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4 days ago · On this day, 21 July 1831, Leopold I arrived in Brussels to be crowned the first monarch of Belgium. At a ceremony at the Place Royale, the young prince swore allegiance to a new Belgian constitution written by the national congress.
4 days ago · Far from a whodunit, Loeb and 19-year-old Nathan Leopold confessed to the murder ten days later, after they became leading suspects. In police interviews, both men admitted the crime was...
1 day ago · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist ...
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4 days ago · But a Congo Reform Association was established, and even Leopold was compelled to set up an inquiry. Things accelerated once American opinion mobilised, helped along by Mark Twain publishing King Leopold’s Soliloquy. In 1908 the king would be obliged to transfer the Congo to the Belgian state — which meant supervision — while Casement ...
4 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · Belgium’s Prince Philippe, the second son of King Leopold I, was one of the most indolent aristocrats in 19th century Europe. He refused numerous foreign crowns, found politics boring and shunned the limelight. Monday, 16 January 2023. By Vincenzo De Meulenaere.
4 days ago · 0. No views 1 minute ago Ozmania. 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...
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