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Painting of Belgica, the national personification of Belgium, painted in 1880 for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence And yes, that is where my profile picture comes from
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Cartoon showing the wedding between the Netherlands and Belgium at the Treaty of Vienna, by Robert Seymour, 1832.
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Antwerp, 1900
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Julius Caesar entering the lands of the Belgae, circa 57 BC.
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(Sorry, I couldn't help myself)
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Two Belgian Jews during WWII
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Today, 196 years ago, the Belgian Revolution began
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French-Belgian friendship poster, unknown date
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Today, 33 years ago
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Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, by Gustaaf Wappers, 1835
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs by Nicaise De Keyser, 1836
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Today, 211 years ago
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Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot inspecting Belgian army nurses. London, 1942.
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Camille Gutt*, not Pierlot. My bad.
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Oostende, 1895
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Portrait of Pope Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope, as a priest. Although from Utrecht, in what is now the Netherlands, he studied for the priesthood at the University of Leuven, even becoming vice-chancellor of the university.
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Drawing of Brussels, somewhere in the 1800s
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‘Slaaf noch bedelaar, mag de arbeider zijn. Hij moet een vrij en welvarend man wezen’ — Adolf Daens, Flemish Catholic priest and labour activist
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Think of this as a late May 1 post.
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Belgian irredentist poster from immediately after WWI
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