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After Dutch forces were expelled from Brussels on 27 September 1830, the recently-created Revolutionary Committee transformed into the Provisional Government. The independence of Belgium as a state was officially declared on 4 October. On 7 February 1831, the Constitution of Belgium was proclaimed and Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier was declared ...
This day (21 July) has since been Belgian National Day. The Constitution of 1831, which was very progressive for its time, was accepted on 7 February 1831. The Provisional Government was subsequently dismantled. The National Congress itself remained in place until the official elections of a first Parliament on 29 August 1831.
The Provisional Government of Belgium, led by Charles Rogier, was formed on 24 September and Belgian independence was officially proclaimed on 4 October while work began on creating a constitution. In December, international governments at the Conference of London recognized the independence of Belgium and guaranteed its neutrality . [ 26 ]
Alexandre Gendebien (leftmost) as member of the Provisional Government of Belgium, 1830. Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (Mons, 4 May 1789 – Brussels, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium, where he also became minister of Justice.
1831 in Belgium. 2 languages. ... Head of government – Etienne Constantin de Gerlache (27 February–10 March), Joseph Lebeau (10 March–24 July), ...
The Provisional Government of Belgium or the General Government of Belgium governed the Southern Netherlands from February 1814 to September 1815, when the Southern Netherlands was definitively incorporated into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official documents at that time were in French, in which it was labeled as 'Gouvernement ...
17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands. [3] 27 October – Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel. [1] November. 3 November – Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held. 10 November – First session of the National Congress ...
On 22 April 1831, Leopold was approached by a Belgian delegation at Marlborough House to officially offer him the throne. [19] 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.