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The kingdom of Belgium formed itself into an independent state in 1830, having from 1815 been part of the Netherlands. The secession was decreed on 4 Oct. 1830 by a provisional government, established in consequence of a revolution which broke out at Brussels, on 25 Aug. 1830. A National Congress elected Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg King of the Belgians on 4 June 1831; he ascended the throne 21 July 1831.
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Annuaire administratif et judiciaire de Belgique. Annual. Brussels
L’économie belge. Ministère des Affaires Economiques. Annual (from 1947)
Guide des Ministères: Revue de l’Administration Belge. Brussels, Annual
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Paxton, J. (1989). Belgium. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271180_18
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