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The Opera riot
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels
August 25,1830
Daniel Auber's La Muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of
Portici), a sentimental and patriotic opera
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At thebeginning, themovementwasmostlyto revive
Flemishliterarylanguage. Furtheron,
themovementputforthpoliticaldemandsthatseparatedFle
mish and Walloon.
Alliance
withCatholic'sPeoplePartymadestrongerthemovement.
• Theflemishlanguagebeca
methesecondofficiallangu
agein the country(1898)
• Flemisharmy and
militaryacademywereinsti
tuted.
Thisconsequencesremaine
duntilthemid 20th century,
becausethepolitical
control
shiftedtotheflemings.
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17 August 1800–27 May 1885
Journalistic campaigns against Dutch
rule in Belgium.
In 1824 he founded the journal Mathieu
Laensberg (afterwards Le Politique
On the outbreak at Brussels in August
1830, Rogier went there with a militia
of about 300 citizens of Liège.
In Brussels he gained recognition as
one of the most active among the
patriot leaders.
He became Prime Minister of Belgium
on two separate occasions: from 1847 to
1852, and again from 1857 to 1868.
Charles LatourRogier
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