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| Picture No | 10949347 |
| Date | 21st July 1856 |
| Description | Belgian National Day ceremony, 21st July 1856 |
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Ceremony in the Place Saint-Joseph, Brussels on Belgian National Day, which is celebrated on 21st July each year. The festival commemorates an event on 21st July 1831 in which Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg swore allegiance to the new Belgian constitution, thus becoming the first King of the Belgians.
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| Source | Engraving by Pannemaker in Histoire de Belgique |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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