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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 309
1057-08-02 - Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium, Pope Stephen IX [X]
1302-07-11 - Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders)
1370-05-22 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1488-02-05 - Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
1549-07-17 - Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium
1566-08-20 - Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp Belgium
1567-08-08 - Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium
1574-05-30 - Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1576-11-04 - Spanish defeat Walloons & take Antwerp Belgium
1584-07-10 - Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium
1786-09-05 - Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1790-01-11 - Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1795-10-01 - Belgium is conquered by France.
1814-08-01 - Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
1814-08-08 - Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
1815-03-16 - Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
1830-08-25 - Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1830-10-04 - Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1830-10-04 - Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands.
1830-10-27 - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1830-12-20 - England, France, Prussia, Austria & Russia recognize Belgium
1831-02-07 - Belgium adopts it's Constitution
1831-06-04 - National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
1831-07-21 - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
1831-08-02 - Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium
1831-08-12 - Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty
1832-08-09 - King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
1832-11-23 - French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium
1833-11-18 - Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1834-05-08 - Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1837-05-17 - Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)
1839-04-19 - Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1842-11-08 - Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
1865-07-26 - Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)
1870-07-02 - Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium.
1871-01-01 - Belgium disbands salt tax
1885-02-26 - Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England
1885-05-02 - Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1888-08-19 - 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1888-09-19 - World's 1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium)
1888-12-30 - Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
1889-12-13 - Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1890-07-03 - King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
1894-05-28 - Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
1894-12-09 - Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
1895-08-30 - Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
1896-11-11 - Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War
1899-01-24 - Belgium govt of Vandenpeereboom forms
1901-04-28 - 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)
1901-10-18 - Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
1902-11-15 - Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
1904-04-26 - Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
1905-04-30 - 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1907-04-12 - Belgium govt of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907-05-01 - Belgium govt of De Trooz forms
1907-05-02 - Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt
1908-01-09 - Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium
1908-05-24 - Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
1908-05-31 - Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
1908-10-18 - Belgium annexes Congo Free State
1908-10-20 - King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
1909-05-01 - Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
1909-12-17 - Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1911-06-08 - Belgium govt of Schollaert falls
1911-06-17 - Belgium govt of De Broqueville forms
1913-04-14 - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1914-07-26 - German chief of staff/gen von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium
1914-08-03 - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
1914-08-03 - Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
1914-08-04 - Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
1914-08-05 - Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
1914-08-06 - French cavalry enter Belgium
1914-08-07 - French govt awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
1914-08-07 - German army occupies city of Liege Belgium
1914-08-12 - Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
1914-08-15 - Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
1914-08-21 - Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
1914-08-22 - 1st encounter between British & German troops (in Belgium)
1914-08-22 - German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
1914-08-23 - -24] German troops plunder Belgium
1914-08-23 - Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium
1914-08-24 - German troops occupy Namur Belgium
1914-08-25 - Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
1914-08-25 - German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
1914-09-05 - Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London
1914-09-28 - German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914-10-10 - German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1914-10-30 - Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins
1914-11-22 - Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing
1915-03-10 - British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
1916-03-20 - Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium
1916-11-13 - British offensive at Ancre Belgium
1917-02-04 - Belgium Council of Flanders established
1917-08-05 - British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
1918-11-21 - 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die
1920-04-20 - 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
1920-08-31 - Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1920-09-12 - 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
1920-09-29 - Belgium annexes Eupen/Malmö dy
1921-04-24 - 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 116
1512-03-05 - Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1514-12-31 - Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
1599-02-22 - Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter
1728-01-02 - Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium
1779-10-10 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
1790-12-16 - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1796-02-22 - Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
1801-10-14 - Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
1804-04-23 - Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)
1804-10-28 - Pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician (logistic curve)
1806-01-05 - Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
1812-04-02 - Louise-Marie of France, queen of Belgium (d. 1850)
1814-11-06 - Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor (saxophone)
1820-02-17 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1837-03-24 - Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium
1840-01-03 - Father Joseph Damien de Veuster, Belgium, helped lepers in Hawaii
1840-06-07 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
1843-03-18 - Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899)
1844-01-30 - Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)
1846-11-19 - Emile C Wauters, Belgium, painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery)
1851-01-25 - Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
1854-04-22 - Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
1854-05-27 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
1857-02-21 - Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
1858-02-18 - Louise M A, princess of Belgium
1862-08-29 - P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)
1862-12-23 - Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)
1864-05-21 - Princess Stephanie of Belgium (d. 1945)
1869-06-04 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
1870-07-28 - Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31)
1872-07-30 - Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte
1872-10-18 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun
1875-04-08 - Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)
1876-11-17 - Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)
1882-04-23 - Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)
1884-06-07 - Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last News)
1885-11-17 - Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)
1887-11-05 - Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand
1888-08-05 - Victor Francen, Belgium, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio)
1894-05-11 - Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)
1898-07-01 - Andre-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium
1898-08-24 - Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)
1899-01-02 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)
1900-04-10 - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1900-11-27 - Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58)
1901-11-03 - Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
1902-07-15 - Jean Rey, Belgium, pres of European Commission (1967-70)
1903-02-13 - Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
1903-07-04 - Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer (Lied Symphony)
1904-07-16 - Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal (Belgium)
1905-04-01 - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
1905-11-16 - Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden
1906-06-08 - Charles Janssens, Belgium, actor (Mira, Malpertuis)
1907-03-17 - Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54)
1910-01-23 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1910-02-10 - Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
1910-09-24 - Jean Servais, Angers Belgium, actor (Every Man is My Enemy)
1914-01-16 - Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
1919-05-22 - Paul Vanden Boeynants, premier Belgium (1966-68, 1978-79)
1919-12-01 - Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
1921-07-30 - Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs
1925-06-30 - Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948)
1925-07-23 - Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
1926-03-21 - Andre Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)
1926-06-25 - Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
1927-08-01 - Andre Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
1927-10-11 - Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1928-04-12 - Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
1928-06-11 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium
1929-01-19 - Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love)
1929-04-08 - Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
1929-06-23 - Henri Pousseur, Malmö dy Belgium, composer (Homo Habitis)
1930-04-26 - Roger Moens, Belgium, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
1930-09-07 - Baudouin I, king of Belgium (1951-93)
1933-03-23 - Monique van Vooren, Belgium, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
1933-04-29 - Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium
1934-06-06 - Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium (1993- )
1936-04-19 - Wilfried Martens, premier (Belgium, 1979-81, 1981-92)
1937-02-05 - Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion
1937-09-11 - Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium (1993- )
1940-08-25 - Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Francois d'Assisif)
1941-03-21 - Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut
1941-06-07 - Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)
1944-06-27 - Patrick Sercu, Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964)
1945-01-01 - Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner)
1945-06-17 - Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France)
1945-11-16 - Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1953-04-11 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
1954-02-21 - Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash (Olympic-silver-1976)
1955-12-16 - Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1958-10-18 - Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels Belgium, actor (Kickboxer, No Retreat)
1961-03-18 - Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt (Biosphere 2)
1963-10-19 - Prince Laurent of Belgium
1969-09-01 - Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
1970-08-20 - Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1996 quarterfinalist Essen)
1972-03-15 - Filip Dewulf, Belgium, tennis star
1972-04-28 - Jan Benda, Reet Belgium, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1972-06-12 - Nathalie Baudone, Rocurt Belgium, tennis star (3rd round 1995 US Open)
1973-05-03 - Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
1973-06-28 - Ingrid Seynhaeve, Brussels Belgium, model (Look of the Year 1991)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 27 of 27
1472-04-06 - Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
1841-11-01 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies
1850-10-11 - Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
1865-12-10 - King Léopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1891-01-23 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1907-12-31 - Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63
1909-12-14 - Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
1915-10-12 - Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1917-03-06 - Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
1919-02-21 - Karl von Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies
1924-03-01 - Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66
1929-04-10 - Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
1934-02-17 - Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
1935-08-29 - Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies
1939-02-15 - Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68
1956-04-02 - Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1958-01-06 - Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
1962-07-20 - Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1968-09-02 - Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82
1982-09-10 - Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies
1983-06-07 - Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
1983-09-25 - Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies
1985-03-23 - Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
1988-01-03 - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
1991-05-21 - Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
1993-07-31 - Baudouin, king of Belgium (1951-93), dies at 62 from heart problems
1994-04-01 - Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
