19 April 1839Belgian Territorial SettlementSylvain van de Weyer
Accepts the territorial provisions defining the kingdom after separation from the Netherlands.
Historical records for Belgium in 1839, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Accepts the territorial provisions defining the kingdom after separation from the Netherlands.
Signs the definitive separation treaty on behalf of Leopold I and the Kingdom of Belgium.
Accepts treaty provisions requiring Belgian and Dutch commissioners to mark the agreed frontier.
Accepts financial provisions allocating part of the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands debt to Belgium.
The final London settlement recognises Belgium as independent and perpetually neutral under the guarantee of the five Great Powers.
Accepts the territorial settlement dividing Limburg between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Accepts the partition of Luxembourg, with a substantial western part remaining within Belgium.
Accepts Belgium's obligation to remain an independent and perpetually neutral state.
Receives final international recognition of Belgium as a separate kingdom under the London settlement.
Receives treaty provisions governing free navigation of the Scheldt and joint supervision of its channel.
Accepts mutual renunciation of claims to territories assigned to the Netherlands under the final settlement.
Accepts the definitive settlement recognising Belgian independence, fixing borders and placing the kingdom under guaranteed permanent neutrality.
Represents Belgian interests during the final negotiations settling relations with the Netherlands.
Represents Belgium as the treaty system moves from signature to the exchange of ratifications.
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