Meanwhile, French culture was spreading fast.[3] For instance, the La Monnaie Theater showed 95% of plays in French by the middle of the 18th century.[4] During the War of the Austrian Succession, between 1745 and 1749, Brussels was under French rule.[5] Under these circumstances, especially after 1780, French became the adopted language of much of the Flemish bourgeoisie,[37] who were later pejoratively labelled Franskiljons (loosely: little Frenchies).