London Conference of 1830
The London Conference of 1830 brought together the major European powers. They recognized the success of the Belgian revolution from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and permanently guaranteed Belgian independence. Germany rejected the result as a "scrap of paper" in 1914, and invaded Belgium. Britain responded by declaring war.[1]
The Dutch were strongly opposed to Belgian independence. Not until 1839 did the Dutch accept the decision of the London conference and recognize Belgian independence.
Fishman says that it was "an extraordinarily successful conference" because it "provided the institutional framework through which the leading powers of the time safeguarded the peace of Europe."[2] However historians of both Belgium and the Netherlands have largely ignored it.
Notes
- ^ Léon van der Essen (1920). A short history of Belgium. U. of Chicago Press. p. 158.
- ^ J. S. Fishman, "The London Conference of 1830," Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (1971) 84#3 pp 418-428.
See also
Further reading
- Fishman, J. S. "The London Conference of 1830," Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (1971) 84#3 pp 418-428.
- Kossmann, E. H. The Low Countries 1780–1940 (1978), pp 158-61