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Gent


1996 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal, dies at 64

1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium

1975 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82

1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium

1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70

1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent

1948 Christopher Gent, CEO, Vodafone Group

1932 Melvin Van Peebles, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, 'Sophisticated Gent'

1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control

1914 German troops occupy Gent

1859 Washington Irving, U.S. author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies

1817 University of Gent officially opens

1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent

1644 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent

1584 Gent surrenders to duke of Parma

1576 Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant

1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine, occupied Gent

1540 Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges

1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended

1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent

1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands

1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts

1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers

1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies

993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle


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