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Monarch – Joseph II

Governors General – Maria Christina of Austria-Lorraine with Albert Casimir of Saxony

Minister Plenipotentiary – Ludovico di Belgiojoso; Sir Joseph Murray (acting, 19 July to 27 October); Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff

Prince-Bishop – César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck

1 January – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, decrees the abolition of existing law courts and the institution of new law courts for the Duchy of Brabant,^[1] to take effect from 1 May 1787,^[2] and a General Council of Government.
29 January – States of Brabant, meeting in Brussels, admonish the Emperor that the Joyous Entry cannot be unilaterally altered.^[3]^: 71
20 April – Council of Brabant declares its own abolition unconstitutional.^[1]
23 April – Henri Van der Noot presents his "Mémoire sur les droits du peuple brabançon" to the States of Brabant.^[4]^: 48
26 April – States of Brabant refuse to vote taxes until their grievances are addressed.^[4]^: 49
28 May – Governors General Maria Christina and Albert suspend implementation of Joseph II's reforms.^[4]^: 55-56
4 June – Guilds of Brussels assemble to enroll militiamen.^[4]^: 56-57
19 July – Ludovico di Belgiojoso recalled as minister plenipotentiary; replaced as acting minister by Sir Joseph Murray
July and August – First public disturbances that will become the Brabant Revolution.
20 September – Fighting between Austrian troops and citizen militiamen in Brussels.^[4]^: 61
21 September – Joseph II's interim minister plenipotentiary, Sir Joseph Murray, suspends the abolition of the Council of Brabant.^[1]
27 October – Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff arrives as minister plenipotentiary.
17 December – Joseph II issues three new reform edicts.^[3]^: 72

François-Xavier de Feller, Catéchisme philosophique ou Recueil d'observations propres a défendre la religion chrétienne contre ses ennemis (revised edition; Liège)^[5]
Charles Lambert d'Outrepont, Considérations sur la constitution des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg.^[6]

28 April – Jean-Joseph Raikem, politician (died 1875)
30 April – Charles d'Hane de Steenhuyze, politician (died 1858)
16 November – François-Joseph Navez, painter (died 1869)
3 December
- Eduard de Lannoy, composer (died 1853)
- Philippe Veranneman de Watervliet, mayor of Bruges (died 1844)

^ ^a ^b ^c D. De Stobbeleir, "Verzet tegen de hervormingen van Jozef II en de staatsgreep van 18 juni 1789", tr. M. Erkens, in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 262–267.
^ "Causes of the discontents in the Austrian Netherlands", The Annual Register, 29 (1789), p. 208. On Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Paul F. State, Historical Dictionary of Brussels (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Janet Polasky, Revolution in Brussels, 1787–1793 (Brussels, 1982). Online.
^ Vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 on Google Books.
^ On Google Books

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