Belgium History

Thursday, May 30, 2013

 Belgium History

1057-08-02 - Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium Pope Stephen IX [X]
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 and begins The Belgian Revolution
1830-10-04 - Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
1830-10-27 - Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
1830-12-20 - Great Britain, 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
1832-11-23 - 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 formed 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
1894-12-09 - 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 government 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)
1905-05-14 - 2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belgium 4-0
1907-04-12 - Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
1907-05-01 - Belgium government of De Trooz forms
1907-05-02 - Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
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
1909-06-27 - Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belgium count De Lambert)
1909-12-17 - Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1911-06-08 - Belgium government of Schollaert falls
1911-06-17 - Belgium government 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 government 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
1921-07-24 - Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France
1921-07-29 - New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium)