The Belgian Massacres
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"The Belgian Massacres. To the Workmen of Europe and the United States" is a minor political pamphlet written by Karl Marx in May 1869. In it, Marx responds to the violent repression of strikes which
Karl Marx, pictured in 1869
In the history of Belgium, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, includes the end of Austrian rule and periods of French and Dutch rule over the
Market day in the Campine (1910) by Frans Van Leemputten depicts rural life in the Belgian Kempen region
Belgian holidaymakers at Ostend in Flanders, c.1895
The Battle of Fleurus, which pushed the Austrians out of the territory for the last time
Napoleon attending the launch of the warship Friedland in Antwerp in 1810