Àkọlé: Belgium ni akọkọ continental European orilẹ-ede lati gba nipasẹ awọn Industrial Revolution, ni ibẹrẹ ti 19th orundun. Liège ati Charleroi ni kiakia ni idagbasoke iwakusa ati irin, eyi ti flourished titi aarin ti 20th orundun ni Sambre ati Meuse afonifoji ati ki o ṣe Belgium ọkan ninu awọn mẹta julọ industrialized orile-ede ni aye lati 1830 to 1910. Sibẹsibẹ, nipa awọn 1840s awọn aṣọ ile ise ti Flanders wà ni o lagbara idaamu, ati awọn agbegbe ti ni iriri ebi lati 1846 to 1850.Lẹhin Ogun Agbaye II, Ghent ati Antwerp ni iriri a iyara expansion ti awọn kemikali ati epo ile ise.
Ọdún 1846