- Europe
The Belgian Revolution
Rebellion in Brussels drove out the Dutch garrison; a National Congress proclaimed independence and adopted a liberal constitution, breaking the southern provinces away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Era: Revolution, Independence and the Guaranteed Neutral Kingdom
Sources: Belgium: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
London Protocol recognizes Greek independence
Britain, France and Russia signed the London Protocol declaring Greece an independent state, the first international act recognizing Greek sovereignty.
Era: Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence
Sources: 3 February 1830: Greece becomes a state (London Protocol) · Greek News Agenda (General Secretariat for Media and Communication), Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire · EBSCO Research Starters
- Europe
Belgian Revolution
The southern provinces rebel and declare independence as Belgium, dividing the United Kingdom of the Netherlands; separation is recognised in 1839.
Era: Decline, French Rule and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sources: Netherlands · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Treaty of Constantinople and the Kingdom of Greece
The Ottoman sultan recognized Greek independence and the new state's frontiers in the Treaty of Constantinople; the Bavarian prince Otto was chosen as the first king of Greece.
Era: Ottoman Rule and the War of Independence
Sources: War of Greek Independence · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Otto, king of Greece · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- North America
Honduras becomes sovereign
Amid the federation's collapse, Honduras separates to become a fully independent state.
Era: Independence, Federation, and Morazán
Sources: A Guide to the History of Recognition: Honduras · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, United Provinces of Central America · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Europe
Treaty of London guarantees Belgian neutrality
Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia and the Netherlands recognised Belgium as an independent and perpetually neutral state and guaranteed its neutrality, the treaty later cited by Britain to enter the First World War.
Era: Revolution, Independence and the Guaranteed Neutral Kingdom
Sources: The Treaty of London, 1839 (primary text) · FirstWorldWar.com Primary Documents, Belgium: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Independence in the 1830s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 1830s — 6 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1830 to 1839. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 6
- Nations
- 4
- Earliest
- 1830
- Latest
- 1839
- Europe
- 5
- North America
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.