The Kingdom of the Netherlands was proclaimed after the Congress of Vienna, when William I of the House of Orange-Nassau became king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, which at first included present-day Belgium and Luxembourg. The southern provinces broke away in the Belgian Revolution of 1830, and Belgian independence was recognised by the Netherlands in 1839. A new constitution in 1848, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, turned the country into a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. Today the Kingdom consists of four constituent countries: the Netherlands in Europe, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean, the last three having gained that status in 2010 or earlier in the case of Aruba.
Before and after
- from 1815 to 1871Unification of Italy
- 1815William Smith publishes the first geological map of England and Wales
- 8 January 1815Battle of New Orleans
- 6 March 1815Discovery of 13P/Olbers
- 16 March 1815Founding of Kingdom of the Netherlands
- from 20 March 1815 to 8 July 1815Hundred Days
- 1 April 1815Birth of Otto von Bismarck
- from 9 June 1815 to 1 January 1915Congress Poland
- from 10 June 1815 to 24 August 1866Founding of German Confederation
More in Civilizations & archaeology
- from 11 August 1804 to 8 June 1867Austrian Empire
- 1831Discovery of Lewis chessmen
- from 1858 to 1947British Raj
- October 1871Schliemann begins digging at Hisarlik
- 1879Altamira cave paintings are discovered
- 1899Oracle bones reveal early Chinese writing
The era
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