Side by side
Belgium and Luxembourg compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
4 October 1830 — Belgium declares independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- 2026-08-10
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Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1839
Treaty of London: the cession to Belgium
The 1839 Treaty of London partitioned the Grand Duchy a third time, ceding its larger French-speaking western half to the new kingdom of Belgium while confirming the independence of the German-speaking remainder.
Politics & Power · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Grand Duchy, the Second and Third Partitions, and Neutrality · The history of the Nassau dynasty, History of the city of Luxembourg
- 5 Sep 1944
The Benelux customs convention
The exiled governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed a customs union in London on 5 September 1944, launching the Benelux that entered into force in 1948 and was deepened by the 1958 Economic Union.
Economy & Trade · from the Luxembourg chronicle · A Founder of the New Europe · The Benelux, Benelux Union: About us, Benelux: the first organisations and cooperative ventures in post-war Europe
- 1951
Founding member of the ECSC
Following the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950, Luxembourg joined Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and West Germany as a founding member of the European Coal and Steel Community, operating from 1952.
Politics & Power · from the Luxembourg chronicle · A Founder of the New Europe · The Schuman Declaration, 9 May 1950, The history of the European Union, 1945-59