Why Isn't Belgium Part of the Netherlands? | History of the Low Countries 100 AD - 1815

Belgium and the Netherlands are two of the three countries in Western Europe that make up the Low Countries. In many ways the two are very similar, and historically at different periods in history large parts of both were ruled by the same political entities including the Roman Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Burgundian Netherlands, the Habsburg Netherlands, The Spanish Empire, and finally the Kingdom of the United Netherlands. But today the two are independent of one another despite the many cultural similarities and shared history. In this three part series I will be looking at how Belgium became independent from the Netherlands starting with this episode on the historical context of the two countries.

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0:00 - Intro
1:26 - Leve De Koning!
1:42 - Belgium & The Netherlands' Ancient History
3:28 - Belgium & The Netherlands' Middle Ages
5:09 - The Eighty Years War
6:07 - The Netherlands Divided
6:54 - The Brabantine Revolution
7:53 - Patriots and Orangists in the Dutch Republic
9:29 - France Invades Belgium
10:26 - The Batavian Republic
11:04 - The Kingdom of Holland
11:57 - Liberation
12:28 - The Return of the Stadthouder
13:49 - The Kingdom of the United Netherlands
15:44 - A House Divided?
18:42 - Outro



Music Used:
Expeditionary - Kevin MacLeod
Angevin B - Kevin MacLeod
Inspired - Kevin MacLeod
Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod
Hungarian Rhapsody - Franz Liszt
Egmond Ooverture - Beethoven
Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik - Mozart

Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod

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