Congress | |||||||||
• 1790 | Henri Van der Noot | ||||||||
| Legislature | Sovereign Congress | ||||||||
| Historical era | Brabant Revolution | ||||||||
| 24 October 1789 | |||||||||
| 11 January 1790 | |||||||||
| 22 September 1790 | |||||||||
• Surrender of Brussels | 2 December 1790 | ||||||||
| Currency | See Brabant Revolution coinage | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | BE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The United Belgian States (Dutch: Verenigde Nederlandse Staten or Verenigde Belgische Staten; French: États-Belgiques-Unis; Latin: Foederatum Belgium), also known as the United States of Belgium, was a short-lived confederal republic in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) established under the Brabant Revolution. It existed from January to December 1790 as part of the unsuccessful revolt against the Habsburg Emperor, Joseph II.
United Belgian States' area coincided between 1789 and 1795 with the western and central part of present-day Belgium. Before that, it corresponded to the largest part of the Austrian Netherlands (Latin: Belgium Austriacum), that is to say, regions within the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the Austrian Habsburgs.