With the fall of the Austrian regime,…
December 1789 CE
Figures within revolutionary France, such as Jacques Pierre Brissot, praise their work and encourage them to declare their own national independence in the spirit of the American Revolution.
On November 30, a Declaration of Unity had been signed between Flanders and the Brabant states.
On December 20, an actual declaration of independence is signed proclaiming the end of Austrian rule and the independence of the states.
After the rebel capture of Brussels on December 18, work had soon begun on a new constitution.
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