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Belgium, a constitutional monarchy, gained its independence in 1830 from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. By the time this was universally recognized in 1839, most European powers already had colonies and protectorates outside Europe and had begun to form spheres of influence.
In the years leading up to 1789, the territory today known as Belgium was divided into two states, called the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-Bishopric of Liège, both of which were part of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Belgian Revolution (French: Révolution belge, Dutch: Belgische Revolutie/opstand/omwenteling) was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.
19 kwi 2024 · Central Africa’s long history witnessed growing connections to the wider world as a result of the Atlantic slave trade and then increasing activity by East African Swahili traders and Europeans in the 1800s. Strictly speaking, the official period of Belgian colonial rule in the Congo began in 1908 and lasted until 1960, when the Congo ...
of imperialism in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Belgian history. Reopening the question of early Belgian imperialism is not a Herculean task where the king himself is concerned.
23 maj 2024 · The Kingdom of Belgium became involved in overseas imperialism in an oblique manner starting in the late 1800s during an era of rapid claim-making and conquest by European powers and the United States directed primarily at sub-Saharan Africa and south and southeast Asia.
This introductory history offers an accessible and rigorous overview of this small but important West-European country, synthesizing Belgium's main economic, social, political, and cultural developments from pre-Roman times until today.
