Belgian Revolution
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The Belgian Revolution was a conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.
Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Gustaaf Wappers
Portrait of William I by Joseph Paelinck, 1819
Charles Rogier leads the 250 revolutionary volunteers from Liège to Brussels (Charles Soubre, 1878)
Retreat of the Dutch cavalry on the Vlaamsesteenweg in Brussels, 1830
Leopold I of Belgium
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Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
Belgian Revolution
…to the Great Powers. The resulting 1830 London Conference of major European powers recognised Belgian independence. Following the installation of Leopold I as King of the Belgians in 1831, King William made a belated attempt to reconquer Belgium and restore his position through a military campaign. This…
Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856
Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg, where Leopold was born in 1790, pictured c. 1900
Napoleon and Alexander I depicted at the Congress of Erfurt
The charge of the cuirassiers at the Battle of Kulm