1870 in Belgium

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1870
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Belgium

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See also: Other events of 1870
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1870 in Belgium .

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Monarch: Leopold II
Head of government: Walthère Frère-Orban (to 16 June); Jules d'Anethan (from 2 July)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  2. Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 949.
  3. On Google Books
  4. Online
  5. Vol. 1 on Google Books
  6. On Google Books
  7. "De l'enseignement primaire en Belgique". 1870.
  8. "La nationalité belge: Ou Flamands & Wallons". 1870.
  9. "Systems of land tenure in various countries. A series of essays pub. Under the sanction of the Cobden club". 1870.
  10. Merten, François (1870). "Géographie industrielle et commerciale de la Belgique".