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80 Moments
1895
1889
1888
First Modern Beauty Contest Held in Spa
1885
Establishment of Congo as King Leopold II's Personal Possession
1882
Formation of Bell Telephone Company in Antwerp
1871
1870
Jules Joseph d'Anethan elected as Tenth Prime Minister
1846
1839
Netherlands & Belgium: Neutrality Declaration
1835
First Belgian railway line construction starts from Brussels to Mechelen
1833
1832
1831
Dutch Army success in driving out Belgians at Battle of Hasselt.
Dutch Army Starts Ten-Day Occupation in Belgium
Leopold I becomes the first King of Belgians
Adopted Constitution; Belgium’s Foundational Legal Document
1830
Independence from the Netherlands through Belgian Revolution.
1815
The Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
1795
French Conquest of Belgium
1794
Battle of Fleurus in Revolutionary Wars
1789
Brabant Revolution Starts against Austrian Administration
1786
1748
Treaty Ends War of Austrian Succession
1740
Governing Austrian Netherlands under Maria Theresa
1713
End of War of the Spanish Succession Treaty Signed
1706
Austrian Victory at Battle of Ramillies over French
1701
War of the Spanish Succession: European Conflict over Succession Rights
1601
Siege of Ostend: Longest Battle in Eighty Years' War
1568
Resistance grows after execution of Egmont and Hoorn in Brussels
1566
The Eighty Years' War: Habsburg Spain vs Dutch Republic