This video recounts the history of Belgium. From its first inhabitants to the premiership of Elio di Rupo. It documents its time as a Roman colony, its transformation as part of larger European projects including the Franks, the Burgundian States, and the Spanish and Austrian Hapsburgs. It then summarizes the Belgian Revolution of 1830 which gained them independence, its struggles during both world wars and its prosperity despite serious internal divisions since then.
