1. The Opera riot in Brussels Thtre Royal de la Monnaie August
25,1830 Daniel Aubers La Muette de Portici (The Mute Girl
ofPortici), a sentimental and patriotic opera
2. Theflemishlanguagebeca methesecondofficiallangu agein the
country(1898) Flemisharmy and militaryacademywereinsti tuted.
Thisconsequencesremaine duntilthemid 20th century,
becausethepolitical control shiftedtotheflemings. At thebeginning,
themovementwasmostlyto reviveFlemishliterarylanguage.
Furtheron,themovementputforthpoliticaldemandsthatseparatedFlemish
and Walloon.
AlliancewithCatholicsPeoplePartymadestrongerthemovement. 3. Charles
LatourRogier 17 August 180027 May 1885 Journalistic campaigns
against Dutchrule in Belgium. In 1824 he founded the journal
MathieuLaensberg (afterwards Le Politique On the outbreak at
Brussels in August1830, Rogier went there with a militiaof about
300 citizens of Lige. In Brussels he gained recognition asone of
the most active among thepatriot leaders. He became Prime Minister
of Belgiumon two separate occasions: from 1847 to1852, and again
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