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Belgian Revolution
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The Belgian Revolution was a conflict in which the southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands broke away to form their own independent country, the Kingdom of Belgium. It matters because it resulted in the creation of Belgium as a separate nation and reshaped the political map of Europe in the early 19th century.
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Belgian rebels France (from 1831)
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