1794 in Belgium

Events of the year 1794 in the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).

Incumbents

 * Sovereign: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
 * Prince-Bishop: François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux (to 20 July)
 * Governor General of the Austrian Netherlands: Charles of Austria-Lorraine

Events

 * April
 * 17–18 April – Battle of Arlon between French and Coalition forces.
 * 23 April – Francis II acclaimed Duke of Brabant and Limburg in Brussels.
 * 26–30 April – Battle of Mouscron between French and Coalition forces.


 * May
 * 10–12 May – Second Battle of Courtrai between French and Coalition forces.
 * 13 May – Battle of Grandreng between French and Coalition forces.
 * 18 May – Battle of Tourcoing between French and Coalition forces.
 * 20–24 May – Battle of Erquelinnes between French and Coalition forces.
 * 22 May – Battle of Tournai between French and Coalition forces.
 * 30 May – Battle of Gosselies between French and Coalition forces begins.
 * French troops set fire to Aulne Abbey and Lobbes Abbey.


 * June
 * 1 June – Siege of Ypres by French Revolutionary forces begins.
 * 3 June – Battle of Gosselies between French and Coalition forces concludes.
 * 12–16 June – Battle of Lambusart between French and Coalition forces.
 * 18 June – Siege of Ypres by French Revolutionary forces ends.
 * 26 June – Battle of Fleurus: decisive French victory in the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.


 * July
 * 9 July – Tree of Liberty erected on the Place Royale (Brussels).
 * 11 July – French forces muster in Brussels.
 * 20 July – François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux, prince-bishop of Liège, flees to Germany.
 * 23 July – Antwerp occupied by French forces.


 * August
 * 9 August – Hefty supplementary tax on nobility and religious houses, with hostages taken to ensure payment.


 * September
 * 17–18 September – Battle of Sprimont: final Austrian defeat in the Low Countries
 * 21 September – Artworks confiscated from castles, churches and religious houses shipped to France.


 * October
 * 2 October – French forces reach the Rhine.
 * 15 October – Administrative reorganisation of occupied provinces proposed.


 * November
 * 16 November – Administrative reorganisation adopted, introducing arrondissements, civil marriage, free trade with France; abolishing monopolies and noble titles.
 * 26 November – French authorities order requisitioning and stockpiling of food.


 * December
 * Fortifications of Charleroi dismantled.

Births

 * February
 * 26 February – Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, politician (died 1874)


 * April
 * 4 April – Jean-Joseph Charlier, revolutionary (died 1886)


 * September
 * 9 September – Léandre Desmaisières, politician (died 1864)
 * 16 September – Floris Nollet, inventor (died 1853)


 * Date uncertain
 * Johannes Baptista van Acker, painter (died 1863)

Deaths

 * April
 * 4 April – Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen (born 1737), painter


 * July
 * 7 July – Charles-Alexandre de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace (born 1744), nobleman
 * 13 July – Josse-François-Joseph Benaut (born c.1743), composer and harpsichordist