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1989 Event - Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world

1982 Event - Police and racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp

1981 Event - Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured

1980 Event - Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead

1979 Event - IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp

1976 Birthday - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star

1976 Birthday - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico

1973 Event - Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium

1970 Birthday - Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen

1969 Event - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp

1967 Event - King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp)

1964 Event - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp

1961 Event - Antwerp Belgium diocese forms

1961 Death - French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81

1954 Death - Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies

1944 Event - German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)

1944 Event - 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp

1944 Event - 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor

1944 Event - 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp

1944 Event - British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp

1940 Event - Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp

1933 Event - Antwerp Sports arena opens

1933 Event - 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war

1924 Event - Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1

1920 Event - 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium

1920 Event - Olympic Games open in Antwerp

1920 Event - 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium

1914 Event - German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

1914 Event - German troops take Antwerp in World War I

1914 Event - German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

1914 Event - Belgian offensive from Antwerp

1914 Event - Belgian offensive at Antwerp

1914 Event - German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die

1914 Event - German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp

1914 Event - Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp

1908 Event - John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp

1906 Death - Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies

1905 Event - King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp

1905 Birthday - Jef Maes, born in Antwerp, Belgium, composer, lecturer, worked for the Knokke orchestra, studied with Albert van de Vijver, Karel Candaeil, and Napoleon Distelmans

1904 Event - Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms

1903 Birthday - Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer, Lied Symphony

1894 Death - HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76

1883 Birthday - Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil

1882 Birthday - Floris H. L. Prims, Flemish priest, historian and archivist of Antwerp

1880 Birthday - French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp

1853 Birthday - Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor, Antwerp

1852 Death - Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83

1832 Event - Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender

1832 Event - French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp

1832 Event - French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium

1831 Event - Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30

1830 Event - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)

1830 Event - Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp

1827 Birthday - French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect, St. Amanduskerk, Antwerp

1818 Birthday - HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect, New Stock exchange Antwerp

1798 Death - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62

1746 Event - French troops conquer Antwerp

1736 Birthday - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp

1619 Event - Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp

1599 Birthday - Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter

1586 Event - Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp

1585 Event - Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp

1585 Event - Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma

1582 Event - Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft

1582 Event - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp

1579 Event - Antwerp request union with of Utrecht

1576 Event - Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium

1568 Death - Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47

1567 Event - Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda

1566 Event - Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium

1502 Event - Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp

1100 Death - Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies













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