The Free University of Brussels was a private university in Brussels, Belgium. It existed between 1834 and 1969 when it split along linguistic lines.
The main building of the Solbosch/Solbos campus, built in the 1920s. It now houses the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, founder of the Free University of Brussels
The Free University, then housed in the Granvelle Palace, c. 1900
The university's football team that won the bronze medal at the 1900 Olympic Games
The Catholic University of Leuven was one of Belgium's major universities. It split along linguistic lines after a period of civil unrest in 1967–68 commonly known as the Leuven Affair in French and F
Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)
…state universities of Liège and Ghent. The "Linguistic Wars" affected the Free University, which split along language lines in 1969 in the aftermath of student unrest at Leuven the previous year. Today, two institutions carry the "Free University of Brussels" name: the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and…
Flemish students and Gendarmes clash at Leuven in January 1968
The historic library of the Catholic University of Leuven, rebuilt after its destruction by the German Army in 1914, was a symbol of Belgian national identity
View of Louvain-la-Neuve, a planned town built after 1971 to accommodate the French section of the university