1794 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Sovereign: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Prince-Bishop: François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux
• Governor General of the Austrian Netherlands: Charles of Austria-Lorraine

  Events

• 17–18 April – Battle of Arlon between French and Coalition forces.
• 23 April – Francis II acclaimed Duke of Brabant and Limburg in Brussels.
• 26–30 April – Battle of Mouscron between French and Coalition forces.

• 10–12 May – Second Battle of Courtrai between French and Coalition forces.
• 13 May – Battle of Grandreng between French and Coalition forces.
• 18 May – Battle of Tourcoing between French and Coalition forces.
• 20–24 May – Battle of Erquelinnes between French and Coalition forces.
• 22 May – Battle of Tournai between French and Coalition forces.
• 30 May – Battle of Gosselies between French and Coalition forces begins.
• French troops set fire to Aulne Abbey and Lobbes Abbey.

• 1 June – Siege of Ypres by French Revolutionary forces begins.
• 3 June – Battle of Gosselies between French and Coalition forces concludes.
• 12–16 June – Battle of Lambusart between French and Coalition forces.
• 18 June – Siege of Ypres by French Revolutionary forces ends.
• 26 June – Battle of Fleurus: decisive French victory in the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars.

• 9 July – Tree of Liberty erected on the Place Royale.
• 11 July – French forces muster in Brussels.
• 20 July – François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux, prince-bishop of Liège, flees to Germany.
• 23 July – Antwerp occupied by French forces.

• 9 August – Hefty supplementary tax on nobility and religious houses, with hostages taken to ensure payment.

• 17–18 September – Battle of Sprimont: final Austrian defeat in the Low Countries
• 21 September – Artworks confiscated from castles, churches and religious houses shipped to France.

• 2 October – French forces reach the Rhine.
• 15 October – Administrative reorganisation of occupied provinces proposed.

• 16 November – Administrative reorganisation adopted, introducing arrondissements, civil marriage, free trade with France; abolishing monopolies and noble titles.
• 26 November – French authorities order requisitioning and stockpiling of food.

• Fortifications of Charleroi dismantled.

  Births

• 26 February – Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, politician

• 4 April – Jean-Joseph Charlier, revolutionary

• 9 September – Léandre Desmaisières, politician
• 16 September – Floris Nollet, inventor

• Johannes Baptista van Acker, painter

  Deaths

• 4 April – Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen, painter

• 7 July – Charles-Alexandre de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, nobleman
• 13 July – Josse-François-Joseph Benaut, composer and harpsichordist