Université catholique de Louvain and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven created as independent French and Dutch institutions in 1969 out of the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), following the Leuven crisis.[11] Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel created as independent French and Dutch institutions in 1969 out of the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969).[12] Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Aloysius split up as an independent Dutch-speaking institution from the (originally and now French-speaking) Saint-Louis University, Brussels in 1969.