Belgium is a creation of the french, English and Germans. So there would be a buffer between France and Germany and to see that holland (who it was owned by before the independace) didn't became a to big power. This was decided at the treaty fo Vienna. There was no regard for the bilangual problem for the future. It should have been divided into a piece for the french and a piece for the Netherlands, seeing that the belgians are 65% dutch-speaking and 35% french-speaking.
The people of Belgium speak three languages because the area was settled by the French, the Germans, and the Flemish people. Freedom of language is a part of the constitution in Belgium.
The Franks settled in modern-day France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and western Germany.
Henry Morton Stanley's exploration of the Congo in 1876 directly led to it becoming a colony of Belgium. Congo became a free state in 1885.
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During WWI you had two Belgium's: Belgium in Belgium and Belgium in exile. This was because the huge amount of Belgian refugees
Generally not. Settled is settled.
No one settled there
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Quite a number actually, as he was born in the Netherlands. He traveled through Italy and Spain and settled in Italy for a number of years. Switzerland and Belgium were the next two before he returned to the Netherlands.
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People born in Belgium are called Belgians
Belgium is a country in Europe. The capital of Belgium is Brussels.