A royal decree issued in 1910, two years after the Belgian government assumed authority for the administration of the Congo, prescribed the registration of all adult males by chiefdoms.

The Belgian government itself took over administration, commencing a program of paternalism unmatched in the history of colonialism.

The beneficiaries of this administration were a number of huge cartels in which both individuals and the Belgian government itself held stock.

The Belgian Congo was granted its independence with what seemed a workable Western-style form of government: there were to be a president and a premier, and a bicameral legislature elected by universal suffrage in the provinces.

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In 1960, the country was in a very unstable state — regional tribal leaders held far more power than the central government — and with the departure of the Belgian administrators, there were almost no skilled bureaucrats left in the country.

European mercenaries, US, and Belgian troops were called in by the Congolese government to defeat the rebellion.

In 1908, under international pressure, Leopold ceded administration of the colony to the government of Belgium as the Belgian Congo.

* 1730-A Belgian Engineer, the Marquis of Verboom, Chief Engineer of the Spanish Royal Engineer Corps, who had taken part in the 1727 siege, arrived in San Roque commissioned by the Spanish government to design a line of fortifications across the isthmus.

Although the veracity of these allegations is disputed, the Belgian Ministry of Justice accused him of it, subsequently arresting him, and he was forced to flee back to France, where, with a new republican government in power, he believed that he would be safe.

In 1916, the German government seized Belgian industry and conscripted Belgian civilians for forced labor in the Ruhr.

The government of Luxembourg has ordered 1 Airbus A400M transport aircraft in cooperation with the Belgian Air Component and will be delivered in 2019.

With the help of a handful of local French administrators and officers, the British, and the Belgian government in exile Charles de Gaulle's Free French won over large parts of the French Empire.

Belgium: The total Includes 35, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds Official Belgian government figures for military losses in Europe were 26, 338 killed, died of wounds or accidents and 14, 029 died of disease or missing.

* September 7 – WWII: The Belgian government in exile returns to Brussels from London.

* February 11 – The Belgian government resigns.

* May 17 – Brussels falls to German forces ; the Belgian government flees to Ostend.

Leaders of the Belgian government on French territory declare Leopold deposed.

* The Brussels Parliament declares Belgian independence, in revolt against the Dutch government.

For 18 months from January 1, 1959 there was political uncertainty and African national feeling became more apparent with the effect that the Belgian government resolved on independence for the colony in June 1960.

As the German army invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the Belgian government announced its neutrality on September 3.

The Belgian king surrendered on May 28, contrary to the advice of the Belgian government, having decided the Allied cause was lost.

In July 1999, Belgium's nuclear phase-out legislation was decided by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats-led Government including the Belgian Green party, Groen !.

On 26 May 2006, the Belgian Football Association decided not to use the King Baudouin Stadium anymore for the national team home matches and for the Cup final, because the gates of stand one were too narrow and the stadium was deemed unsafe.

The history of the Belgian air force began in 1910 when the Minister of War, général Hellebaut, decided after his first flight to acquire « aeroplanes ».

Therefore, if King Juan Carlos had decided to follow the Belgian example in 2005 or 2010, a declaration of incapacity would only transfer the problem to Prince Felipe, his heir apparent.

In cooperation with the NMBS the following was decided: mechanically of the same construction as the NS Mat ' 54 and the electrical installation would be a Belgian one.

When the old civilian airport in Haren became too small, the Belgian authorities decided to use the aerodrome at Melsbroek for the new national airport.

In April 1956 the Belgian government decided to build a new airport, using the same runways, but with the buildings located within the territory of the municipality of Zaventem.

General Lyman Lemnitzer, SACEUR at the time, had hoped that SHAPE could be located near to NATO Headquarters, as had been the case in Paris, but the Belgian authorities decided that SHAPE should be located at least 50 kilometres from Brussels, NATO ’ s new location, because SHAPE was a major wartime military target.

As the Germans had shifted their interest to Tanganyika and Zanzibar where they had set posts, Sir Johnston therefore decided to meet with the only real threat, the Belgian administrator Captain Jacques, and together they agreed on a boundary that would be a line running from the northern tip end of Lake Mweru where the Lualaba leaves Lake Mweru to Cape Akalunga on Lake Tanganyika.

In 1898, Triumph decided to extend its own production to include motorcycles and by 1902, the company had produced its first motorcycle — a bicycle fitted with a Belgian Minerva engine.

Although elected to the Flemish Parliament and European Parliament in the elections of June 2004, he decided to take up neither seat and instead he was appointed the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 July 2004.

Following the Siege of Antwerp, the remnants of the Belgian Army were pushed back to the far south west corner of the country, and decided to make a stand behind a 22-mile long front on the Yser Canal as the Germans tried to reach the French Channel ports of Calais and Dunkerque.

On 5 September 2005, the G-14 clubs decided to take FIFA to court over paying players for internationals after the Belgian club Charleroi lost Abdelmajid Oulmers in November for eight months when he was injured playing for Morocco.

Although the Belgian Prime Minister said that it would not use the new name and the Flemish VRT decided not to use the new name in its news programmes either, the new name is somewhat used in the French-speaking part of the country: it is used by the French-speaking RTBF, which is fully controlled by the Community, but is not always used in independent media.

In years gone past, the Groenendael and Tervuren were one breed with coat variations until the Belgian Sheepdog Club of America decided to petition the AKC to separate the two.

Hence, it was decided to bring in private sector financial institutions in the form of a management and renovation company: SA Berlaymont 2000 ( in which the Belgian state remained a major shareholder ).

Due to frustration and demands from the fanbase and a new generation who had discovered their music through research into other renowned Belgian acts such as Front 242 and A Split-Second, Jimmyjoe Snark III decided to reclaim the album from PIAS and publish it via a website.

After the Belgian Revolution, the National Congress decided about the Belgian Constitution and the state structure.

During the 2010 – 2011 Belgian government formation, it has been decided that the Senate would no longer be directly elected and instead become a meeting place for members of the various regional parliaments.

However, the Belgian government under prime minister Achille Van Acker decided to forego celebrations in 1955 to have additional funding for the 1958 Expo.

On February 20, 2004, the Court of First Instance of Antwerp, Belgium, ruled in a lawsuit between three Belgian coffee vendors, N. V. Fort Koffiebranderij, S. A. Cafés Liégeois and N. V. Beyers Koffie, versus Philips and Douwe Egberts over the European patent, and decided that the other coffee vendors were allowed to produce and market coffee pods that fit the Senseo.