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  2. History of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Belgium created huge debts during times when rates were low and generated new debts to service the initial debt. Its debts amounted to about 130% of the GDP in 1992 and were increased to about 108,2% in 2001. [152] This drastic economic policy resulted in deep budget spending cuts, such as cuts to scientific research. [citation needed]

  3. Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million ...

  4. Belgium–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    Belgium–United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between Belgium and the United Kingdom. Belgium has an embassy in London and 8 honorary consulates (in Belfast , Edinburgh , Gibraltar , Kingston-upon-Hull , Manchester , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Saint Helier , and Southampton ). [ 1 ]

  5. Timeline of Belgian history - Wikipedia

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    Belgium made part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. [143] 1815: 16 June: Battle of Ligny: Napoleon Bonaparte's last victory. 18 June: Battle of Waterloo: final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1820: Publication of J. B. Romberg's A New Picture of Brussels and its Environs [144] 1822: Société Générale founded 1823

  6. Treaty of London (1839) - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of London of 1839, [1] was signed on 19 April 1839 between the major European powers, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium.It was a direct follow-up to the 1831 Treaty of the XVIII Articles, which the Netherlands had refused to sign, and the result of negotiations at the London Conference of 1838–1839 which sought to maintain the Concert of Europe.

  7. Belgian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    At first reluctant to accept, [20] he eventually took up the offer, and after an enthusiastic popular welcome on his way to Brussels, [21] Leopold I of Belgium took his oath as king on 21 July 1831. 21 July is generally used to mark the end of the revolution and the start of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is celebrated each year as Belgian National ...

  8. England 1-0 Belgium: ... On occasion they did manage to spot the gaps, like when another Charles run made its way to Hemp and the latter spotted Alessia Russo, but the final product was nowhere to ...

  9. List of sovereign states by date of formation - Wikipedia

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    Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...