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Old 2013-07-20, 14:46   Link #372
Lord of Fire
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 47
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Originally Posted by ganbaru View Post
But wasn't Belgium (or at least part of it) part of France to begin with ?
No.

Until 1830, Belgium was part of The United Kingdom of The Netherlands and formed The Low Countries with Luxembourg and The Netherlands prior to Napoleon's invasion of Western Europe.
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