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Events on Thursday 1 October 1795 1
1795France annexes the Austrian NetherlandsPresent-day Belgium formally incorporated into FranceThe National Convention decreed the formal annexation of the former Austrian Netherlands, corresponding roughly to modern Belgium, into the French Republic. French forces had occupied the region since 1794 following their victory at Fleurus. The annexation lasted until France's defeat two decades later at the Congress of Vienna.