The United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial but common historiographical name for the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed from 1815 to 1839. The United Netherlands was created in the
William I in March 1815 as King of the Belgians and Grand Duke of Luxembourg on a bronze medal by Michaut, obverse.
On the back of this medal commemorating the unification of the Low Countries: Belgium and the Netherlands shake hands.
King William I
Dutch troops in the Flemish city of Dendermonde in 1820
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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