The Manifesto of the People of Brabant (, ) was a document made public at the start of the

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in 1789 proclaiming the end of the domination of the House of Austria over the

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. It was first written in

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and then printed in

and

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Background

In October 1789, the leader of the "Statists",

Henri Van der Noot Henri van der Noot, in Dutch Hendrik van der Noot, and popularly called Heintje van der Noot or Vader Heintje (7 January 1731 – 12 January 1827), was a jurist, lawyer and politician from Duchy of Brabant, Brabant. He was one of the main figures ...

and the general

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led a small army of patriots from the

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where they had been in exile into the Duchy of Brabant, then under Austrian rule. The first significant town liberated was

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and it was there that van der Noot made the declaration public to his army.

Manifesto

The manifesto was first read on 24 October 1789 in the town of

, though it had been published on the previous day by the Committee of

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. The Duke of Brabant was obliged by the terms of the

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to respect the privileges of the people of Brabant. The element which sparked the revolution was the infringement of the terms, meaning that the declaration also declared Duke Joseph of Brabant deposed from his position. The declaration led, in January 1790, to the establishment of the

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References

External links

Manifeste des Brabançons
, text of the manifesto {{Authority control Brabant Revolution Political manifestos 1789 documents Declarations of independence Hoogstraten 1789 in the Habsburg monarchy 1789 in the Holy Roman Empire

Background

Manifesto

See also

References

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