1998 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium
1998 Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die
1995 Belgium ends military conscript
1995 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
1995 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1994 Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
1993 King Albert II of Belgium, crowned
1993 Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
1991 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
1991 Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
1989 Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
1989 Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies)
1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
1988 Belgium: 8th government of Martens forms
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
1987 Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
1987 7th Belgium government of Martens forms
1987 6th Belgium government of Martens falls
1987 Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium
1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
1986 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
1986 Amedeo, Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz
1985 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed
1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
1983 Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium
1983 Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies
1983 Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1983 Jose Happart becomes mayor of Voeren Belgium
1982 National railroad strike in Belgium
1982 Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies
1982 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
1981 Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
1981 Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured
1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
1981 Belgium's 4th government of Martens resigns
1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens resigns
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms
1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns
1980 Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
1979 Failed Palestinian attack on Zaventem Airport in Belgium
1979 Belgium's Martens government forms
1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government
1978 Belgium government of Tindemans resigns
1978 Laurence Borremans, Miss Belgium Universe 1997
1977 Belgium government of Tindemans forms
1977 Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1977 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time
1977 Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium
1977 Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596
1976 Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star
1976 Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico
1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1975 Johnny Galecki, born in Bree, Belgium, actor, American Dreamer, David-Roseanne
1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1974 Stephanie Rottier, St. Niklaas Belgium, tennis star, 1995 semi Prague
1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls
1973 Theo Lefevre, premier Belgium, dies
1973 Ingrid Seynhaeve, born in Brussels, Belgium, model, Look of the Year 1991
1973 Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms
1972 Belgium recognizes German DR
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1972 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
1972 Nathalie Baudone, born in Rocurt, Belgium, tennis star, 3rd round 1995 U.S. Open
1972 Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998
1972 Filip Dewulf, Belgium, tennis star
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
1971 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
1971 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
1970 Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen
1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1969 Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall
1969 Florence Descampe, born in Brussels, Belgium, LPGA golfer, 1992 McCall
1968 Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82
1968 Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms
1968 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1967 Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
1966 Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1966 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns
1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
1965 Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government
1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium
1964 Fire in Wegimond Belgium resort, kills 19
1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends
1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1963 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St. Benoat), dies at 75
1963 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot
1962 Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium
1961 Belgium and Congo resume diplomatic relations
1961 Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1961 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
1961 Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt, Biosphere 2
1960 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon
1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1960 Belgium threatens to leave United Nations due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium
1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium
1960 Earthquake at Havre, Belgium
1959 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1
1959 Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months
1958 Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
1958 Belgium government of Eyskens and Lilar forms
1958 Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor, Kickboxer, No Retreat
1958 CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
1958 Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium
1958 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
1958 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1956 Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1956 Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
1955 Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours)
1955 Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week
1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
1955 Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39
1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
1954 Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash 1976 Olympics silver
1954 Belgium ends trade agreement with U.S.S.R.
1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1952 General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
1952 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I
1951 King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates
1951 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1950 Death penality abolished in Belgium
1950 King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
1950 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel
1949 Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ and Switz recognize Israel
1947 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherland form Benelux Union
1945 Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina, New York City Ballet Co
1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist, 5 time winner of Tour de France
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner
1944 Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium
1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium
1944 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign unity treaty
1944 Belgium's Emissie bank closes
1944 U.S. leaders meet in Belgium
1944 Patrick Sercu, born in Belgium, 1K time trial 1964 Olympic gold
1944 Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
1943 Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium
1942 Free-Poland and Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes
1942 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium
1942 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1942 Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars
1941 King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
1941 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
1941 Jaime Laredo, born in Bolivia, violinist, Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959
1941 Dirk D. Frimout, born in Belgium, cosmonaut
1940 Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone, Francois d'Assisif
1940 In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France
1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France
1940 Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
1940 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
1939 Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality
1939 Belgium mobilizes
1939 Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France
1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer, women
1939 Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68
1938 Earthquake in Belgium
1938 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
1937 Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium, 1993-
1937 Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion
1936 1st government of Zealand in Belgium ends
1936 Wilfried Martens, premier, Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92
1936 Belgium ends Locarno-pact
1935 Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies
1935 Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France
1935 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union
1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
1934 Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium, 1993-
1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
1934 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
1933 Monique van Vooren, born in Belgium, actress, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
1932 Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium
1932 Belgium government of Renkin falls
1932 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign Unity treaty
1931 Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
1930 Baudouin I, king of Belgium, 1951-93
1930 Child labor laws established in Belgium
1930 Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium
1930 Roger Moens, born in Belgium, 800m runner 1960 Olympics silver
1930 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1929 Belgium government Jaspar falls
1929 Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails
1929 Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
1929 Henri Pousseur, born in Malmedy, Belgium, composer, Homo Habitis
1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer and actor
1929 Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1928 Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium
1928 Brooklyn Supreme, born in Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse, 1450 kg
1928 Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
1927 Andre Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam
1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
1926 Belgium stabilizes current value of franc (5 franc becomes 1 "Belga")
1926 Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist, Smurfs
1926 Andre Delvaux, born in Heverie, Belgium, director and writer, Benvenuta
1926 Belgium's "black monday," franc falls
1926 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium
1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
1925 Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold
1925 Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs 1948 Olympics gold
1925 Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde
1924 General Christian Worker's union demands 8 hr work day in Belgium
1924 Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead
1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins
1924 Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66
1924 Belgium's Theunis government falls
1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1923 Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike
1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
1921 Belgium's public library law goes into force
1921 KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1921 Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs
1921 New rules of language assumed, equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium
1921 Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France
1921 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium
1920 Belgium annexes Eupen/Malmedy
1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
1919 Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1977-81
1919 Paul Vanden Boeynants, premier Belgium, 1966-68, 1978-79
1919 Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
1917 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
1917 Belgium Council of Flanders established
1916 British offensive at Ancre Belgium
1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
1915 Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
1914 Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing
1914 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914 Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London
1914 Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
1914 German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
1914 German troops occupy Namur Belgium
1914 German troops plunder Belgium
1914 Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium
1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
1914 Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
1914 Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
1914 German army occupies city of Liege Belgium
1914 French cavalry enter Belgium
1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
1914 Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I
1914 German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
1914 Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian, Le Pontificat de Pie IX
1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1911 Belgium government of De Broqueville forms
1911 Belgium government of Schollaert falls
1910 Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor, Every Man is My Enemy
1910 Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees, Nobel 1958
1910 Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
1908 Claude Levi-Strauss, Belgium, social anthropologist, Structure Anthro
1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
1908 Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
1908 Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium
1907 Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63
1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
1907 Belgium government of De Trooz forms
1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907 Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium, 1952-54
1906 Charles Janssens, Belgium, actor, Mira, Malpertuis
1905 Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden
1905 Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium, 1949, 1958-61, 1968-72
1904 Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium
1904 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
1903 Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer, Lied Symphony
1903 Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer, Snow Was Black
1902 Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
1902 Jean Rey, Belgium, President of European Commission, 1967-70
1901 Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0)
1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58
1900 Jean Duvieusart, premier, Belgium 1950
1899 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO, 1957-61
1898 Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician, Nobel 1974
1898 Andre-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium
1896 Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War
1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
1894 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
1894 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
1894 Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting, Olympics gold 1920
1891 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1890 King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1889 Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1888 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
1888 World's 1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium)
1888 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian, Ordre the St-BenoŚt
1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1888 Victor Francen, Belgium, actor, J'Acusse, San Antonio
1887 Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand
1885 Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party
1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England
1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News
1882 Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect, WW II
1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor, Brussels, Belgium
1876 Gabriella V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria
1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium, 1909-34
1872 Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun
1872 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte
1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
1870 Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium, 1927-31
1869 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
1862 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium
1862 P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet, Blue Bird, Nobel 1911
1861 Ursmer Berliere, Belgian historian, Monastican Belgium
1858 Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou
1858 Louise M A, princess of Belgium
1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium, 1907
1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer, Jeune Belgium
1854 Henri-Marie Lafontaine, born in Belgium, international lawyer, Nobel 1913
1851 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg
1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
1846 Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter, Van der Goes in the Red Monastery
1844 Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium, 1914-17
1843 Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium, 1899
1842 Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
1841 Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies
1840 Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico, 1864-67
1840 Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1837 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium
1834 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1833 Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1832 French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium
1832 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
1831 Netherlands and Belgium sign peace treaty
1831 Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium
1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
1831 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
1831 Belgium adopts it's Constitution
1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium
1830 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1830 Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher, Brussels Cons
1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone
1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
1806 Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet, La Belgium
1804 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician, logistic curve
1804 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general, Triangulatie of Belgium
1801 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs
1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
1790 Statisten and Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1786 Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1779 Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
1747 Cornelis Stevens, Belgium, RC foreman/polemist, Le sophisme devoile
1728 Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter
1584 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium
1576 Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium
1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium
1566 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium
1549 Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium
1514 Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist, Fabrica
1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
1370 Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders)
1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium
1057 Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X]
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