• Thumbnail for Jean-André van der Mersch
    Jean-André van der Mersch (also known as Jan Andries vander Mersch or Jan André van der Meersch) (Menen, 1734 – Dadizele, 14 September 1792) was a leading...
    2 KB (144 words) - 07:29, 21 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Turnhout (1789)
    took place shortly after the revolutionary (patriot) army of Jean-André van der Mersch crossed the border from the Dutch Republic where it had previously...
    7 KB (747 words) - 23:20, 11 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Menen
    was born in Lauwe Jean-André van der Mersch (1734–1792), leader of the Brabant patriots in the Brabant Revolution in 1789 Arthur Van Overberghe (born 1990)...
    8 KB (650 words) - 12:34, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vonckists
    religion, though a small faction was anti-clerical. Jan Frans Vonck Jean-André van der Mersch Jan-Baptist Verlooy Jacques Meyer Charles-Lambert Doutrepont United...
    5 KB (398 words) - 15:27, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Belgium
    independence from Austrian rule. Brabant rebels, under the command of Jean-André van der Mersch, defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Turnhout and launched...
    160 KB (19,973 words) - 22:56, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Belgian Legion (1792)
    Revolution as an aide to General Jean-André van der Mersch. It comprised two battalions. The first was commanded by Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau and served in...
    3 KB (262 words) - 21:05, 27 March 2023
  • corporal in the Austrian army. He fought in the rebel army of Jean-André van der Mersch, who won the Battle of Turnhout against the Austrians in 1789...
    3 KB (374 words) - 19:16, 11 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Brabant Revolution
    in Hasselt. On 30 August, Pro Aris et Focis voted to install Jean-André van der Mersch (or Vandermersch), a retired military officer, as the commander...
    48 KB (5,742 words) - 20:28, 21 January 2024
  • I've seen at work; his widow and onetime assistant director, Mylene van der Mersch, often conveyed his instructions." Bresson died on 18 December 1999...
    46 KB (4,690 words) - 15:46, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fortress of Luxembourg
    luxembourgeois, 2009. Mersch, Jacques. "Luxembourg: vues ancienne". Luxembourg: Editions Paul Bruck, 1977. (in French) Bruns, André. Luxembourg as a Federal...
    68 KB (8,196 words) - 13:29, 26 April 2024