Brussels Congress (1868)

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The Brussels Congress of 1868 is the common name assigned to the 3rd General Congress of the International Workingmen's Association (IWA), generally known as the First International. The meeting was held in the city of Brussels, Belgium in September 1868.

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Events in the year 1935 in Belgium.

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