After the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Congress of Vienna created a kingdom for the House of Orange-Nassau, thus combining the United Provinces of the Netherlands with the former

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The revolution was due to a combination of factors, the main one being the difference of religion (Catholic in today's Belgium,

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Catholic partisans watched with excitement the unfolding of the July Revolutionin France, details of which were swiftly reported in the

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On 20 December 1830 the London Conference of 1830brought together five major European powers: Austria, Great Britain, France, Prussia and Russia. At first the European powers were

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Ten Days' Campaign
King William was not satisfied with the settlement drawn up in London and did not accept Belgium's claim of

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Cinquantenaire (50th anniversary)
The golden jubilee of independence set up the Cinquantenaire park complex in Brussels.
175th anniversary

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In November 1830, the National Congress of Belgium was established to create a constitution for the new state. The Congress decided that Belgium would be a popular, constitutional monarchy. On 7 February 1831, the Belgian Constitutionwas proclaimed. However,

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