Events in the year 1797 in the Belgian Departments of France. The French First Republic had annexed the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium) in 1795 and had reorganised the territory as the nine departments Dyle, Escaut, Forêts, Jemmape, Lys, Meuse-Inférieure, Deux-Nèthes, Ourthe, and Sambre-et-Meuse.[1]

1797
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1797
List of years in Belgium

The year 1797 corresponds to the period from 12 Nivôse of Year V to 11 Nivôse of Year VI in the French Republican Calendar.

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Events

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February
April
October
November
  • 20 November – French authorities begin compiling lists of priests in Belgium
  • 25 November – Law of 5 Frimaire confiscates property of all religious colleges, seminaries and confraternities (implementation started 31 December).[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Charles Oudiette, Dictionnaire géographique et topographique des treize départemens de la Belgique et de la rive gauche du Rhin (Paris, Cramer, 1804). On Google Books.
  2. ^ NBW IV, 656
  3. ^ s.v. "Austrian Netherlands", Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History since 1789, edited by Nicholas Atkin, Michael Biddiss, Frank Tallett (Oxford, 2011).
  4. ^ a b Jan Roegiers, "Revolutie in de seminaries", Trajecta 9 (2000), 112-133.
  5. ^ NBW VI, 215
  6. ^ NBW II, 557
  7. ^ NBW II, 44