The document discusses the Opera Riot in Brussels in 1830. It began during a performance of the opera La Muette de Portici, which featured patriotic themes. This sparked a rebellion against Dutch rule among the French-speaking Walloons. This led to the Belgian Revolution and eventual independence and separation of Flanders and Wallonia into distinct political entities with their own languages and institutions. Charles Latour Rogier emerged as a leader of the revolution and later became prime minister of the newly independent Belgium.

8. The Opera riot
 in Brussels
 Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
 August 25,1830
 Daniel Auber's La Muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of
Portici), a sentimental and patriotic opera

18. • Theflemishlanguagebeca
methesecondofficiallangu
agein the country(1898)
 • Flemisharmy and
militaryacademywereinsti
tuted.
Thisconsequencesremaine
duntilthemid 20th century,
becausethepolitical
control
shiftedtotheflemings.
 At thebeginning, themovementwasmostlyto revive
Flemishliterarylanguage. Furtheron,
themovementputforthpoliticaldemandsthatseparatedFle
mish and Walloon.
 Alliance
withCatholic'sPeoplePartymadestrongerthemovement.

21. Charles LatourRogier

 17 August 1800–27 May 1885
 Journalistic campaigns against Dutch
rule in Belgium.
 In 1824 he founded the journal Mathieu
Laensberg (afterwards Le Politique
 On the outbreak at Brussels in August
1830, Rogier went there with a militia
of about 300 citizens of Liège.
 In Brussels he gained recognition as
one of the most active among the
patriot leaders.
 He became Prime Minister of Belgium
on two separate occasions: from 1847 to
1852, and again from 1857 to 1868.

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