Austrian Netherlands
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Österreichische Niederlande Oostenrijkse Nederlanden Belgium Austriacum |
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Province of Austria State of the Holy Roman Empire |
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 The Austrian Netherlands in 1789.
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| Capital | Brussels | |||||||||
| Languages | German, Dutch, Latin | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||||||
| Government | Governorate | |||||||||
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| • | 1716–1724 | Francis Eugene (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1793–1794 | Charles Louis (last) | ||||||||
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| • | 1714–1716 | Lothar Dominik (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1793–1794 | (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern | |||||||||
| • | Treaty of Rastatt | 7 March 1714 | ||||||||
| • | Treaty of Fontainebleau | 8 November 1785 | ||||||||
| • | Brabant Revolution | 1789–1790 | ||||||||
| • | Battle of Sprimont | 18 September 1794 | ||||||||
| • | Treaty of Campo Formio | 1797 | ||||||||
| Currency | Kronenthaler | |||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Belgium Germany Luxembourg
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The Austrian Netherlands (German: Österreichische Niederlande; Dutch: Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; Latin: Belgium Austriacum) was the Southern Netherlands between 1714 and 1797. The period began with the acquisition of the territory by the Habsburg Monarchy under the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714 and lasted until its annexation during the aftermath of the Battle of Sprimont in 1794 and the Peace of Basel in 1795. Austria, however, did not relinquish its claim over the province until 1797 in the Treaty of Campo Formio. The Austrian Netherlands was a noncontiguous territory that consisted of what is now western Belgium as well as greater Luxembourg, bisected by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The dominant languages were German (including Luxembourgish), Dutch (Flemish), and French, along with Picard and Walloon.
Under the Treaty of Rastatt (1714), following the War of the Spanish Succession, the surviving portions of the Spanish Netherlands were ceded to Austria.
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