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Belgian merchants and industrialists complained about the free trade policy pursued from 1827 onwards. The separation of France had caused the industry of the South to lose a large part of its turnover. On the other hand, the colony of the East Indies was experiencing a long period of revolt and British products were competing with Belgian ...
The siege of Antwerp took place after fighting in the Belgian Revolution ended. On 15 November 1832, the French Armée du Nord under Marshal Gérard began to lay siege to the Dutch troops there under David Chassé. The siege ended on 23 December 1832. The French had agreed with the Belgian rebels that the latter would not participate in the ...
It depicts the 1832 Siege of Antwerp when the French Army of the North besieged and captured the Dutch-held Antwerp Citadel in Belgium. [1] The concluding stage of the Belgian Revolution it was a major foreign policy boost for the new July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I. The painting shows Marshal Gérard order the assault on the Citadel.
10 November – First session of the National Congress of Belgium. [4] 25 November – Étienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes; December. 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise ...
In 1830, with the Belgian Revolution, the Belgian provinces declared their independence, but only finally gained it in 1839. From 1885 the creation of a personal colony by King Leopold II, the Congo Free State caused an international outcry over human rights abuses, and forced the Belgian state to annex the region in 1908, forming the Belgian ...
The campaign was an attempt by the Dutch King William I to halt the course of the Belgian Revolution which had broken out in August 1830. The Dutch army invaded Belgium on 2 August 1831 and defeated Belgian forces in several battles over the course of the next few days, advancing deep into Belgian territory.
Siege of Antwerp (1832), conducted by French forces against a Dutch garrison after the Belgian Revolution's Ten Days' Campaign. The Siege of Antwerp, an 1840 painting by Horace Vernet depicting the 1832 siege; Siege of Antwerp (1914), conducted by German forces against a Belgian and British garrison during World War I.
Five-year commercial treaty with France (1854) extended for two more years. [154] 14 June: Partial legislative elections of 1859: 31 August: Lower House of the Belgian Parliament passes a motion for the fortification of Antwerp. [151]: 556 1860: 9 July: Belgian consulate in Damascus destroyed during anti-Christian pogroms. [151]: 577 18 July