King Leopold III of Belgium returned to Brussels on July 22, 1950, after six years of exile. BELGA/AFP Remaining the king of the Belgians at all costs, even under Nazi domination, was the goal of ...

It took a few years, but Adriana Schroeder dug deep and finally came up with the birth date for the Illinois National Guard. It turned out to be nearly a century before Illinois entered the Union.

In the snug, prosperous, heavily industrial Kingdom of the Belgians and its rich jungle Congo empire, even the worst Cabinet crisis is almost never cause for alarm. Reason: the extraordinary prestige ...

King Leopold III, young Belgian monarch, today received a Jewish deputation consisting of the Chief Rabbi of Belgium, Dr. Joseph Wiener, and representatives of the Jewish consistory. The deputation ...

When Herr Vicco Karl von Biilow-Schwante, Germany’s Ambassador to Belgium, called upon Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10, in Brussels to deliver Germany’s ...

FEW kings in modern times have started their reigns under more favorable auspices than Leopold III, King of the Belgians. Son of a popular and heroic father, husband of the charming and gracious Queen ...

57-51 B.C.: Caesar conquers the Belgae, tribes of Celtic origin. 1st-5th Centuries: The period of Pax Romana. The Salian Franks, of Germanic origin, occupy northern Brabant and Flanders. Christianity ...

When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the Belgian king who held Congo as his personal property and may have been responsible for ...