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  2. Belgian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, the Belgian revolution of 1830 was depicted in one of the highest value Belgian coins ever minted, the 100 euro "175 Years of Belgium" coin. The obverse depicts a detail from Wappers' painting Scene of the September Days in 1830.

  3. Bombardment of Antwerp (1830) - Wikipedia

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    Belgium: Commanders and leaders; David Hendrik Chassé: Strength; Mostly Gunboats: Population was 73,605 [1] [2] Casualties and losses; Low, or none: Estimated 9 Million Dollars+ of Property Destroyed [3] number of dead unknown but Chasse said bloody, and so many dead [4]

  4. 1830 in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    25 August – Belgian Revolution begins; September. 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed; October. October – Garde Civique formed to maintain public order; 4 October – Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence. [1] [2] 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever ...

  5. Revolutions of 1830 - Wikipedia

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    Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution.. The Revolutions of 1830 were a revolutionary wave in Europe which took place in 1830. It included two "romantic nationalist" revolutions, the Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the July Revolution in France along with rebellions in Congress Poland, Italian states, Portugal and ...

  6. Provisional Government of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    As the Belgian Revolution raged in Brussels, William I of the Netherlands attempted to forcefully end the revolt. An army under William's son, Prince Frederick, occupied the city on 23 September. A Revolutionary Committee was formed by the Belgians to organize a revolt against the occupying force, and the Dutch began their retreat on the 26th.

  7. Belgium in the long nineteenth century - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. History of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    A key turning point when it was used specifically to refer to the southern part of the Netherlands was during the so-called "Brabant revolution" or "First Belgian Revolution" in 1790. This terminology was revived after the better known revolution of 1830, when modern Belgium broke out of the post-Waterloo kingdom of the Netherlands.

  9. Luxembourg and the Belgian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The separation between Belgium and present-day Luxembourg was felt with trepidation by the Belgian people. Belgian annexationism, which would manifest sporadically from 1840 to 1919, i.e., for nearly 80 years, and would evoke sympathy or defense reactions in Luxembourg, initially had a comprehensible origin. [4]