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Vor 2 Tagen · 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'. Throughout the 19th century, the anti-slave trade movement was in full swing in Europe.
Vor einem Tag · Protesters in Brussels, Belgium in 2020 criticizing the atrocities committed in Belgian Congo under King Leopold II. Source: Harvard International Review Source: Harvard International Review The geographically smallest European power in the conference, Belgium, had perhaps the most devastating colonial reign in Africa.
Vor 2 Tagen · King Leopold II Of Belgium ruled Belgium from 1865 to 1909 and was the private owner of the Congo Free State (1885 to 1908). The atrocities against the Congo...
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Vor 5 Tagen · Dive deep into the chilling history of King Leopold II of Belgium, a monarch whose reign stretched far beyond the ornate halls of his kingdom into the dark depths of the Congo Free State....
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Vor 4 Tagen · In 1887, even King Leopold II made an oration in Dutch, followed by the first speeches in Dutch in the Belgian Parliament. The Equality Law of 1898 made Dutch (still called Vlaamsche taal ) an official language in Belgium, leading to laws being published in both languages.
Vor einem Tag · Uncertain (see German casualties) [h] The invasion of Belgium or Belgian campaign [2] (10–28 May 1940), often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign ( French: Campagne des 18 jours; Dutch: Achttiendaagse Veldtocht ), formed part of the larger Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War.
Vor einem Tag · As he had lost his princely titles, Leopold was later granted the rank and precedence of a younger son of a marquess; gaining him the title of ‘Lord’. After the war, Lord Leopold Mountbatten moved in with his mother at Kensington Palace and in April 1920, he made the difficult decision to step back from the army.
