Koning Leopold I

National holiday Belgium on July 21, 2025

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • July 20, 2025

The national holiday of Belgium is celebrated on July 21. It is the day on which, in 1831, the first King of the Belgians, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, took the constitutional oath as king. The oath-taking was the culmination of the entry of...

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