The Peasants' War (French: Guerre des Paysans; Dutch: Boerenkrijg; German: Klöppelkrieg; Luxembourgish: Klëppelkrich) was a peasant revolt in 1798 against the French Republican 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 after the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797.
The Peasants' War (French: Guerre des Paysans; Dutch: Boerenkrijg; German: Klöppelkrieg; Luxembourgish: Klëppelkrich) was a peasant revolt in 1798 against the French Republican 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 after the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797.
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