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The elite in both parts of Belgium would most certainly have spoken French, so there would not have been a Flemish dominated Belgium at the time. The situation will stand this way (more or less) until the First World War. At this time, the emphasis on the use of Dutch (or rather various dialects...

Hi ! Having seem a documentary on TV a few time ago (sorry, don't recall the title), I recall that Romans used ballista mounted on cart but where using them statically ! A search on Wikipedia has brought back the following entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroballista I hope this will help.

No less and no more than other actors of the time. And he was smart enough to carve an interesting part of Africa as shown by the odd shape of actual RDC. Katanga was worst its weight in goods and the river Congo was viewed as a convenient (if not pratical) way of moving said goods to the coast...

Maybe, England can use Iceland as a convict dumping ground instead of Australia ! But then, what happens of Australia ? Some answers can be found here : History of Australia (Wikipedia) A French colony in Western Australia, based on French claims put in 1772. They settle at OTL Eagle Bay (Cape...

I would propose the following: Two stars, about of the same mass as the Sun each, orbiting one around the other. The distance between the two is 5 AUs (about 750,000,000 km). At the center of rotation lies a giant gazeous planet 8 times the mass of Jupiter. Its rotation axis is...

Hi, Living in Belgium, I had time (and luck) to visit the exhibition about Leonard de Vinci held in Brussels until beginning of April. da Vinci was quite a genius ! When I saw the models of its flying machine, it reminded me of the glider Lillienthal used at the end of the XIXth century...

While I was wandering across the Web, I found this map: First Nations of North America (JPG) and add this link : Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs PS: sorry if it has already been published here

On 13th Dec, the RTBF (Belgium radio and television braodcasting company) presented a What If on TV. See Une émission qui marquera (in French). What If Flanders becomes independant ? This emission has been presented as a "docu-fiction", a fiction under the guise of a documentary, in this case...

1848: The wave of revolutions shaking Europe reaches the South of Netherlands. Liege declares its independance as the Republic of Liege, but the Dutch army retakes the city after three weeks of combat. Elsewhere in Belgium, there are many aborted tentatives. 1870: I don't think the Dutch will...

An alternative :) would be for the revolution to be repressed with more power. Regardless of the way it occurs, OTL 1848 revolutions did not occur in Belgium. With a more strict government and remaining ressentiments against the Dutch, 1848 can see a (second) revolution occuring in Belgium...

Flemish were not persecuted as you thing. What happened is that the nobility was french-speaking just like in other countries (Russia is one example I think off). Walloons were as badly treated in this way as Flemish were as they too didn't speak French but Walloon, a romance dialect. The...

I just found this site while looking for alternate flag designs : Flagmaker In short, this page allows one to design a flag and see the result.

Nicely put ! I would like to add my two cent's comment about the use of Flemish. :D The trouble with the use of Flemish in Flanders is that even when dealing with others, most Flemings tend to revert to their local dialect, up to the point that they don't understand each other. This occurs...

I see you are American and so English-speaking. Would you like to become an Englishman because you speak English ? :rolleyes: In 1776, the USA were born from a revolution made because they wanted more representation in british assembly and they can not stand the taxes imposed by England...

In fact, in 1830, the idea arised that Belgium can be part of France, but due to international pressure, it has to remain independant. England, Russia, Austria and Prussia all feared that France became too powerfull again. Walloon is indeed a roman dialect but not directly related to French...