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Royaume de Belgique—Koninkrijk België (Kingdom of Belgium)

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KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS. 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. The Treaty of London, 19 April 1839, established peace between King Leopold I and the King of the Netherlands.

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  • The Institut National de Statistique. Statistiques du commerce extérieur (monthly). Bulletin de Statistique. Bi-monthly. Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique (from 1870).—Annuaire statistique de poche (from 1965).

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  • Service Fédéral d’Information. Guide de l’Administration Fédérale. Occasional

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  • Fitzmaurice, J., The Politics of Belgium: a Unique Federalism. Farnborough, 1996

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  • Hermans, T. J. et al. (eds.) The Flemish Movement: a Documentary History. London, 1992

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  • Riley, R. C, Belgium. [Bibliography] Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1989

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  • National statistical office: Institut National de Statistique, Rue de Louvain 44, 1000 Brussels.

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  • Service Fédérale d’Information: POB 3000, 1040 Brussels 4.

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© 1997 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Hunter, B. (1997). Belgium. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271265_20

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