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5 days ago · On this day, 21 July 1831, Leopold I arrived in Brussels to be crowned the first monarch of Belgium. At a ceremony at the Place Royale, the young prince swore allegiance to a new Belgian constitution written by the national congress.
- Today in History: The Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference that ...
On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an...
- Today in History: The Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference that ...
3 days ago · Leopold I was the first King of Belgium, ruling for more than three decades in the 19th Century. He was born on Dec. 16, 1790, at Ehrenburg Palace, in Coburg, in the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, which is now in Germany but was then in the Holy Roman Empire.
4 days ago · Belgium is a relatively young country, but has been a constitutional monarchy since its founding in 1830. After originally being part of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, since 1920 it has been ...
5 days ago · Meanwhile, King Leopold III, who succeeded his father, Albert I, in 1934, faced an increasingly tense international situation. Leopold advocated a policy of neutrality aimed at keeping Belgium from the seemingly inevitable conflict.
5 days ago · The crown was offered to Leopold I of Saksen-Coburg and Gotha who swore his constitutional oath on 21 July 1831 as King of the Belgians - not of Belgium - since he was chosen by the peoples’ representatives.
3 days ago · After Belgium became the administering authority under the mandates system of the League of Nations, Rwanda and Burundi formed a single administrative entity; they continued to be jointly administered as the Territory of Ruanda-Urundi until the end of the Belgian trusteeship in 1962.
4 days ago · On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure the 'Scramble for Africa'.
