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1895
30-Aug-1895
Compulsory Roman Catholic Education Implemented in Belgium
1889
13-Dec-1889
Regulations on labor conditions for women and children in Belgium is outlined.
1888
19-Sep-1888
First Modern Beauty Contest Held in Spa
1885
05-Feb-1885
Establishment of Congo as King Leopold II's Personal Possession
1882
26-Apr-1882
Formation of Bell Telephone Company in Antwerp
1871
01-Jan-1871
Removal of Salt Tax in Belgium
1870
02-Jul-1870
Jules Joseph d'Anethan elected as Tenth Prime Minister
1846
14-Jun-1846
New Political Alliance Formed
1839
19-Apr-1839
Netherlands & Belgium: Neutrality Declaration
1835
05-May-1835
First Belgian railway line construction starts from Brussels to Mechelen
1833
18-Nov-1833
Treaty of Zonhoven Signed Between Netherlands and Belgium
1832
23-Nov-1832
French Forces Liberate Antwerp
1831
08-Aug-1831
Dutch Army success in driving out Belgians at Battle of Hasselt.
02-Aug-1831
Dutch Army Starts Ten-Day Occupation in Belgium
21-Jul-1831
Leopold I becomes the first King of Belgians
07-Feb-1831
Adopted Constitution; Belgium’s Foundational Legal Document
1830
25-Aug-1830
Independence from the Netherlands through Belgian Revolution.
1815
18-Jun-1815
The Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
1795
01-Oct-1795
French Conquest of Belgium
1794
26-Jun-1794
Battle of Fleurus in Revolutionary Wars
1789
24-Oct-1789
Brabant Revolution Starts against Austrian Administration
1786
05-Sep-1786
Montplaisir Ceramic Factory opens in Schaarbeek
1748
18-Oct-1748
Treaty Ends War of Austrian Succession
1740
20-Oct-1740
Governing Austrian Netherlands under Maria Theresa
1713
11-Apr-1713
End of War of the Spanish Succession Treaty Signed
1706
23-May-1706
Austrian Victory at Battle of Ramillies over French
1701
1701
War of the Spanish Succession: European Conflict over Succession Rights
1601
05-Jul-1601
Siege of Ostend: Longest Battle in Eighty Years' War
1568
05-Jun-1568
Resistance grows after execution of Egmont and Hoorn in Brussels
1566
Aug-1566
The Eighty Years' War: Habsburg Spain vs Dutch Republic
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