Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.

Peasants' War (1798)

Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

The Peasants' War was a peasant revolt in 1798 against the French occupiers of the Southern Netherlands, a region which now includes Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Germany. The French had annexed the region in 1795 and control of the region was officially ceded to the French…