1797 in Belgium

none 1797 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.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. The year 1797 corresponds to the period from 12 Nivôse of Year V to 11 Nivôse of Year VI in the French Republican Calendar. Incumbents Directors Paul Barras Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux Jean-François Rewbell Étienne-François Letourneur (to 26 May), François-Marie de Barthélemy (from 26 May to 5 September), Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai (from 5 September) Lazare Carnot (to 5 September), François de Neufchâteau (from 5 September) Events February 16 February – Abbey of St. Peter in Oudenburg sold at auction. April 28 April – auction of Dominican convent and church in Antwerp begins; buildings bought by Prior Cornelius Peltiers.NBW IV, 656 October 18 October – By the Treaty of Campo Formio the Austrian monarchy accepts the French annexation of the former Austrian Netherlands.s.v. "Austrian Netherlands", Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History since 1789, edited by Nicholas Atkin, Michael Biddiss, Frank Tallett (Oxford, 2011). 25 October – University of Leuven suppressed by decree.Jan Roegiers, "Revolutie in de seminaries", Trajecta 9 (2000), 112-133. 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). Births 2 February – Joseph Guislain, physician (died 1860) 17 September – Eugène-Henri Defacqz, magistrate (died 1871)NBW VI, 215 21 October – Charles Moerman d'Harlebeke, senator (died 1854)NBW II, 557 Deaths 4 May – Jan-Baptist Verlooy (born 1746), revolutionary 17 May – Johannes Joseph Beerenbroek (born 1717), industrialistNBW II, 44 References NBW: Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek 1797 in Category:Former departments of France in Belgium