The Treaty of London of 1839 was signed by the great powers of Europe, Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and Russia, together with the Netherlands, and it settled the long dispute following the Belgian Revolution of 1830. The Netherlands finally accepted the independence of Belgium, and the treaty guaranteed Belgium's independence and perpetual neutrality, settling its borders after compromises over Limburg and Luxembourg. The guarantee was a cornerstone of the European balance of power for the next three-quarters of a century. When Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, Britain cited the treaty as one reason for entering the First World War.
Before and after
- from March 1839 to October 1842First Anglo-Afghan War
- 9 March 1839Birth of Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
- 16 March 1839Birth of Sully Prudhomme
- from 18 March 1839 to 29 August 1842First Opium War
- 19 April 1839Treaty of London
- 8 July 1839Birth of John D. Rockefeller
- 7 August 1839Founding of Pulkovo Observatory
- 19 August 1839The daguerreotype is announced
- from 4 September 1839 to 24 October 1860Opium Wars
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- from 24 June 1812 to 14 December 1812French invasion of Russia
- from 24 April 1846 to 2 February 1848Mexican-American War
- from 18 August 1866 to 10 May 1871Unification of Germany
- from 1 August 1894 to 17 April 1895First Sino-Japanese War
- from 8 October 1912 to 30 May 1913First Balkan War
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