page_title: Liège Revolution
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Liège Revolution / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: Château Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium
context_page_description: The Liège Revolution, sometimes known as the Happy Revolution, 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 Bishopric of Liège and its final annexation by French revolutionary forces in 1795.
context_section_description: 1772 : Velbrück is made prince-bishop of Liège, he encourages the arts and new ideas until his death in 1784.
  1784 : Hoensbroeck replaces Velbrück as prince-bishop, he is much more authoritarian and reactionary than his predecessor.
  1789 : Revolution breaks out simultaneously in Paris and Liège. Hoensbroeck flees to Germany and the Liège Republic is proclaimed.
  1791 : First restoration – the Austrian army puts Hoensbroeck back in power and most supporters of the Republic go into exile in Paris.
  1792 : Hoensbroeck dies and is replaced by François-Antoine-Marie de Méan who has to make a quick escape after the battle of Jemappes, which enables French troops under Dumouriez to take control of the Principality of Liège and the Austrian Netherlands.
  1793 : The citizens of Liège vote for the Principality to be annexed by France, but the Austrians defeat the French at the Battle of Neerwinden and put a prince-bishop back in charge of Liège.
  1794 : In the battles of Fleurus and Sprimont, the French recapture the principality.
  1795 : The French National Convention endorses the principality's incorporation into France.
caption: The prince-bishops' summer residence at Seraing
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