[1] The Congress of Vienna in 1815 brought Belgium into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and in 1817, Frédéric Basse joined the regency council of Brussels during King William I's reforms.
[1] In Belgium, the industry of printing on cotton was carried out mainly in Brussels by Frédéric Basse and in Ghent by Auguste-Donat De Hemptinne.
[1] In 1826, Frédéric Basse, in partnership with Auguste-Donat De Hemptinne and Poelman-Hamelinck, introduced the guilloché lathe for printing rollers.
[5] Awarded the cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion by King William I, he gained recognition for his contributions to cotton printing, particularly at the 1830 Exposition des produits de l'industrie belge, an industrial exhibition held in Brussels.
[1] His position as a regency councillor of Brussels came to an end in 1830 in the wake of the Belgian Revolution and the declaration of independence by the Provisional Government of Belgium.
The commission was led by President Jacques Engler, a banker and senator from Brussels, and Frédéric Corbisier, a merchant from Mons, who acted as Secretary.
King Leopold authorized the company's formation in Ghent, with approval granted by decree following a report from the Minister of the Interior Charles Rogier in February 1834.
[2] In 1836, Frédéric Basse was key in establishing the public limited company of the Upper and Lower Flénu Railways, approved by royal decree on 10 October.
[1] Basse became the managing director of the Société Générale de Belgique in 1837, a key position in steering Belgium's industrial development.
The government of King Louis Philippe, wishing to recognize the part that Basse had taken in it, awarded him the cross of the Legion of Honour on 24 December 1841.
The Belgian Revolution negatively influenced the economy, and since that time, Basse borrowed extensively from the Société générale and other lenders, causing his debts to grow significantly.
The provisional committee, with Basse alongside President Charles de Brouckère and Count Arrivabene as the other vice president, also included secretaries Charles Van Lede, Lehardy de Beaulieu, Delhasse, Léon Cans, Fortamps, Corr Vandermaeren, d'Hauregard, Jalheau, and Victor Faider.