Why ?
How?
2007-01-18 14:25:11 · 11 réponses · demandé par jaflkdj j 1 dans Arts et sciences humaines ➔ Histoire
I hope that can help you : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium#History
2007-01-18 14:47:00 · answer #1 · answered by &õãââ¬$ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Belgium was a part of France only during a very short period of time. From 1713, Belgium was a part of Austria. After the rebellion of Belgian peasants (1789-1790), Austrian couldn't win back its influence on this province, which was invaded and finally annexed by France in 1794. After the defeat of Napoleon in Waterloo, Europe was re-designed at the Congress of Vienna (1815). Taking into account the new balance of power in Europe, Belgium was given to the Netherlands.
2007-01-19 04:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by Aze 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Belgians Nazis (national-sozialists) made bad answers ;
A little part of France has been called Belgium but it is an artificial state made to weaken The First Daughter of The Church : La Fille Aînée de L' Eglise en français .
In fact, the separation occured because, alike Louis XIV had done before in 1697 at Ryswick, Louis XV was not courageous enough to keep the Land {south of the Maas River } his troops occupied, so in 1748, at the Aix La Chapelle [ : Aachen, in now Germany Federal Republic ] treaty, it was withdrawn to Maria Theresa's Austria .
It would provoke many years later the French Revolution because except for fools, Wars are not made for none !
Ultimately, this is why this dull country is about to divorce !
2007-01-20 18:43:27 · answer #3 · answered by seatiel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belgium separated from Netherlands because Belgium didn't belong to France, but to Netherlands (excepted when Napoleon's Empire occupied it).
2007-01-18 22:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by :::::: 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think belgium was never a part of France, except for the most southern territories.Every part of belgium was a little kingdom.with a prince
2007-01-18 22:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tiens, je croyais que la charte exigeait le français ... Décidément, je n'y comprends plus rien !
2007-01-22 21:32:27 · answer #6 · answered by dauphinoise58 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Belgium and I studied history. So I agree with many others.
Belgium has never been a part of France.
If you want more details ...
It began in 843, the Treaty of Verdun. The Empire of Charlemagne / Karl der Groose (I don't know the name in english) was divided between his three grandson : Francia Orientalis (Germany), Francia Occidentalis (more or less France) and Francia Media (from the Netherlands to Italy). Most of the territories of Belgium were in the Francia Media, the exception was Flandria (Brugge, Rijsel/Lille and Gent) who belong to France. But Flandria remained very reluctant to obey the french king. During the "100 years war", they helped and prefered the english.
All the territories of current Belgium (and many others) were gathered in the 15th century by the duke of Bourgogne, who tried to create a new kingdom (a new Lotharingia). By heritage, they came to "Charles Quint" (Charles the 5th) of Habsburg, king of Spain, of the "New World", duke of Milan, german emperor, and so on. The so-called "Spanish Netherlands" (that was the name of Belgium at this time) stayed in the possession of Spain after the rebellion of Holland and other protestants territories. There was an exception : the bishop of Liège was prince of an independant country from 879. After the war of succession of Spain (1713), the Netherlands were given the austrian Habsburg, german emperors: they became the "Austrian Netherlands". In 1789, there was a revolution against the centralisation of emperor Joseph II and the country became independant : "les états belgiques unis" (the "united belgian states", belgique was still and adjective). After a counter revolution, we were invided by France and the Campo Formio treaty (1795) gave us (and Liège) to France : we were departements (counties) like others. In 1815, the big nations (England, Pruss, Russia aund Austria) united us (and Luxembourg) to Holland and we became the "kingdom of Netherlands". In 1830, there was the revolution and independance.
So, Belgium was part of France from 1795 to 1815 ans it was not very popular. In the former centuries we had been invided several times by France but also by Holland, England, Pruss.
I've to say that our princes (dukes, counts, ...) and the people who made business were in touch with France. French was a common language in the aristocracy and bourgeoisie from the middle ages. But Belgium war (nearly) never part of France.
2007-01-19 19:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by beaujoual 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belgium didn't belong to France (exept during révolution and empire) Belgium were created by the split of the catholics districts of Nederland. After a short fight, the other europeans countries agreed with this split that were considered better than a merge of the french speaking districts to France.
2007-01-19 15:42:42 · answer #8 · answered by jfmpb8794 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In fact, it comes from the war between Louis XIV's France and the German's policy in Netherlands. After severals campaigns Belgium is cut off from Netherlands. Afterwards, Metternich diplomacy system packed Belgium apart from France.
2007-01-19 09:27:43 · answer #9 · answered by Antigonos Monophtalmos 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sorry for you but i understand you question but unfortunatly i don't have the answer
2007-01-18 23:03:59 · answer #10 · answered by neigerose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋