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This incident was the origin of further trouble at the beginning of the Austrian régime, when Prince Eugène, being engaged in the war against the Turks, delegated the Marquis de Prié to represent him in the Low Countries. Unwilling to comply with the new regulations, the Brussels artisans refused to pay the taxes. They were led by a chair-maker, François Anneessens.
Anneessens was executed, and the bitterness provoked by this tyrannical measure obliged the Government to recall Prié a few years later . These popular movements were only the first signs of the increasing restlessness of the people which caused the Brabançonne revolution of 1789.
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