Country · since 1830
Kingdom of Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium appears on the map from 1830 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1885, it covered about 46,364 km².
One of the realms of Belgium and the Belgian Congo. Belgium broke away from the Netherlands in 1830 and became a constitutional kingdom under Leopold I. His son Leopold II, eager for a colony, used explorers and a front of humanitarian societies to win international recognition at the Berlin Conference of 1884–85 for the Congo Free State, which he owned personally.
See Kingdom of Belgium on the map in 1885
- On the map
- 1830 – today
- Greatest extent
- 1885, about 46,364 km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Belgium · Wikidata Q31
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1830–1833 | 25,116 km² |
| 1834–1839 | 34,061 km² |
| 1840–1872 | 30,336 km² |
| 1873–1884 | 30,427 km² |
| 1885–1899 | 46,364 km² |
| 1900–1918 | 30,915 km² |
| 1919–1921 | 35,768 km² |
| 1922–1923 | 35,743 km² |
| 1924–1925 | 35,718 km² |
| 1926–1927 | 34,570 km² |
| 1928–1929 | 34,594 km² |
| 1930–1935 | 31,706 km² |
| 1936–1939 | 31,066 km² |
| 1945–1949 | 31,199 km² |
| 1950–1991 | 31,243 km² |
| since 1992 | 30,561 km² |
Related
- Belgium and the Belgian Congo empire
- First World War 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945
- Korean War 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953