- Revolutions of 1830
The
19th century is marked inEurope by a set of civil wars which marks the wake of the Europeannation s and the establishment ofnation state s.The Revolutions of 1830 were a
revolutionary wave inEurope . The key events were the two "romantic"revolution s :
* In theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands : TheBelgian Revolution
* InFrance : TheJuly Revolution Both revolutions led to the establishment of very similar constitutional monarchies, called popular monarchies.
Louis-Philippe of France became king on 31 July, 1830,Leopold I of Belgium became king, on 21 July 1831. The FrenchJuly monarchy would last till the1848 Revolution . TheBelgian monarchy is still alive and well.Louis-Philippe wore the title of the King of the French while Leopold wore the title of the King of the Belgians. This title was in contrast to the King of France, which reflected a monarchy's power over the country, instead of a kings rule over its people. This title reflects that the king does not take his mandate from God but from the people themselves.
In 1832, Leopold married Princess Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle d'Orléans, daughter of Louis-Philippe.
Simultaneously in
Congress Poland , the unsuccessfulNovember Uprising against theTsar ofRussia occurred.
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