United Belgian States
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This article is about a historical entity of Belgium. For the country in North America, see United States.
The United Belgian States (Dutch: Verenigde Nederlandse Staten or Verenigde Belgische Staten; French: États-Belgiques-Unis; Latin: Foederatum Belgium), also known as the United States of Belgium, was a short-lived confederal republic in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) established under the Brabant Revolution. It existed from January to December 1790 as part of the unsuccessful revolt against the Habsburg Emperor, Joseph II.
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1790 | |||||||||
Motto: Domini Est Regnum (Latin) Libertas (Latin) "The Kingdom is the Lord's" "Freedom" | |||||||||
Status | Unrecognized state Vassal state of Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Brussels | ||||||||
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Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Government | Confederal Republic | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1790 | François de Nélis | ||||||||
• 1790 | Henri de Crumpipen[1] | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1790 | Henri Van der Noot | ||||||||
Legislature | Sovereign Congress | ||||||||
Historical era | Brabant Revolution | ||||||||
24 October 1789 | |||||||||
11 January 1790 | |||||||||
22 September 1790 | |||||||||
• Surrender of Brussels | 2 December 1790 | ||||||||
Currency | See Brabant Revolution coinage | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | BE | ||||||||
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