Belgium: Polity Style: 1814-2012 |
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| 15 Feb 1814 | provisional government headed by Gouverneur-général de la Belgique installed under authority of the Allies [1] |
| 15 Feb 1814 - 16 Mar 1815 | Belgique (also La Belgique) [2] |
| 21 Jul 1814 | act on transfer of sovereignty to the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands is signed [3] |
| 1 Aug 1814 | proclamation of the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands on assumption of authority in Belgium [4] |
| 16 Mar 1815 | proclamation on unification of the Netherlands and Belgium and formation of Koninkrijk der Nederlanden [5] |
| 16 Mar 1815 - 4 Oct 1830 | constituent part of the Netherlands |
| 4 Oct 1830 | proclamation of independence by provisional government (confirmed by decree of the National Congress of 18 Nov 1830) [6] |
| 4 Oct 1830 - 25 Feb 1831 | Belgique (also La Belgique) |
| 25 Feb 1831 | Constitution of Belgium (text dated 7 Feb 1831; promulgated 11 Feb 1831) becomes operative by decree of the National Congress and establishes a kingdom [7] |
| 25 Feb 1831 - | Royaume de Belgique [8] = (from 25 May 1898) Koninkrijk België [9] |
| 25 May 1898 | law of 18 Apr 1898 (effective 25 May 1898) mandates the use of Dutch in official government publications [9] |
| 11 Nov 1991 | Constituion amendment of 23 Oct 1991 (effective 11 Nov 1991) recognises German as one of the three languages in which the Constitution is written [10][11] |
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| [1] | Pasinomie, 2e Série, iii, 25. |
| [2] | Also in official use: Provinces de la Belgique, Provinces belges. |
| [3] | Pasinomie, 2e Série, iii, 199-200. |
| [4] | Pasinomie, 2e Série, iii, 205-206. |
| [5] | Pasinomie, 2e Série, iv, 5. |
| [6] | Pasinomie, 3e Série, xii, 9, 86. |
| [7] | Pasinomie, 3e Série, xii, 211, 217. |
| [8] | Non-constitutional style Royaume de Belgique (originally also Royaume de la Belgique) gradually supersedes Constitutionally mandated style Belgique (La Belgique) in official use. |
| [9] | Loi du 18 avril 1898, relative à l'emploi de la langue flamande dans les publications officielles (Moniteur belge, N 135, 15 mai 1898, pp. 1897-1898; Pasinomie, 4e Série, xxxiii, année 1898, 81-83) becomes effective on the tenth day upon its publication as required by Loi prescrivant un nouveau mode de sanction et de publication des lois et arrêtés of 28 Feb 1845. |
| [10] | Moniteur belge, N 216, 31 octobre 1991, p. 24464 (effective on the tenth day upon its publication as required by Loi relative à l'emploi des langues en matière législative, à la présentation, à la publication et à l'entrée en vigueur des textes légaux et réglementaires of 31 May 1961). |
| [11] | Although German did not receive the same status as French and Dutch in promulgation of laws, the name of the polity in German (Königreich Belgien) is indirectly given official recognition. |
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