Liège Revolution

Liège Revolution
	Part of the Atlantic Revolutions
	; Destruction of the Cathedral of Saint-Lambert by revolutionaries.
Date	18 August 1789 — 12 January 1791
Location	City and province of Liège
Result	Foundation of Liège Republic (1789); reversion to Prince-Bishopric (1791); annexation by France (1795)
Belligerents
Liège rebels Republic of Liège (1789–1791); France (from 1792) Supported by: Prussia (from July 1790);	Prince-Bishops of Liège Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy; Supported by: Prussia (1789–1790)
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Remy de Chestret; Jacques-Joseph Fabry; Jean-Nicolas Bassenge	César de Hoensbroeck; Emperor Leopold II

The Liège Revolution, sometimes known as the Happy Revolution (French: Heureuse Révolution; Walloon: Binamêye revolucion), against the reigning prince-bishop of Liège, started on 18 August 1789 and lasted until the destruction of the Republic of Liège and re-establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège by Austrian forces in 1791. The Liège Revolution was concurrent with the French Revolution and its effects were long-lasting and eventually led to the abolition of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and its final annexation by French revolutionary forces in 1795.

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