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The Walloon Movement traces its ancestry to 1856 when literary and folkloric movements based around the Society of Walloon language and literature [] began forming. Despite the formation of the Society of Walloon Literature, it was not until around 1880 that a "Walloon and French-speaking defense movement" appeared, following the linguistic laws of the 1870s.
Walloons are historically credited with pioneering the Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe in the early 19th century. [22] In modern history, Brussels has been the major town or the capital of the region. Because of long Spanish and minor French rule, French became the sole official language.
The history of Wallonia, from prehistoric times to the present day, is that of a territory which, since 1970, has approximately coincided with the territory of Wallonia, a federated component of Belgium, which also includes the smaller German-speaking Community of Belgium (73,000 inhabitants). Wallonia is the name colloquially given to the ...
The Walloon Movement (French: Mouvement wallon) is an umbrella term for all Belgium political movements that either assert the existence of a Walloon identity and of Wallonia and/or defend French culture and language within Belgium, either within the framework of the 1830 Deal or either defending the linguistic rights of French-speakers. [1]
The Walloon Guards (Gardes Wallonnes; in Spanish, Guardias Valonas) [1] were an infantry corps recruited for the Spanish Army in the region now known as Belgium, mainly from Catholic Wallonia. As foreign troops without direct ties amongst the Spanish population, the Walloons were often tasked with the maintenance of public order, eventually ...
Walloon ancestry also became a way to explain tanned skin or dark hair found in Swedes. [16] [15] The Walloons are seen as the first modern Swedes, and are a "sought-after object of identification". [15] The societies built by the Walloons can be considered a precursor of Swedish welfare system. [15] Walloon man and child at Walloon forge in Sweden
Contributions to the development of science and technology have appeared since the beginning of the country's history. The baptismal font of Renier de Huy is not the only example of medieval Walloon technical expertise: the words "houille" (coal) [19] or "houilleur" (coal miner) or "grisou" (damp) were coined in Wallonia and are Walloon in origin.
The history and presence of the Walloon people, i.e. francophone Belgians, in the Netherlands goes back to the foundation process of the Dutch state. Even more so, the region now known as Wallonia was part of the historical Southern Netherlands, a region now divided between the Netherlands, Belgium and the French Nord-Pas-de-Calais.