Belgium and the Netherlands are two of the three countries in Western Europe that make up the Low Countries. In many ways the two are very similar, and historically at different periods in history large parts of both were ruled by the same political entities including the Roman Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Burgundian Netherlands, the Habsburg Netherlands, The Spanish Empire, and finally the Kingdom of the United Netherlands. But today the two are independent of one another despite the many cultural similarities and shared history. In this three part series I will be looking at how Belgium became independent from the Netherlands starting with this episode on the historical context of the two countries. I'm not alone today as this video is brought to you in collaboration with Mr Beat, a fellow Youtuber who makes all sorts of videos explaining history, politics and generally interesting things. He has a video up on his channel all about comparing the Netherlands and Belgium today - check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoKJhFN3vno Raid the Merch Market: null Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - Leve De Koning! 1:42 - Belgium & The Netherlands' Ancient History 3:28 - Belgium & The Netherlands' Middle Ages 5:09 - The Eighty Years War 6:07 - The Netherlands Divided 6:54 - The Brabantine Revolution 7:53 - Patriots and Orangists in the Dutch Republic 9:29 - France Invades Belgium 10:26 - The Batavian Republic 11:04 - The Kingdom of Holland 11:57 - Liberation 12:28 - The Return of the Stadthouder 13:49 - The Kingdom of the United Netherlands 15:44 - A House Divided? 18:42 - Outro Music Used: Expeditionary - Kevin MacLeod Angevin B - Kevin MacLeod Inspired - Kevin MacLeod Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod Hungarian Rhapsody - Franz Liszt Egmond Ooverture - Beethoven Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik - Mozart Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #Belgium #Nederland #Belgique