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This is a '''timeline of [[Belgium|Belgian]] history''', including important legal and territorial changes and political events in Belgium and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see [[History of Belgium]]. See also the [[list of Belgian monarchs]].

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<div class="toc"> '''Centuries BC''': [[1st century BC|1st]] {{·}} '''Centuries AD''': [[#1st century|1st]] {{·}} [[#2nd century|2nd]] {{·}} [[#3rd century|3rd]] {{·}} [[#4th century|4th]] {{·}} [[#5th century|5th]] {{·}} [[#6th century|6th]] {{·}} [[#7th century|7th]] {{·}} [[#8th century|8th]] {{·}} [[#9th century|9th]] {{·}} [[#10th century|10th]] {{·}} [[#11th century|11th]] {{·}} [[#12th century|12th]] {{·}} [[#13th century|13th]] {{·}} [[#14th century|14th]] {{·}} [[#15th century|15th]] {{·}} [[#16th century|16th]] {{·}} [[#17th century|17th]] {{·}} [[#18th century|18th]] {{·}} [[#19th century|19th]] {{·}} [[#20th century|20th]] {{·}} [[#21st century|21st]] {{·}} '''Further''': [[#See_also|See also]] {{·}}[[#References|References]] {{·}} [[#Further_reading|Further reading]]</div>

{{anchor|1st millennium BC}}

== 1st century BC ==
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| 57 BC || || [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[Roman General|General]] [[Julius Caesar]] invades and conquers the lands of the [[Belgae]]: [[Battle of the Sabis]]; [[Siege of the Atuatuci]]
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| 56 BC ||  || Julius Caesar campaigns unsuccessfully against the coastal tribes of the [[Morini]] and [[Menapii]].<ref name=Kroniek>Alain de Gueldre et al., ''Kroniek van België'' (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).</ref>{{rp|44}}
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| 55 BC ||  || Julius Caesar subdues the [[Morini]].{{r|Kroniek|p=45}}
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| 54–53 BC || || [[Ambiorix's revolt|Revolt of the Eburones]] under [[Ambiorix]] and [[Cativolcus]].
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| 53–51 BC ||  || Punitive campaigns subdue [[Nervii]] and [[Treveri]]; exterminate [[Eburoni]].{{r|Kroniek|p=44}}
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| 50 BC ||  || Julius Caesar completes writing ''[[Commentarii de Bello Gallico]]'', his account of his campaigns in Gaul.{{r|Kroniek|p=45}}
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| 29 BC ||  || [[Marcus Nonius Gallus]] suppresses revolt among [[Treveri]].{{r|Kroniek|p=48}}
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| 27 BC || || [[Augustus]] creates the [[Roman province|province]] [[Gallia Belgica]].{{r|Kroniek|p=48}}
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| ca. 15 BC ||  || Probable origins of the city of [[Tongeren]].{{r|Kroniek|p=49}}
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| 12 BC ||  || [[Augusta Treverorum]] becomes a city.{{r|Kroniek|p=49}}
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|  || || [[Nero Claudius Drusus]], commander in chief of Roman forces in [[Gallia Belgica]], has a [[Canal of Drusus|series of canals]] dug in the [[Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta]].{{r|Kroniek|p=49}}
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| ca. 10 BC || || Probable origins of the city of [[Aarlen]].{{r|Kroniek|p=50}}
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| 9 BC || || [[Nero Claudius Drusus]] dies after falling from his horse. Command of Rome's northern armies passes to [[Tiberius]].{{r|Kroniek|p=50}}
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| 4 BC || || Monument honouring [[Tiberius]] erected in [[Bagacum]].{{r|Kroniek|p=50}}
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{{anchor|1st millennium}}

== 1st century ==
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| 13 ||  || [[Germanicus]] becomes commander of the Roman army of the Rhine.{{r|Kroniek|p=51}}
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| 16 ||  || Roman invasion of Germany under command of [[Germanicus]] launched from [[Fectio]] in [[Gallia Belgica]].{{r|Kroniek|p=51}}
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| 19 || 10 October || Death of [[Germanicus]].{{r|Kroniek|p=51}}
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| 21 || || [[Treveri]] revolt at high taxes.{{r|Kroniek|p=52-53}}
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| 39 || October || [[Galba]] becomes commander of the armies in Lower Germany.{{r|Kroniek|p=52}}
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| 47 || || [[Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo]] becomes commander of the armies in Lower Germany. Orders canals dug in the [[Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta]].{{r|Kroniek|p=53}}
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| 47–48 || || [[Roman law]] replaces customary law in [[Gallia Belgica]]; [[druid]]s outlawed; Gaulish aristocracy given senatorial rank.{{r|Kroniek|p=53-54}}
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| 69 || January || Armies of the Rhine proclaim [[Aulus Vitellius]] as emperor.{{r|Kroniek|p=55}}
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|  || July || [[Batavian Revolt]] begins.{{r|Kroniek|p=55}}
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| 70 || || [[Treveri]], [[Menapii]], [[Nervii]] and [[Tungrii]] come out in support of the [[Batavian Revolt]], some under compulsion.{{r|Kroniek|p=56-57}}
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| 77 || || [[Pliny the Elder]] starts writing his ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Historia Naturalis]]'', book 4 of which contains a description of [[Gallia Belgica]].{{r|Kroniek|p=57}}
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| ca. 85 || || Northern border fortified with series of [[castra]].{{r|Kroniek|p=59}}
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| ca. 90 || || [[Domitian]] restructures provinces of the [[Roman Empire]]: Gallia Belgica divided into the provinces of Belgica Prima, Belgica Secunda, Germania Superior and [[Germania Inferior]].
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== 2nd century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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| 172–174 || || [[Chauci]] launch maritime raids on the coasts of Gallia Belgica.<ref>Fred Stevens and Axel Tixhon, ''L'Histoire de la Belgique pour les nuls'' (Paris, 2010), p. 31.</ref>
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== 3rd century ==
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|286 || || [[Carausius]], a [[Menapii|Menapian]] general in the Roman army, declares himself emperor of Britain and Gaul.<ref name=Pirenne1>[[Henri Pirenne]], ''[[Histoire de Belgique (book series)|Geschiedenis van België]]'', [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/pire002gesc01_01/pire002gesc01_01_0003.php vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130638/http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/pire002gesc01_01/pire002gesc01_01_0003.php |date=2 April 2015 }} (Ghent, 1902).</ref>{{rp|9}}
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|293 || || Death of Carausius
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== 4th century ==
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| 343 || || [[Saint Servatius|Servatius]], bishop of [[Tongeren]], attends the [[Council of Sardica]].
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| 357 || || Land south of the [[Rhine delta]] ceded to Frankish [[foederati]]
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| 359 || || [[Saint Servatius|Servatius]], bishop of [[Tongeren]], attends the [[Council of Ariminum]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=7}}
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== 5th century ==
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| 431 || || [[Salian Franks]] take possession of [[Tournai]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=7}}
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| 482 || || [[Childeric I]] buried in [[Tournai]].
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== 6th century ==
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| 561 ||  || [[Sigebert I]] inherits the Frankish kingdom of [[Austrasia]].
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== 7th century ==
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| 659 || 17 March|| Death of [[Gertrude of Nivelles]]
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| 675 ||  || Death of [[Amandus]]
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| 679 || 23 December || Murder of [[Dagobert II]] in the [[Ardennes Forest]].
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| 687 ||  || [[Pepin of Herstal]] and his wife [[Plectrude]] found what will become the [[Abbey of Saint-Hubert]].<ref>J. Dury and [[J.-P. Delville]], "Liège, 2: L’expansion généralisée du christianisme (viie siècle)", in ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. 32 (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2015), 150–151.</ref> 
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| 693 || 17 December || Death of [[Begga|Begga of Andenne]]
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== 8th century ==
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| 705 || 17 September || Death of [[Lambert of Maastricht]]: murdered at a site that would become [[Liège]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=17}}<ref>J. Keunen, "Lambertus", ''[[Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek]]'', vol. 3 (Brussels, 1968), 484–489.</ref>
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| 717 || || See of Maastricht moved to the location of [[Lambert of Maastricht]]'s murder, now [[Liège]].
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| 727 || 30 May || Death of [[Hubertus]], [[Bishop of Liège]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=17}}
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| 748 || 2 April || Birth of [[Charlemagne]], first [[Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>[[Janet Nelson]], ''King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne'' (London, Allen Lane, 2019), p. 24.</ref>
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== 9th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
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| 819 || 13 April || [[Louis the Pious]] confirms the liberties granted to [[St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent|St Bavo's Abbey]] by [[Charlemagne]] (oldest extant original charter in a Belgian archive).<ref>C. Vleeschouwers, "Diploma van keizer Lodewijk de Vrome voor de Sint-Baafsabdij te Gent, 819", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 ([[State Archives in Belgium]], Brussels, 1980), pp. 3–6.</ref>
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| 820 ||  || First recorded [[Viking]] raid on the Flemish coast.{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 825 || 30 September|| The remains of [[Hubertus|St Hubert]] (died 727) installed in the monastery that would become the [[Abbey of Saint-Hubert]].<ref>P. Bertrand, "Hubert (Saint)", in ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. 25 (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1995), 23–24.</ref>
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| 843 || August || [[Treaty of Verdun]] divides the [[Carolingian Empire]] between the three sons of [[Louis the Pious]]: [[Lothair I]], [[Louis the German]] and  [[Charles the Bald]], creating the kingdom of [[Middle Francia]] (including most of the [[Low Countries]]) for Lothair and assigning [[County of Flanders|Flanders]] to Charles the Bald.
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| 850 ||  || Norsemen raid Flanders.{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 855 ||  || [[Treaty of Prüm]] divides [[Middle Francia]] into the [[kingdom of Lotharingia]] (including most of the [[Low Countries]]), the [[Kingdom of Provence]] and the [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|kingdom of Italy]].
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| 861 ||  || Norsemen raid Flanders.{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 864 ||  || Norsemen raid Flanders.{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 870 ||  || [[Treaty of Meerssen]] partitions [[Lotharingia]] (including most of the [[Low Countries]]) between [[East Francia]] (Germany) and [[West Francia]] (France).
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| 879 ||  || Norsemen raid [[Toxandri|Taxandria]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 880 ||  || Norsemen raid [[Tournaisis]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 881 ||  || Norsemen plunder [[Cambrai]] and encamp near [[Maastricht]], extorting tribute from Maastricht, [[Tongeren]], [[Liège]], [[Sint-Truiden]], [[Malmedy]], [[Stavelot]], and [[Prüm]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=38}}
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| 891 || September or October || Norse invaders defeated in [[Battle of Leuven (891)|Battle on the Dijle]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=39}}
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| 895 ||  || [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] appoints his illegitimate son [[Zwentibold]] as king of [[Lotharingia]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=42-43}}
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| 900 || 13 August || [[Zwentibold]] slain by Count [[Reginar, Duke of Lorraine|Reginar I of Hainault]]; [[Lotharingia]] reincorporated into [[East Francia]].
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== 10th century ==
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| 908 ||  || [[Bishop of Liège]] granted right to levy a toll in [[Maastricht]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=57}}
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| 910 ||  || Count [[Reginar, Duke of Lorraine|Reginar I of Hainault]] appointed [[margrave]] of [[Lotharingia]]; historically regarded as the first Duke of Lorraine.
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| 915 ||  || Death of [[Reginar, Duke of Lorraine]], at his palace in [[Meerssen]]; succeeded by his son [[Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine|Giselbert]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=45}}
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| 918 || 10 September || Death of [[Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders]] at [[Blandijnberg]]; succeeded by his son [[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders|Arnulf]].
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| 925 ||  || [[Henry the Fowler]] invades Lotharingia and receives oaths of loyalty from the local aristocracy.{{r|Pirenne1|p=46}}
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| 936 || 7 August || [[Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine]], attends the coronation of [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] in [[Aachen]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=47}}
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| 939 || 2 October || [[Battle of Andernach]]: death of [[Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine]]; end of independence of Lotharingia (referred to as "Belgica" in the 10th-century histories of [[Richer of Rheims]]).{{r|Pirenne1|p=46n2}}<ref>Richerus of Rheims, ''Histoire de son temps'', edited by G.-H. Pertz, translated and annotated by J. Guadet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2dDOIVH3g68C vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306225720/https://books.google.fr/books?id=2dDOIVH3g68C |date=6 March 2016 }} (Paris, 1845), pp. 72, 82.</ref>
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| around 940 || || [[Saint-Ghislain Abbey]] reformed by [[Gérard of Brogne]]
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| 948 ||  || Death of Isaac, Count of [[Cambrai]]; powers of count transferred to [[Fulbert (bishop of Cambrai)|Fulbert]], [[Bishop of Cambrai]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=55}}
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| 953 ||  || [[Bruno the Great]], [[Archbishop of Cologne]], appointed [[Duke of Lotharingia]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=55}}
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| 954 ||  || [[Hungarian invasions of Europe|Hungarian attackers]] raid [[Lower Lotharingia]], besiege [[Cambrai]].{{r|Pirenne1|p=55}}
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| 959 ||  || [[Bruno the Great]] divides [[Lotharingia]] into Upper Lotharingia (the later [[Lorraine (duchy)|Duchy of Lorraine]]) and [[Lower Lotharingia]] (the later [[Lothier|Duchy of Lothier]]).<ref name=Parisse>Michel Parisse, "Lotharingia", in ''New Cambridge Medieval History'', edited by [[Timothy Reuter]], vol. 3 (Cambridge, 1999).</ref>{{rp|318–319}}
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|  || 3 October || Death of [[Gerard of Brogne]].
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| 964 ||  || [[Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine]], dies in Italy; no immediate successor.
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| 965 || 28 March || Death of [[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Arnulf II, Count of Flanders]]
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|  || 2 June || [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]], confirms [[Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Godfrey of Lower Lotharingia's]] gift to [[Saint-Ghislain Abbey]] of 18 [[mansus|mansi]] of land in [[Villers-Saint-Ghislain]].<ref>D. Van Overstraeten, "Diploma van keizer Otto I voor de abdij van Saint-Ghislain, 965", tr. C. Vleeschouwers, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 ([[State Archives in Belgium]], Brussels, 1980), pp. 10–13.</ref>
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|  || 11 October || Death of [[Bruno the Great]], [[Duke of Lotharingia]].
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| 966 || 5 May || [[Lothair of France|Lothar, King of the Franks]], confirms the possessions of [[St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent]], including those bequeathed by [[Arnulf I, Count of Flanders]], and contested by his heirs.<ref>G. Maréchal, "Bekrachtiging van de goederen van de Gentse Sint-Pietersabdij", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 10–13.</ref>
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| 968 ||  || [[Richar, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Richar, Count of Mons]], appointed Duke of Lower Lotharingia.
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| 973 ||  || [[Richar, Duke of Lower Lotharingia]], dies; no immediate successor.
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| 977 ||  || [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor]], appoints [[Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Charles]], brother of [[Lothair of France]], as Duke of Lower Lotharingia.{{r|Parisse|p=319}}
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| 980 ||  || [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor]], confirms all previous endowments to [[Notker of Liège|Notker]], Bishop of Liège, and issues a general immunity for the bishopric's lands: beginning of the establishment of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].{{r|Parisse|p=323}}
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| 985 ||  || [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]], [[King of Germany]], endows [[Notker of Liège|Notker]], Bishop of Liège, with the [[County of Huy]]: full establishment of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].{{r|Parisse|p=323}}
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| 987 || 30 March || Death of [[Arnulf II, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders]].
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| 990 || || Death of [[Hildegard of Flanders]], daughter of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, and wife of Dirk II, Count of Holland.
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{{anchor|2nd millennium}}

== 11th century ==
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| 1008 ||  || [[Baldrick II]] succeeds [[Notker of Liège|Notger]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1018 || 29 July || [[Battle of Vlaardingen]]: imperial forces commanded by [[Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine]], and [[Baldrick II]], [[bishop of Liège]], defeated by the army of [[Dirk III, Count of Holland]]. Baldrick died after a sudden illness on the journey; Godfrey was captured in the battle.
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|  || November || [[Wolbodo]] consecrated [[bishop of Liège]].<ref>[[Herman Vander Linden]], "Wolbodon", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [http://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2078.pdf vol. 27] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403112449/http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2078.pdf |date=3 April 2017 }} (Brussels, 1938), 392–394.</ref>
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| 1021 ||  || [[Durandus of Liège|Durandus]] succeeds [[Wolbodo]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1025 ||  || [[Reginard]] succeeds [[Durandus of Liège|Durandus]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1035 || 30 May || Death of [[Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders]] 
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| 1037 ||  || [[Nithard of Liège|Nithard]] succeeds [[Reginard]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1042 ||  || [[Wazo of Liège|Wazo]] succeeds [[Nithard of Liège|Nithard]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1047 ||  || [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders]], seizes control of the imperial castle at [[Ename]]
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| 1048 ||  || [[Theodwin of Liège|Theodwin]] succeeds [[Wazo of Liège|Wazo]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
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| 1049 || 13 January || Forces of [[Theodwin of Liège]] defeat forces of [[Dirk IV, Count of Holland]], killing Dirk and restoring imperial authority in the [[Rhine delta]].<ref name="vol. 24">[[Philibert Schmitz]], "Theoduin", in ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [http://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2072.pdf vol. 24] (Brussels, 1929), 757-758.</ref>
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| 1060 ||  || [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders]], becomes regent of France
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| 1063 || || [[Ename Abbey]] founded
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| 1066 ||  || [[Theodwin of Liège]] grants city rights to [[Huy]], the oldest such charter to survive from what is now Belgium.<ref name="vol. 24"/>
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| 1067 || 1 September || Death of [[Baldwin V, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders]]
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| c.1067 || || ''[[Genealogia comitum Flandrensium]]'' compiled.<ref>Georges Declercq, "Genealogia comitum Flandrensium", in ''Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'', edited by R. G. Dunphy (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010), 666–7.</ref>
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| 1070 || 17 July || Death of [[Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders]]
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| 1071 || 22 February || [[Battle of Cassel (1071)|Battle of Cassel]] between [[Robert I, Count of Flanders|Robert the Frisian]] and his nephew, [[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders]]. Arnulf was killed in the battle and Robert succeeded him as count.
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| 1074 || 29 April|| [[Pope Gregory VII]] issues [[papal bull|bull of protection]] for the [[Abbey of Saint-Hubert]].<ref name="Reform 1077 pp. 399">[[Brigitte Meijns]], "Papal Bulls as Instruments of Reform: the Reception of the Protection Bulls of Gregory VII in the Dioceses of Liège and Thérouanne (1074–1077)", ''[[Church History (journal)|Church History]]'', 87:2 (2018), pp. 399–423.</ref>
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| 1075 || 23 March || [[Pope Gregory VII]] writes to [[Theodwin of Liège|Theodwin]], [[bishop of Liège]], urging him to leave the abbot of [[Abbey of Saint-Hubert|Saint-Hubert]] unmolested.<ref name="Reform 1077 pp. 399"/>
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|  || 23 June || Death of [[Theodwin of Liège]]
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| 1077 || 28 April || [[Pope Gregory VII]] issues [[papal bull|bull of protection]] for [[Watten Abbey]].<ref name="Reform 1077 pp. 399"/>
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| 1081 || 1 February || Traditional date of the first apparition of [[Basilica of Our Lady of Tongre|Our Lady of Tongre]].
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| 1087 ||  || [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] becomes [[Duke of Lower Lorraine]]
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| 1093 || 13 October || Death of [[Robert I, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Robert II, Count of Flanders]]
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| 1096 || August || [[Godfrey of Bouillon]], [[Duke of Lower Lorraine]], sets off as one of the leaders of the [[First Crusade]].<ref>Alan V. Murray, [http://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1992_num_70_2_3824 The Army of Godfrey of Bouillon, 1096–1099: Structure and dynamics of a contingent on the First Crusade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604062610/https://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1992_num_70_2_3824 |date=4 June 2018 }}, ''[[Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire]]'' 70/2 (1992), pp. 301–329.</ref>
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| 1100 || 18 July || Death of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]]
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== 12th century ==
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| 1105 ||  || [[Baldric of Noyon]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai|Bishop of Tournai]], awards the [[Jus patronatus#Right of presentation|right of presentment]] for [[Tielt]] to the chapter of St Salvator in [[Harelbeke]]<ref>K. Maddens, "Schenking van het altaar van Tielt aan het Sint-Salvatorskapittel van Harelbeke, 1105", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 ([[State Archives in Belgium]], Brussels, 1980), pp. 15–17.</ref>
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| ||  || [[St Michael's church, Hekelgem]] becomes a dependency of [[Affligem Abbey]]
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| 1106 || 13 May || [[Godfrey I, Count of Louvain]], invested as [[Lower Lotharingia|Duke of Lower Lotharingia]] in [[Worms Cathedral]].<ref>[[Raymond van Uytven]], "13 mei 1106: Godfried van Leuven wordt hertog van Neder-Lotharingen", ''De 25 dagen van Vlaanderen'', 3 (2005), p. 67.</ref>
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| 1107 ||  || The hermit [[Ligerius]] founds a community that would become [[Ten Duinen Abbey]] (the Abbey of Dunes).<ref>M.-A. Dimier, "Dunes", in ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. 14 (Paris, 1960), 1039–1044.</ref>
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| 1111 || 5 October || Death of [[Robert II, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders]]
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| 1119 || 17 July || Death of [[Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Charles I, Count of Flanders]] (Charles the Good)
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| 1125 ||  || [[Godfrey I, Count of Louvain]] confirms the agreement of Ava of Waver and her sons with the [[Forest Abbey|priory of Forest]], transferring ownership of an [[allod]] in [[Woluwe]].<ref>M. Soenen, "Verkoop allodiaal domein te Woluwe, 1125", tr. C. Vleeschouwers, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 17–21.</ref>
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| 1127 || 2 March || Murder of [[Charles I, Count of Flanders|Charles the Good]], Count of Flanders
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|  || 30 March || [[William Clito]] claims countship of Flanders
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| 1128 || 1 January || [[Albero I of Louvain]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]], dies; succeeded by [[Alexander of Jülich]]
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| || 28 July || [[William Clito]] dies while laying siege to [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]]; [[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Thierry of Alsace]] established his claim to the countship of Flanders
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| 1129 || || Foundation of [[Park Abbey]].<ref>[[Edouard Van Even]], "Jaerboeken der Abtdy van Perk van 1077 tot 1316", ''Mengelingen'' (1871), pp. 392-393.</ref>
|-
| 1139 || 25 January || [[Godfrey I, Count of Louvain]], dies; succeeded by [[Godfrey II, Count of Louvain|Godfrey II]]
|-
| 1141 || 17 August to 22 September || Siege of [[Bouillon Castle]] by [[Albero II of Chiny-Namur|Albero]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]].
|-
| 1142 || 13 June || [[Godfrey II, Count of Louvain]] dies; succeeded by [[Godfrey III, Count of Louvain|Godfrey III]]
|-
| 1146 || 24 June || [[Pope Eugene III]] confirms [[Wibald]], [[Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy|Abbot of Stavelot and Malmedy]], in possession of the goods of the abbey.<ref>G. Hansotte, "Bevestiging van de bezittingen van de abdij van Stavelot, 1146", tr. A. Zoete, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 21–22.</ref>
|-
| 1147 || after 11 May || [[Henry II of Leez]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège|Bishop of Liège]], confirms [[Affligem Abbey]] in possession of its property in the diocese of Liège.<ref>M. Grauwen, "Bekrachtiging der goederen van de abdij van Affligem, 1147", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 23–25.</ref>
|-
|  ||  || [[Arnout IV, Count of Aarschot]], and [[Christian of Ghistelles]], leaders of forces from the Low Countries on the [[Second Crusade]], are diverted to the [[Siege of Lisbon]]
|-
| 1159 || 1 October || [[Godfrey III, Count of Louvain]], takes [[Grimbergen]]
|-
| 1163 || June || [[Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg|Henry the Blind]], [[Count of Namur]] and [[Count of Luxembourg|of Luxembourg]], being childless, names his sister [[Alice of Namur]] with her husband [[Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut]], and [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut|their son Baldwin]], as heirs of all his [[allod]]ial possessions, "with sod and twig", retaining [[usufruct]] during his own lifetime.<ref name="F. Ladrier 1980 pp. 29">F. Ladrier, "De erfopvolging van Hendrik de Blinde, graaf van Namen, 1163–1184", tr. A. Zoete, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 29–33.</ref>
|-
| 1164 || 4 September || [[Henry II of Leez]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]], dies
|-
| 1167 ||  || [[Rudolf of Zähringen]] becomes [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
|-
| 1168 || 17 January || Death of [[Thierry, Count of Flanders]]; succession of [[Philip I, Count of Flanders|Philip of Alsace]] as count of Flanders
|-
|  ||  || [[Godfrey III, Count of Louvain|Godfrey]], Duke of Lower Lotharingia, confirms the privileges of the borough of [[Tienen]] (oldest extant civic charter from the [[Duchy of Brabant]])<ref>A. Graffart, "Godfried III en Tienen, 1168", tr. A. Zoete, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 26–29.</ref>
|-
| 1171 || 8 November || [[Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut]], dies; succeeded by [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut|Baldwin V]]
|-
| 1178 ||  || [[Gislebert of Mons]] becomes chancellor to [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]].<ref name="G. Wymans 1980 pp. 37">G. Wymans, "Oorkonde van het kapittel van Zinnik, geschreven door Gillebert van Bergen, kanselier van Henegouwen, 1198", tr. M. Grauwen, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 37–39.</ref>
|-
| 1183 || || [[Godfrey III, Count of Louvain]], departs for Jerusalem
|-
| 1184 || 1 April ||  [[Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg|Henry the Blind]], [[Count of Namur]] and [[Count of Luxembourg|of Luxembourg]], being childless, names his nephew, [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]], already heir to all his [[allod]]ial possessions, as heir equally to all his [[fief|feudal possessions]], "with sod and twig", retaining [[usufruct]] during his own lifetime.<ref name="F. Ladrier 1980 pp. 29"/>
|-
| 1185 || 28 to 29 April || [[Saint Lambert's Cathedral, Liège]], destroyed by fire.<ref name="Mengelingen 1871 pp. 398-399">[[Edouard Van Even]], "Jaerboeken der Abtdy van Perk van 1077 tot 1316", ''Mengelingen'' (1871), pp. 398-399.</ref>
|-
| 1186 || July || birth of [[Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg|Ermesinde, later countess of Luxembourg]], only child of Henry the Blind. As a female heir she would inherit his allodial possessions, but not his feudal possessions.<ref name="F. Ladrier 1980 pp. 29"/>
|-
| 1190 || 21 August || [[Godfrey III, Count of Louvain]] dies; succeeded by [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]]
|-
| 1191 || 1 August|| Death of [[Philip I, Count of Flanders|Philip of Alsace]], Count of Flanders; succession of his daughter [[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders]], and her husband and co-ruler [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]]
|-
| || 5 August || [[Rudolf of Zähringen]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]], dies
|-
| || 8 September || [[Albert of Louvain]] elected [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
|-
| 1192 || 24 November || Murder of [[Albert of Louvain]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]], by supporters of [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Henry VI]]
|-
| 1193 || 19 May || Relics of [[Saint Alena]] enshrined in [[Forest Abbey|Forest Priory]].<ref name="Bart Fransen 2008 pp. 95">Bart Fransen, "Recherches historiques / Historisch onderzoek", ''Bulletin'' of the [[Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage]], 32 (2006–2008), pp. 95–101.</ref>
|-
| 1194 || 20 August || Peace treaty between [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]] and [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]], ending twelve years of conflict between the [[Duchy of Brabant]] and the [[County of Hainaut]].<ref>G. Wymans, "Vredesverdrag tussen Hendrik I, hertog van Brabant, en Boudewijn V, graaf van Henegouwen en Vlaanderen, 1194", tr. M. Grauwen, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 33–37.</ref>
|-
|  || 15 November || Death of [[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders]]; her husband [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]] continues to rule as Baldwin VIII of Flanders
|-
| 1195 || 17 December || Death of [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]]; succession of his son [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin VI]] as count of Flanders and Hainaut
|-
| 1197 || || [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], departs for Jerusalem.<ref name="Mengelingen 1871 pp. 398-399"/>
|-
| 1198 ||  || [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin VI]], [[Count of Hainaut]], donates all his possessions in the village of [[Horrues]] to the collegiate church of [[Soignies]] to endow a [[Lady chapel]] and a [[chantry]].<ref name="G. Wymans 1980 pp. 37"/>
|-
|}

== 13th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| 1205 || 14 April || [[Battle of Adrianople (1205)|Battle of Adrianople]]: [[Baldwin I of Constantinople]], count of Flanders and Hainaut, captured by the [[Bulgaria]]ns
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| 1213 || 22 April || [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], marries [[Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant|Marie of France]] in [[Soissons]].
|-
| || 30 to 31 May || [[Battle of Damme]]: English fleet destroys French fleet at anchor near Damme.<ref>F. W. Brooks, "The Battle of Damme, 1213", ''Mariner's Mirror'' 16 (1930), 264–271.</ref>
|-
|  || 13 October || [[Battle of Steppes]]: army and allies of [[Hugh Pierrepont]], [[Bishop of Liège]], defeat the forces of [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]].<ref>John France, ''Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000–1300'' (London, 2002), p. 166.</ref>
|-
| 1214 || 27 July || [[Battle of Bouvines]]: decisive French victory against the forces of [[Ferdinand, Count of Flanders]], [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], and [[Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]. Count of Flanders carried captive to Paris.<ref>[[Georges Duby]], ''Le Dimanche de Bouvines, 27 juillet 1214'' (Gallimard, 1985).</ref>
|-
| 1224 || 12 August || [[Guy II, Count of Saint-Pol|Guy of Saint-Pol]] and his brother, [[Hugo V, Count of Saint-Pol|Hugo of Saint-Pol]], stand surety for a loan of 3693 pounds borrowed from citizens of [[Arras]] by [[Daniel, Lord of Béthune]]: an early example of the use of French rather than Latin in legal documents.<ref>C. Wyffels, "Het verschijnen in ons land van Nederlands en Frans in de ambtelijke schrijftaal", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 ([[State Archives in Belgium]], Brussels, 1980), pp. 43–45.</ref>
|-
| 1229 || 10 June || [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], issues charter of [[city rights]] for Brussels.<ref>"De keure van 1229", ''Brussel: Waar is de Tijd'', 6 (1999), pp. 133-135.</ref>
|-
| 1232 || 20 September || [[Ferdinand, Count of Flanders]] and [[Joan, Countess of Flanders]] release inhabitants of the [[Brugse Vrije]] from the [[feudal relief]] of [[heriot|"best beast"]].<ref>J. Mertens, "Vrijstelling van 'beste hoofd', 1232", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 46–48.</ref>
|-
| 1235 || 5 September || [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant]], died; succeeded by [[Henry II, Duke of Brabant|Henry II]]
|-
| 1236 ||  || Statutes of the Ghent Leper Hospital translated from Latin: the earliest known example of a legal document entirely in Dutch.<ref>C. Wyffels, "Het verschijnen in ons land van Nederlands en Frans in de ambtelijke schrijftaal", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 43–45.</ref>
|-
| 1237 ||  || Charters of the city of Ghent translated into Dutch.<ref>C. Wyffels, "Het verschijnen in ons land van Nederlands en Frans in de ambtelijke schrijftaal", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), p. 45.</ref>
|-
| 1238 ||  || Benedictine priory at [[Forest, Belgium|Vorst]], a dependency of [[Affligem Abbey]], becomes the independent [[Forest Abbey]].<ref name="Bart Fransen 2008 pp. 95"/>
|-
| 1245 || 14 June || [[Pope Innocent IV]] authorizes the [[Augustinians|canons regular of St Augustine]] to establish a grammar school in [[Leuven]].<ref>M. Grawuen, "Inrichting van een school te Leuven, 1245", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 48–50.</ref>
|-
| 1248 || 1 February || [[Henry II, Duke of Brabant]], died; succeeded by [[Henry III, Duke of Brabant|Henry III]]
|-
| 1255 ||  || Gothic choir of [[Tournai Cathedral]] completed
|-
| 1261 || 28 February || [[Henry III, Duke of Brabant]], dies; succeeded by [[Henry IV, Duke of Brabant|Henry IV]]
|-
| 1270 || 1 September || [[Margaret II, Countess of Flanders|Margaret of Constantinople]], [[Countess of Flanders]], impounds wares of English merchants in Flanders in retaliation for their king's non-payment of a money fief, sparking a trade war between Flanders and England.<ref name="C. Wyffels 1980 pp. 54">C. Wyffels, "Economische oorlog tussen Vlaanderen en Engeland", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 54–56.</ref>
|-
| 1272 || after 29 April || [[Henry IV, Duke of Brabant]], died; succeeded by [[John I, Duke of Brabant|John I]]
|-
| 1274 || 28 July || [[Treaty of Montreuil (1274)|Treaty of Montreuil-sur-Mer]] between [[Edward I of England]] and [[Guy, Count of Flanders]], ending four years of economic warfare and providing for free movement of merchants between their territories.<ref name="C. Wyffels 1980 pp. 54"/>
|-
| 1275 || 27 September || Future [[John II, Duke of Brabant]], born.
|-
| 1281 || 21 August || [[Guy de Thourout]] does homage to [[Guy, Count of Flanders]] for lands in [[Wervik]], [[Reninge]] and [[Rollegem]]. He also held land in [[Menen]] and [[Rekkem]], a manor in [[Varsenare]], and owned a number of houses within the city of [[Ypres]].<ref>[[François-Louis Ganshof]], "Gui de Thourout", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2073.pdf vol. 25] (Brussels, 1932), 141-142.</ref>
|-
| 1284 || 24 August || [[John of Enghien]], [[prince-bishop of Liège]], dies of wounds sustained during an abduction attempt.
|-
| 1288 || 5 June || [[Battle of Worringen]]
|-
| 1293 || 7 May || Aldermen of [[Nieuwpoort, Belgium|Nieuwpoort]] accept the mediation of [[Guy, Count of Flanders]] in their dispute with the abbeys of [[Ten Duinen Abbey|Duinen]] and [[Bourbourg]] concerning a dyke built near the town.<ref>J. Mertens, "Geschil over een dijk bij Nieuwpoort", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 63–65.</ref>
|-
| 1294 || 3 May || [[John I, Duke of Brabant]], died; succeeded by [[John II, Duke of Brabant|John II]]
|-
| 1295 || 16 August || [[John II, Duke of Brabant]], recognises that [[Affligem Abbey]] by immemorial custom has the right to appoint a panel of seven aldermen for the village of [[Hekelgem]].<ref>[[Alphonse Wauters]], ''Histoire des environs de Bruxelles'', vol. 1 (Brussels, 1855), p. 515.</ref>
|-
| 1296 || 2 November || [[Edward I of England]] grants Flemish merchants the right to buy wool for export anywhere in the British Isles, rather than being limited to the [[wool staple]].<ref>J. Danhieux, "Handel tussen Engeland en Vlaanderen, 1296", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 65–67.</ref>
|-
| 1297 || 12 June || Treaties of alliance between [[Philip IV of France]] and [[John II, Count of Holland|John of Avesnes]], [[Count of Hainaut]], culminate in a trade treaty allowing merchants from Hainaut to trade freely in the kingdom of France.<ref>C. Dumont, "Handelsverdrag tussen Filips de Schone, koning van Frankrijk, en Jan van Avesnes, graaf van Henegouwen, 1297", tr. H. Coppens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 68–69.</ref>
|-
| || 5 November || [[Guy, Count of Flanders]] and [[Marquis of Namur]] transfers government of [[County of Namur|Namur]] to [[John I, Marquis of Namur|John of Namur]], his eldest son by [[Isabelle of Luxembourg]], breaking the personal union of Namur with the [[County of Flanders]] (which would pass to [[Robert III, Count of Flanders|Robert]], Guy's son by [[Matilda of Béthune]]).<ref>J. Bovesse, "Verbreking van de persoonlijke dynastieke band tussen de graafschappen Vlaanderen en Namen op het eind van de 13de eeuw", tr. H. Coppens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 70–72.</ref>
|-
|}

== 14th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| 1302 || 11 July || [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]]: [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] forces defeat knights of [[Philip IV of France]] near [[Kortrijk]]
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| 1303 || 9 July || Aldermen of the [[Namur, Belgium|city of Namur]] authorize formation of a butchers' guild with militia obligations, requiring members to arm themselves, follow their own banner, and bury their own dead.<ref>J. Bovesse, "Statuten van het Naamse beenhouwersambacht, 1303", tr. E. Persoons, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 72–76.</ref>
|-
| 1312 || 27 September || The [[Charter of Kortenberg]] finalised at Kortenberg Abbey, establishing fundamental rights for the inhabitants of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] such as no punishment without due process. Council of four knights and ten representatives of the boroughs established (beginnings of representative institutions in the duchy).
|-
| || 27 October || [[John II, Duke of Brabant]], dies; succeeded by [[John III, Duke of Brabant|John III]]
|-
| 1313 || 24 August || [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry of Luxembourg]] died in [[Buonconvento]] while besieging [[Siena]], reputedly of poison put in the chalice during mass.<ref>[[Edouard Van Even]], "Jaerboeken der Abtdy van Perk van 1077 tot 1316", ''Mengelingen'' (1871), pp. 406-407.</ref>
|-
| 1317 || 11 April || Works begins on a new [[cloth hall]] in Leuven, which is now [[University Hall (Leuven)|University Hall]].<ref name=universiteitshal>{{Cite web |publisher=[[Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage]] |title=Universiteitshal |url=https://erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42151 |date=2020 |language=nl }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| 1322 || 24 June || [[Joanna, Duchess of Brabant|Joanna of Brabant]] born.
|-
| 1323 || June || Rebellion of the commoners in maritime Flanders, sparked by [[Louis I, Count of Flanders]], ceding [[Sluis]] to [[John I, Marquis of Namur]].<ref>[[Henri Pirenne]], ''Le Soulèvement de la Flandre Maritime de 1323 à 1328'' (Brussels, 1900).</ref>
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| 1327 || 30 August || [[Pope John XXII]] provides a dispensation for the marriage of [[Philippa of Hainault]] and [[Edward III of England]]. The marriage itself took place by proxy in [[Valenciennes]] in October.<ref name="Keyzer 1980 pp. 76">W. De Keyzer, "Huwelijksdispensatie voor Edward III, koning van Engeland en Filippa van Henegouwen, 1327", tr. E. Persoons, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 76–78.</ref>
|-
| 1328 || 24 January || Marriage of [[Philippa of Hainault]] and [[Edward III of England]] celebrated in [[York Minster]].<ref name="Keyzer 1980 pp. 76"/>
|-
| 1328 || 23 August || [[Battle of Cassel (1328)|Battle of Cassel]]: [[Philip VI of France]] defeats Flemish rebels led by [[Nicolaas Zannekin]].<ref>L. Danhieux, "Bruggelingen als gijzelaars in Frankrijk, 1328", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 78–82.</ref>
|-
| 1339 || 3 December || Treaty of mutual support between [[John III, Duke of Brabant]] and [[Louis I, Count of Flanders]], and the cities subject to them, providing for offensive and defensive alliance and free trade between their territories.<ref>A. Graffart, "Verdrag van bondgenootschap tussen Brabant en Vlaanderens, 1339", tr. S. Vervaeck, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 83–87.</ref>
|-
| 1340 || 24 June || [[Battle of Sluys]]
|-
| 1345 || 24 July || [[Jacob van Artevelde]] killed in Ghent.<ref>[[Patricia Carson]], ''James Van Artevelde: The Man from Ghent'' (Ghent, 1980).</ref>
|-
| 1355 || 8 March || The boroughs of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] and the [[Duchy of Limburg]] undertake to remain united under a single prince after the death of [[John III, Duke of Brabant]], not allowing the territory to be divided among his heirs.<ref>R. Wellens, "Verbond der steden, 1355", tr. S. Vervaeck, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 88–89.</ref>
|-
| || 5 December || [[John III, Duke of Brabant]], died; succeeded by [[Joanna, Duchess of Brabant|Joanna]]
|-
| 1356 || 3 January || [[Joyous Entry of 1356]]: [[Joanna, Duchess of Brabant]] and her husband [[Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg]] sign the great charter of liberties of the [[Duchy of Brabant]].<ref>R. Wellens, "Blijde Inkomst van Brabant, 1356", tr. S. Vervaeck, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 89–92.</ref>
|-
| 1370 ||  || [[Brussels massacre|Extirpation of small Jewish population of Brabant]] after accusations of profaning eucharistic hosts.
|-
| 1379 || || Ghent Revolt led by [[Philip van Artevelde]] begins
|-
| 1382 || 3 May || [[Battle of Beverhoutsveld]] – men of Ghent take Bruges and gain control over most of the [[county of Flanders]]
|-
| || 27 November || Men of Ghent defeated in [[Battle of Roosebeke]]; [[Philip van Artevelde]] slain
|-
| 1383 || 25 May || [[Battle of Dunkirk (1383)|Battle of Dunkirk]]
|-
| || 8 June to 8 August || [[Siege of Ypres (1383)|Siege of Ypres]]
|-
| 1384 || 30 January || [[Louis II, Count of Flanders]], last count of the [[House of Dampierre]], dies; succeeded by his daughter [[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders]], whose husband [[Philip the Bold]] ruled on her behalf: beginning of [[Burgundian Netherlands|period of Burgundian rule in the Low Countries]]
|-
| 1385 || 18 December || [[Peace of Tournai]] ends the Ghent Revolt
|-
| 1386 || 15 February || [[Philip the Bold]] founds the [[Lille Chamber of Accounts]] to audit the accounts of his functionaries in the [[county of Flanders]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://data.bnf.fr/12555334/pays-bas_espagnols_chambre_des_comptes_lille/ |title=Pays-Bas espagnols. Chambre des comptes. Lille |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |date=7 February 2017}}</ref>
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| 1387 || 2 November || Oldest record of the incorporation of the [[Guilds of Brussels|Brussels guild]] of painters, goldbeaters and glassmakers.<ref>A. Graffart, "Register van het schilders-, goudslagers- en glazenmakersambacht van Brussel, 1707–1794", tr. M. Erkens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), p. 268.</ref>
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| 1389 ||  || [[John III, Duke of Bavaria|John of Bavaria]] elected [[Prince-Bishop of Liège]] (resigned 1418).
|-
| 1390 || 28 September || [[Joanna, Duchess of Brabant]] secretly relinquishes possession of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] to her niece, [[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders|Margaret of Male]], and offspring thereof.<ref>A. Van Nieuwenhuysen, "De erfopvolging in Brabant, 1392", tr. S. Vervaeck, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1, tr. J. Verhelst, (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 97–99.</ref>
|-
| 1392 ||1 November || [[John III, Duke of Bavaria|John of Bavaria]], [[Prince-Bishop of Liege|bishop-elect of Liège]], writes to [[Philip the Bold]] to intercede for merchants from [[Liège]] arrested by the officers of [[Rethel]].<ref>G. Hansotte, "De betrekkingen tussen Luikenaren en Bourgondiërs in de XIVde eeuw", tr. J. Verhelst, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 99–100.</ref>
|-
|}

== 15th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| 1408 || 9 September || [[John the Fearless]] takes fiscal measures to pay [[Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]]'s archers joining him on the Liège campaign. (Letter bearing only known surviving signature of John the Fearless).<ref>A. Zoete, "Brief van Jan zonder Vrees, 1408", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 103–106.</ref>
|-
|  || 28 September || [[Battle of Othée]]: forces of [[John the Fearless]] and [[John III, Duke of Bavaria|John of Bavaria]] defeat Liège rebels.
|-
| 1411 || || Suppression of the [[Homines Intelligentiae]] in Brussels.<ref>Franz-Josef Schweitzer, "'Caritatem habe, et fac quod vis!' – Die 'Freien Geister' in der Darstellung Jans van Ruusbroec und in Selbstzeugnissen", in ''Jan Van Ruusbroec: The Sources, Content, and Sequels of His Mysticism'', edited by Paul Mommaers and N. de Paepe (Leuven University Press, 1984), pp. 61-62.</ref>
|-
| 1421 || 23 April || [[Philip the Good]] transfers [[usufruct]] of the [[County of Namur]] to John of Flanders, Lord of Béthune, for the duration of his life.<ref>J. Bovesse, "Verkoop van het graafschap Namen wan Filips de Goede, heritage van Bourgondië, 1421", tr. J. Verhelst, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 108–111.</ref>
|-
| 1425 || 9 December || [[Pope Martin V]] issues papal bull founding [[Old University of Leuven|University of Leuven]].
|-
| 1441 ||  || [[Tapestry]] weavers of [[Oudenaarde]] form the Guild of St Barbara.<ref>G. gadijn, "Wandtapijtkunst te Oudenaarde, 1596", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 190–192.</ref>
|-
| 1450 || 28 February || Tournament held on the main square in [[Leuven]] in the presence of [[Philip the Good]], Duke of Burgundy and Brabant.<ref>[[Edouard Van Even]], "Een steekspel, in 1450, op de Groote Merckt, te Leuven", ''Mengelingen'' (1871), pp. 123-128.</ref>
|-
| 1451 || 28 October || Guilds of [[Ghent]] [[Revolt of Ghent (1449–53)|take up arms]] against the Count of Flanders, [[Philip the Good]].
|-
| 1452 || 31 May || [[Philip the Good]] declares war on the city of [[Ghent]].
|-
| || 7 September || Writer and translator [[Jean Wauquelin]] dies in [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]].
|-
| 1453 || 23 July || [[Battle of Gavere]]: forces of [[Philip the Good]] defeat rebels of [[Ghent]], ending [[Revolt of Ghent (1449–53)|their rebellion]].
|-
| 1454 || 17 February || The [[Feast of the Pheasant]], a banquet given by [[Philip the Good]], Duke of Burgundy, held in [[Lille]].
|-
| 1458 ||3 August ||Tower of [[St. Peter's Church, Leuven]], catches fire.
|-
| 1464 || 9 January–12 February || [[Estates General of 1464]]: first joint meeting of representatives of various territories of the [[Burgundian Netherlands]].<ref>[[Wim Blockmans]], "De samenstelling van de staten van de Bourgondische landsheerlijkheden omstreeks 1464", ''Standen en Landen'' 47 (1968), pp. 57–112.</ref>
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| 1465 || 20 October || [[Battle of Montenaken]]: forces of [[Philip the Good]] defeat Liège militiamen.<ref name=Marchandise>Alain Marchandise, Irène Vrancken-Pirson and Jean-Louis Kupper, "[https://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/185181/1/Sac%20Liège.pdf La destruction de la ville de Liège (1468) et sa reconstruction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702123024/https://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/185181/1/Sac%20Li%C3%A8ge.pdf |date=2 July 2019 }}", in ''Destruction et reconstruction de villes, du moyen âge à nos jours'' (Brussels, 1999).</ref>{{rp|72–73}}
|-
|  || 22 December || [[Treaty of Saint-Trond]] ends hostilities between Liège and Burgundy, subjecting the [[prince-bishopric of Liège]] to Burgundian control.{{r|Marchandise|p=72-73}}
|-
| 1466 || 19 to 25 August 1466 || Dinant sacked by the forces of [[Philip the Good]], commanded by [[Charles the Bold]]
|-
| 1467 || 15 June || Death of [[Philip the Good]]; [[Charles the Bold]] succeeds as [[Duke of Burgundy]].
|-
|  || 28 October || [[Battle of Brustem]]: forces of [[Charles the Bold]] defeat forces of Liège.
|-
|  || 12 November || City of Liège surrenders to [[Charles the Bold]].
|-
| 1468 || 3 July || Marriage of [[Charles the Bold]] and [[Margaret of York]] (Now commemorated with the five-yearly [[Procession of the Golden Tree]])
|-
|  || September || Liège again rises against Burgundian rule.{{r|Marchandise|p=74}}
|-
|  || 27 October || Army of [[Charles the Bold]] reaches Liège.{{r|Marchandise|p=78}}
|-
|  || 29 October || [[Six hundred Franchimontois]] raid the Burgundian encampment outside Liège, failing to dislodge besiegers.{{r|Marchandise|p=79}}
|-
|  || 30 October to 2 November || City of Liège pillaged by Burgundian troops.
|-
|  || 3 November || [[Charles the Bold]] orders the city of Liège systematically razed, sparing only the churches and the houses of [[canon (priest)|canons]].{{r|Marchandise|p=84}}
|-
| 1469 || 1 July || [[Charles the Bold]] grants [[Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège|Prince-Bishop Louis of Bourbon]] permission to begin rebuilding Liège.{{r|Marchandise|p=86-87}}
|-
| 1473 || 24 April || [[Charles the Bold]] appointed mediator in the peace negotiations between Poland and Hungary.<ref>J. Verhelst, "Vredesonderhandelingen tussen Polen en Hongarije, 1473", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 112–113.</ref>
|-
|  || December || [[Charles the Bold]] overhauls the administrative structures of the [[Burgundian Netherlands]]: establishes [[Great Council of Mechelen]]; orders the chambers of accounts of [[Lille]] and [[Brussels]] be combined and sit in [[Mechelen]].<ref>D. Van Derveeghde, "Poging tot reorganisatie en centralisatie van de financiën onder Karel de Stoute, 1473", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 113–115.</ref>
|-
| 1477 || 5 January || [[Charles the Bold]] dies in the [[Battle of Nancy]].
|-
|  || 29 May || [[Joyous Entry]] of [[Mary of Burgundy]] in [[Leuven]] as [[Duchess of Brabant]].<ref>R. Wellens, "Blijde Inkomst in Brabant, 1477", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 115–117.</ref>
|-
|  || 18 August || [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian of Austria]] makes his entry into Ghent.
|-
|  || 19 August || Marriage between [[Mary of Burgundy]] and [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian of Austria]] celebrated.
|-
| 1478 || 22 July || Birth of [[Philip I of Castile|Philip the Fair]]
|-
| 1479 || 7 August || [[Battle of Guinegate (1479)|Battle of Guinegate]]: forces of [[Mary of Burgundy]] and her husband [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I of Habsburg]] defeat forces of [[Louis XI of France]].
|-
| 1480 || 10 January || Birth of [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret of Burgundy]]
|-
| 1482 || 27 March || [[Mary of Burgundy]] dies as a result of having fallen from her horse while hawking some weeks earlier. Leaving an infant heir and a foreign husband, this set the scene for the [[Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria]] (1483–1485).
|-
|  || 3 April || Funeral of [[Mary of Burgundy]] in [[Church of Our Lady, Bruges]]
|-
|  || 30 August || [[Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège]] assassinated by [[William de La Marck]].
|-
|  || 19 November || Six women burned at the stake in Bruges for having committed "sodomy" with women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/geschiedenis/lesbisch-de-middeleeuwen-tamelijk-veilig-behalve-hier|author=Jonas Roelens|title=Lesbisch in de middeleeuwen? Tamelijk veilig behalve hier|language=nl|date=16 September 2019|website=EOS wetenschap}}</ref>
|-
|  || 23 December || [[Treaty of Arras (1482)|Treaty of Arras]] between [[Louis XI of France]] and [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I of Habsburg]] as heir of the [[Burgundian Netherlands]], ceding Burgundy and Artois to France.
|-
|  || || Oldest surviving [[parish register]] from the territory of what is now Belgium: marriage register from the [[Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula|Church of St Gudula]] in Brussels.<ref name="A. Libois 1980 pp. 179">A. Libois, "Tekening in een parochieregister: het huwelijk", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 179–190.</ref>
|-
| 1493 || 23 May || [[Treaty of Senlis]]: [[Charles VIII of France]] cedes the [[County of Flanders]] and [[County of Artois]] to the [[House of Habsburg]].<ref>U. Vermeuelen, "Bekrachtiging van het verdrag van Senlis, 1493", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 118–119.</ref>
|-
| 1495 || 20 January || Wedding contracts concluded for the double marriage of [[Philip I of Castile|Philip the Fair]] and [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret of Burgundy]] to  [[Joanna of Castile]] and [[John, Prince of Asturias]].<ref name="Joni M. Hand 2013 p. 84">Joni M. Hand, ''Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350–1550'' (Ashgate, 2013), p. 84</ref>
|-
|  || 5 November || Double wedding by proxy of [[Philip I of Castile|Philip the Fair]] and [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret of Burgundy]] to [[Joanna of Castile]] and [[John, Prince of Asturias]].<ref name="Joni M. Hand 2013 p. 84"/>
|-
|-
| 1500 || 24 February || Birth of the future [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], in [[Ghent]].
|-
|  || 7 March || Christening of the future [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], in [[Ghent]], with [[Margaret of York]], [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret of Austria]], [[Charles I de Croÿ|Charles, Prince of Chimay]], and [[John III of Bergen op Zoom|John, Lord of Bergen op Zoom]] as godparents.<ref name=Meerbeeck>[[Adriaan van Meerbeeck]], ''Chronijcke vande gantsche Werelt'' (Antwerp, 1620).</ref>{{rp|3}}
|-
|  || May || [[Philip I of Castile|Philip of Burgundy]] received as ruler in [[Béthune]], [[Saint-Omer]] and [[Dunkirk]].{{r|Meerbeeck|p=4}}
|-
|  || 9 June || Conference outside [[Calais]] between [[Henry VII of England]] and [[Philip I of Castile|Philip of Burgundy]].{{r|Meerbeeck|p=4}}
|-
|}

== 16th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
|-
| 1501 || 18 July || Birth of [[Isabella of Austria]], daughter of [[Philip I of Castile|Philip of Burgundy]] and [[Joanna of Castile]], future Queen of [[Christian II of Denmark]].
|-
| 1509 || 25 June || [[Pope Julius II]] grants [[indulgence]] for those contributing to the rebuilding of the [[Notre Dame de Dinant|collegiate church of Dinant]], equal to the indulgence for a [[Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome|pilgrimage to Rome]].<ref name="A. Smolar-Meynart 1980 pp. 122">A. Smolar-Meynart, "Aflaatbul voor de wederopbouw van de collegiale kerk van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw the Dinant, 1509", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 122–124.</ref>
|-
| 1511 || 2 April || [[Érard de La Marck]], [[Prince-Bishop of Liège]], orders publication of Julius II's bull granting an indulgence for those contributing to the rebuilding of the [[Notre Dame de Dinant|collegiate church of Dinant]].<ref name="A. Smolar-Meynart 1980 pp. 122"/>
|-
| 1521 || 8 May || [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] issues decree for the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] prohibiting Lutheran preaching, teaching, printing or disputation, largely parallel to the [[Edict of Worms]] that he was to sign for the Empire as a whole on 26 May but providing more repressive powers to secular authorities.<ref>E. Persoons, "Edikt van Worms, 8 mei 1521. Speciale tekst voor de Nederlanden. France versie", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 124–126.</ref>
|-
| 1523 || 1 July || [[Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes]] burned at the stake in [[Brussels]] for their adherence to [[Lutheran]] doctrines.<ref name="E. Persoons 1980 pp. 150">E. Persoons, "Edikten of 'placcaten' van Karel V tegen het Lutheranisme", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 150–153.</ref>
|-
| || 8 September || [[Pope Adrian VI]] draws up a [[last will and testament]] to dispose of his possessions in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], among other bequests founding [[Pope's College, Leuven|a papal college]] for students of Theology at the [[Old University of Leuven|University of Leuven]].<ref>M. Grauwen, "Testament van paus Adriaan VI, 1523", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 127–129.</ref>
|-
| 1526 || 14 January || [[Treaty of Madrid (1526)|Peace of Madrid]] temporarily ends the war between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and [[Francis I of France]], with France briefly relinquishing all claim to the [[County of Flanders]], [[County of Artois]], [[Tournai and the Tournaisis]], and the [[Duchy of Burgundy]].<ref>U. Vermeulen, "Vrede van Madrid, 1526", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 129–130.</ref>
|-
| [[1531 in Belgium|1531]] || 26 September || [[Mary of Hungary]] appointed regent over the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].<ref>J. Buntinx, "Maria van Hongarije landvoogdes, 1531", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 131–132.</ref>
|-
| 1532 || 11 September || Charles V issues decree establishing protocols and procedure of the reorganized Council of Luxembourg.<ref name="R. Petit 1980 pp. 132">R. Petit, "Keizerlijke verordening houdend reglement van de Raad van Luxemburg, 1532", tr. M. Grauwen, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 132–141.</ref>
|-
| 1540 || 4 October || New edict requiring printers and booksellers to provide local magistrates with inventories of their stock.<ref name="E. Persoons 1980 pp. 150"/>
|-
| 1546 || 9 May || [[Old University of Leuven|University of Leuven]] issues the first [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|index of prohibited books]].<ref name="E. Persoons 1980 pp. 150"/>
|-
| 1542 || August || French forces plunder [[Arlon]].<ref name="R. Petit 1980 pp. 156">R. Petit, "Rekwest van de burgers van Aarlen tot het bekomen van de alleenhandel in de proosdij, 1548", tr. M. Grauwen, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 156–159.</ref>
|-
| || 1 September || [[Francis I of France]] appoints [[Claude, Duke of Guise]] as governor of the [[Duchy of Luxembourg]].
|-
| 1544 ||  || [[Italian War of 1542–46#Treaty of Crépy|Peace of Crépy]] ends the war between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and [[Francis I of France]], returning status quo of 1538: [[Duchy of Luxembourg]] restored to the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].<ref name="R. Petit 1980 pp. 156"/>
|-
| 1549 || 12 September || Edict regulating the organization of markets throughout the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].<ref name="R. Petit 1980 pp. 156"/>
|-
| 1559 || 12 April || [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip]] establishes the [[Royal Library of the Low Countries]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of KBR's manuscript collection |website=kbr.be |publisher=[[Royal Library of Belgium]] |url=https://www.kbr.be/en/history-of-kbrs-manuscript-collection/}}</ref>
|-
| 1566 || 5 April || [[Compromise of Nobles]] petition [[Margaret of Parma]] to suspend the laws on heresy.<ref name="Stobbeleir 1980 pp. 164">D. De Stobbeleir, "Het eedverbond der edelen, 1565–1566", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 164–169.</ref>
|-
| || 31 July || [[Philip II of Spain]] authorises [[Margaret of Parma]] to abolish the inquisition in the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].<ref name="Stobbeleir 1980 pp. 164"/>
|-
| || August to September || [[Beeldenstorm|Iconoclastic Fury]]: churches and monasteries vandalised and plundered in many parts of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].
|-
| 1567 || 15 March || Attempted [[Calvinist]] coup in [[Antwerp]].<ref name="H. Delvaux 1980 pp. 171">H. Delvaux, "Veroordeling van Antwerpse hervormden, 1568", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 171–173.</ref>
|-
|  || June || [[Margaret of Parma]] reinstitutes suspended edicts against heresy.<ref name="Stobbeleir 1980 pp. 164"/>
|-
| 1568 || 18 May || [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alva]] banishes thirty inhabitants of the city of [[Antwerp]] and their spouses, with forfeiture of property, for supporting or disseminating [[Calvinism]] – including the [[pensionary]] of the city, Jacques van Wesenbeke, and the head of the Calvinist [[Consistory (Protestantism)|consistory]] in Antwerp, the Portuguese merchant Marcus Perez.<ref name="H. Delvaux 1980 pp. 171"/>
|-
| || 5 June || [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]], and [[Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn]], executed in Brussels.
|-
| || 20 October || [[Battle of Jodoigne]]
|-
| 1569 || 17 May || [[Maximilien Morillon]] founds the first diocesan seminary in [[Mechelen]].<ref>[[Charles Piot (archivist)|Charles Piot]], "Morillon (Maximilien)", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://www.academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2057.pdf vol. 15] (Brussels 1899), 267-272.</ref>
|-
| 1570 || 30 May || [[Abraham Ortelius]]' ''[[Theatrum Orbis Terrarum]]'' published in Antwerp.
|-
| 1572 || 3 July || [[Gerard van Groesbeeck]], [[Prince-Bishop of Liège]], promulgates a new codification of the legal procedures in the principality's courts.<ref>''Statuts et ordonnances touchant le stil et maniere de proceder & l'administration de justice devant, & par les courts & justices seculieres du païs de Liege'' (Liège, [[Gauthier Morberius]], 1572). [https://donum.uliege.be/handle/2268.1/4260 Online].</ref>
|-
| 1574 || 6 June || [[Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga|Don Luis de Requesens]], [[Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands]], issues general pardon to rebels willing to return to loyalty.<ref name="Stobbeleir 1980 pp. 164"/>
|-
| 1575 || 16 June || [[Philip II of Spain]] decrees that the change of year is to be counted from 1 January throughout the [[Habsburg Netherlands]], rather than from [[Christmas]] (25 December), the [[Feast of the Annunciation]] (25 March) or [[Easter day]], as was the custom in various parts.<ref>J. De Keyzer, "Kalenderhervorming in de Spaanse Nederlanden, 1575", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 173–176.</ref>
|-
| 1576 || 4 November || [[Sack of Antwerp]] by Spanish mutineers from the [[Army of Flanders]].
|-
|  || 8 November || [[Pacification of Ghent]]: alliance of the provinces of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] to drive mutineers from the [[Army of Flanders]] from the country and promote a peace treaty with the rebellious provinces [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]].
|-
| 1577 || 1 May || [[John of Austria]] makes his formal entry into Brussels as Governor General of the Low Countries.<ref>"Eigen Brusselse rechters", ''Brussel: Waar is de Tijd'', 6 (1999), p. 132.</ref>
|-
| 1578 || 1 October || Governor General [[John of Austria]] dies near Namur.
|-
| 1579 || 6 January || [[Union of Arras]] concluded.<ref>Hugo De Schepper, "De Nederlanden, 1550—1604", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 22.</ref> 
|-
| || 17 May || [[Treaty of Arras (1579)|Treaty of Arras]] signed between the [[Union of Arras]] and [[Philip II of Spain]].
|-
| [[1596 in Belgium|1596]] || 11 February || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] arrives in [[Brussels]] to begin his administration as [[List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Governor General]] of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].
|-
| || 24 April || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] [[Siege of Calais (1596)|takes Calais]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35">Luc De Vos and Etienne Rooms, "Tactisch een Staats, strategisch een Paaps succes", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 35.</ref>
|-
| || 18 August || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] [[Siege of Hulst (1596)|takes Hulst]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| [[1597 in Belgium|1597]] || 11 March || [[Army of Flanders]] takes Amiens.<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| || 10 September || [[Philip II of Spain]] decides to bequeath his lands in the Low Countries and Burgundy to his daughter, [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]].<ref>Hugo De Schepper, "De Nederlanden, 1550—1604", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 25.</ref> 
|-
| [[1598 in Belgium|1598]] || 2 May || [[Peace of Vervins]] signed.<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| || 6 May || [[Philip II of Spain]] signs the Act of Cession bequeathing the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] to his daughter, the [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Infanta Isabella]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| || 13 September || [[Philip II of Spain]] dies.
|-
| || 14 September || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] departs from Brussels to marry the [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Infanta Isabella]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| [[1599 in Belgium|1599]] || 9 February || Edict prohibiting all trade with the enemy issued.<ref>Hugo De Schepper, "De Nederlanden, 1550—1604", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 29.</ref>
|-
| || 18 April || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] marries [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Infanta Isabella]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| || 20 August || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] and [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Infanta Isabella]] arrive in the [[Low Countries]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| || 28 August || [[Albert VII of Austria|Archduke Albert]] and [[Isabella Clara Eugenia|Infanta Isabella]] make their [[Joyous Entry]] into [[Brussels]].<ref name="Etienne Rooms 2004 p. 35"/>
|-
| [[1600 in Belgium|1600]] || 5 February || [[Battle of Lekkerbeetje]] in the countryside outside [['s-Hertogenbosch]]
|-
| || 28 April || Estates General meet in Brussels.<ref>Hugo De Schepper, "De Nederlanden, 1550—1604", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 28.</ref> 
|-
|  || 2 July || [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]] between the armies of [[Maurice of Nassau]] and the [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Albert]].
|-
|}

== 17th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
|-
| [[1601 in Belgium|1601]] || 5 July || [[Siege of Ostend]] begins.
|-
| [[1602 in Belgium|1602]] || 7 January || General assault on Ostend launched.<ref>Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 91.</ref>
|-
| || July || [[Ambrogio Spinola]] arrives in the Low Countries with 8,000 men to reinforce the [[Army of Flanders]]
|-
| || 18 July to 20 September || [[Siege of Grave (1602)|Siege of Grave]]
|-
| || September || [[Mutiny of Hoogstraten]] begins.
|-
| || November || Military engineer [[Pompeo Targone]] arrives in the camp before Ostend.<ref>Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 94.</ref>
|-
| [[1603 in Belgium|1603]] || 26 May || [[Federico Spinola]] dies in the [[Battle of Sluis (1603)|Battle of Sluis]].<ref>Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 96.</ref>
|-
| || 2 June || [[Tanneken Sconyncx]], suspected witch, dies under torture.<ref>J. Monballyu, "Was Tanneken Sconyncx een heks? Een analyse van haar proces in 1602-1603", ''De Roede van Tielt'', 25:3 (1994), pp. 94-140. [https://issuu.com/roedevantieltvzw/docs/jg_1994_klein Available online]</ref>
|-
| || October || [[Ambrogio Spinola]] appointed commander-in-chief of the army besieging Ostend.<ref>Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 97.</ref>
|-
| [[1604 in Belgium|1604]] || 19 May || [[Maurice, Prince of Orange|Maurice of Nassau]] [[Siege of Sluis (1604)|lays siege to Sluis]].<ref>Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 98.</ref>
|-
| || 20 September || Negotiations for the surrender of Ostend begin.<ref name="Werner Thomas 2004 p. 99">Werner Thomas, "Het beleg van Oostende", in ''De val van het Nieuwe Troje: Het beleg van Oostende, 1601–1604'', ed. Werner Thomas (Ostend and Leuven, 2004), p. 99.</ref>
|-
| || 22 September || [[Siege of Ostend]] concludes.<ref name="Werner Thomas 2004 p. 99"/>
|-
| [[1605 in Belgium|1605]] || 17 May || Don [[Íñigo de Borja]] repulses attempted Dutch landing at Blokkersdijk, near Antwerp.<ref>Paul Arblaster, ''From Ghent to Aix: How They Brought the News in the Habsburg Netherlands'' (Leiden and Boston, 2014), pp. 83–84. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=900427684X Partial view] on [[Google Books]].</ref>
|-
|  || 1 July || Foundation of [[Liège College, Leuven]]
|-
| [[1607 in Belgium|1607]] || August || Beginning of a series of six witch trials in [[Laarne]] (ending May 1608).<ref>J. De Wilde, "Het faict van tooverie in Laarne (1607-1608): enkele feiten en bedenkingen", ''Castellum'', 18 (2001), pp. 3-32.</ref>
|-
| [[1609 in Belgium|1609]] || 9 January || Death of [[Joannes Bochius]], secretary to the city of Antwerp
|-
| || 9 April  || [[Twelve Years' Truce]] agreed in Antwerp
|-
| [[1611 in Belgium|1611]] || 12 July || [[Perpetual Edict (1611)]] reforming the basic rules of criminal and civil procedure in the courts of the [[Habsburg Netherlands]].<ref>Georges Martyn, "Het recht ten tijde van de aartshertogen: Codificatie en enkele fundamentele wetten", in ''Albert & Isabella (1598–1621): Essays'' edited by Werner Thomas and Luc Duerloo (Turnhout, [[Brepols]], 1998), pp. 249–254.</ref>
|-
| [[1614 in Belgium|1614]] || 6 May || Aylid, wife of Giele le Hayverlin, sentenced to death for witchcraft by the magistrates of [[Ouffet]]: one of the first trials in a local spate of witchcraft accusations.<ref>P. Bauwens, "Heksenproces, 1614", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 200–203.</ref>
|-
| || 27 December || Death of [[Maximiliaan de Vriendt]], secretary to the city of Ghent
|-
| [[1617 in Belgium|1617]] ||  || Fund-raising lottery held to fund the opening of [[Mount of piety|Mounts of piety]] in the Low Countries.<ref>Paul Arblaster, ''From Ghent to Aix: How They Brought the News in the Habsburg Netherlands'' (Leiden and Boston, 2014), p. 82. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=900427684X Partial view] on [[Google Books]].</ref>
|-
| [[1618 in Belgium|1618]] || 28 September || Opening of [[Mount of piety]] (low-interest loan bank) in Brussels, founded by [[Wenceslas Cobergher]].<ref>P. Soetaert, ''De Bergen van Barmhartigheid in de Spaanse, de Oostenrijkse en de Franse Nederlanden, 1618–1795'' (Dissertatie Leuven, Historische Uitgaven LXVII; Brussels, 1986).</ref>
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| [[1619 in Belgium|1619]] || May to September || [[Tax resistance]] by [[Guilds of Brussels]].<ref>Paul Arblaster, ''From Ghent to Aix: How They Brought the News in the Habsburg Netherlands'' (Leiden and Boston, 2014), p. 76. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=900427684X Partial view] on [[Google Books]].</ref>
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| [[1620 in Belgium|1620]] || 19 February || First Flemish newspaper, ''[[Nieuwe Tijdinghen]]'', begins regular publication.<ref>Paul Arblaster, ''From Ghent to Aix: How They Brought the News in the Habsburg Netherlands'' (Leiden and Boston, 2014), p. 4. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=900427684X Partial view] on [[Google Books]].</ref>
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| || 3 May || [[Chamber of Rhetoric]] [[Peoene|De Peoene]] hosts a rhetoric competition in [[Mechelen]].<ref>''De Schadt-kiste der philosophen ende poeten'' (Mechelen, [[Henry Jaye]], 1621)</ref>
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| [[1621 in Belgium|1621]] || April || [[Twelve Years' Truce]] expires.
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| || 13 July || Death of [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria]]; [[Spanish Netherlands]] revert to [[Philip IV of Spain]]; [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]] remains in Brussels as Governess General
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| [[1622 in Belgium|1622]] || 29 August || [[Battle of Fleurus (1622)|Battle of Fleurus]]: [[Army of Flanders]] defeats Protestant German invasion force.
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| [[1624 in Belgium|1624]] || Lent || [[Antoine d'Arenberg|Fr Charles of Brussels]] preaches the [[Forty Hours' Devotion]] at the court chapel in Brussels.<ref>[[J.-J. Thonissen]], "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] (Brussels, 1866), 401-405.</ref> 
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|  || 9 November || [[Charles Alexandre de Croÿ, Marquis d'Havré]] shot through a window of his house in Brussels, dying the following day.<ref>[[Louis Galesloot]], "L'Assassinat de Charles-Alexandre duc de Croy, le 9 novembre 1624, à Bruxelles", ''Revue trimestrielle'', 39:3 (1863), pp. 69-103.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1XlUAAAAQAAJ On Google Books]</ref>
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| [[1629 in Belgium|1629]] || 30 April to 14 September || [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch]]: one of the four chief cities of the [[Duchy of Brabant]] falls to the [[Dutch Republic]].
|-
| [[1632 in Belgium|1632]] || || Political crisis: [[Conspiracy of Nobles (1632)|Conspiracy of Nobles]] and [[Capture of Maastricht|Siege of Maastricht]] prompt [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]], Governess General of the Spanish Netherlands, to summon the final session of the [[Estates General of 1632|Estates General]].<ref>[[Louis Prosper Gachard]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qMtSAAAAcAAJ Actes des États Généraux de 1632]'', vol. 1 (Brussels, 1853), pp. 3–5.</ref>
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| [[1633 in Belgium|1633]] || 1 December || Death of [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]]
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| [[1634 in Belgium|1634]] || 4 November || Arrival of [[Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria]] as new governor general.<ref>{{Royal Collection|400100|Description of ''The Battle of Nördlingen'' (1634)|[[Jan van den Hoecke]]}}</ref>
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| [[1635 in Belgium|1635]] || May to July || Beginning of hostilities in the [[Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)]]: [[Battle of Les Avins]], [[Sack of Tienen]], [[Siege of Leuven]]
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| [[1637 in Belgium|1637]] || 17 April || Exiled Dutch nobleman [[René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée]], has the mayor of Liège, [[Sébastien de La Ruelle]], murdered by Spanish soldiers.<ref>[[Henri Lonchay]], "La Ruelle (Sébastien de)", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2052.pdf vol. 11] (Brussels, 1891), 374.</ref>
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| [[1638 in Belgium|1638]] || 24 May to 16 July || [[Siege of Saint-Omer]]: French army fails to take the city of [[Saint-Omer]]
|-
| || 20 June || [[Battle of Kallo]]: [[Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria]] prevents Dutch forces from encircling [[Antwerp]].
|-
| [[1639 in Belgium|1639]] || 7 June || [[Relief of Thionville]]: imperial forces under [[Ottavio Piccolomini]] break the French siege of [[Thionville]] in the [[Duchy of Luxembourg]]
|-
| [[1642 in Belgium|1642]] || 26 May || [[Army of Flanders]] victorious in the [[Battle of Honnecourt]]
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| || || [[David Teniers the Younger]], ''[[The Guard Room (painting)|The Guard Room]]'' (painting)
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| [[1643 in Belgium|1643]] || 19 May || [[Army of Flanders]] defeated in the [[Battle of Rocroi]]
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| || || [[David Teniers the Younger]], ''[[The Oude Voetboog Guild in the Grote Markt]]'' (painting)
|-
| [[1644 in Belgium|1644]] || || [[Pieter and François Hemony]] cast the first tuned [[carillon]]
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| || 28 July || [[Siege of Gravelines (1644)|Gravelines taken by the French]] after a two-month siege
|-
| [[1648 in Belgium|1648]] || 15 May || [[Peace of Münster]] ends the war with the [[Dutch Republic]].
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| [[1651 in Belgium|1651]] || 20 March || [[Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria]] lays the foundation stone of the Capuchin church in Brussels, designed by [[Antoine d'Arenberg|Fr Charles of Brussels]].<ref>[[J.-J. Thonissen]], "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] (Brussels, 1866), 401-405.</ref> 
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| [[1652 in Belgium|1652]] || 14 July || [[Jacobus de la Torre]] consecrates the new Capuchin church in Brussels, designed by [[Antoine d'Arenberg|Fr Charles of Brussels]].<ref>[[J.-J. Thonissen]], "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] (Brussels, 1866), 401-405.</ref>
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| [[1658 in Belgium|1658]] || 14 June || [[Battle of the Dunes (1658)|Battle of the Dunes]]: the [[Army of Flanders]] and British Royalist allies fail to raise the French-Cromwellian [[Siege of Dunkirk (1658)|Siege of Dunkirk]], leading to the loss of the city.
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| [[1666 in Belgium|1666]] || 2 October || [[Charles II of Great Britain]] issues the city of Bruges with a [[Fisheries Privilege (1666)|Fisheries Privilege]] in gratitude for the hospitality shown him by the city during his exile.
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| 1669 || 5 June || Death of [[Antoine d'Arenberg|Fr Charles of Brussels]] at the Capuchin house in Brussels.<ref>[[J.-J. Thonissen]], "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] (Brussels, 1866), 401-405.</ref> 
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| [[1671 in Belgium|1671]] || 27 June || Marguerite Tiste, a native of [[Jemappes]] convicted of witchcraft, strangled and burned at the stake on the main square in [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Isabelle Palmitessa |title=Pétition en faveur d'une adolescente brûlée à Mons pour sorcellerie en 1671 |website=[[rtbf.be]]|date=2014-11-25|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/petition-en-faveur-d-une-adolescente-brulee-a-mons-pour-sorcellerie-en-1671-8451803}}</ref> 
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| [[1675 in Belgium|1675]] || 13 November || Death of [[Leonard Voeller]], secretary of state for German affairs 1642-1675.
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| [[1695 in Belgium|1695]] || 2 July to 1 September || [[Siege of Namur (1695)|Siege of Namur]]
|-
| || 13–15 August || [[Bombardment of Brussels (1695)|Bombardment of Brussels]] by the army of [[Louis XIV]]
|-
|}

== 18th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| 1704 || 20 June || Edict in the name of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]], reorganises office of [[Civil law notary|notary]] in the Habsburg Netherlands.<ref>A. Libois, "Huwelijkskontrakt tussen Amand Thirion en Marie Joseph Fontaine, 1733", tr. M. Grauwen, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 234–241.</ref>
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| 1711 || 30 September || Art school established in Brussels, later to become the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels]].<ref>"Some Industrial Art Schools of Europe and their Lessons for the United States", extracts from the studies made for the French government by Marius Vachon, translated by Florence N. Levy, ''Department of the Interior Bureau of Education Bulletin'', 1922, no. 48, p. 19.</ref>
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| 1713 || 29 January || Second [[Barrier Treaty]] confirms the closing of the Scheldt.<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224">J. Mertens, "Oostende – Kanton – Oostende, 1719–1720", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 224–228.</ref>
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| 1714 || 6 March || [[Treaty of Rastatt]] signed: hostilities between France and Austria arising from [[War of the Spanish Succession]] cease; [[Spanish Netherlands]] become [[Austrian Netherlands]].<ref>M. Soenen, "Gedrukte tekst van het Verdrag van Rastadt, 1714", tr. M. Erkens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 219–222.</ref>
|-
| 1715 || || Start of Flemish China trade.<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224"/>
|-
| [[1719 in Belgium|1719]] || 5 February to 3 August || The ''Saint-Joseph'' sails from [[Ostend]] to [[Guangzhou|Canton]].<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224"/>
|-
|  || 19 September || [[Frans Anneessens]], dean of the masons' guild, beheaded in Brussels for resisting innovations in city government detrimental to the power of the [[guilds of Brussels]].<ref>[[Alphonse Wauters]], "Anneessens, François", ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [http://www2.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802053251/http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf |date=2 August 2017 }} (Brussels, 1866), 300–317.</ref>
|-	
| 1720 || 3 June || The ''Saint-Joseph'' reaches its home port of [[Ostend]] after a voyage to [[Guangzhou|Canton]], bringing a cargo of tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224"/>
|-
| 1722 || 19 December || [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] grants a charter to the [[Ostend Company]] to trade with the Indies.<ref>[[Henri Pirenne]], ''Geschiedenis van België'', Vol. 5: ''Het einde van het Spaansch stelsel. Het Oostenrijksch stelsel. De Brabantsche omwenteling en de Luiksche omwenteling'' (Ghent, 1929), [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/pire002gesc05_01/pire002gesc05_01_0009.php p. 195] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102233/http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/pire002gesc05_01/pire002gesc05_01_0009.php |date=2 April 2015 }}.</ref>
|-
| 1723 || 22 April || Work starts on [[Henri-Joseph Rega]]'s new wing on the [[University Hall (Leuven)]].<ref name="Impe, 2012 pp. 56-57">Jan van Impe, ''De Leuvense universiteitsbibliotheek: historische wandelgids'' (Leuven, 2012), pp. 56-57.</ref>
|-
| || 11–12 August || Shares in the [[Ostend Company]] issued on Antwerp Exchange.<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224"/>
|-
| 1725 || 14 March || [[Henri-Joseph Rega]]'s new wing on the [[University Hall (Leuven)]], taken into use.<ref name="Impe, 2012 pp. 56-57"/>
|-
| 1727 || 18 July || [[Ostend Company]] petitions for the harbour of Ostend to be deepened.<ref>J. Mertens, "Dossier van werken in de haven van Oostende, 1727", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 233–234.</ref>
|-
| 1734 || 16 February || [[Ostend Company]] officially ceases trading in accordance with the [[Treaty of Vienna (1731)]].<ref>L. Michielsen, "Het einde van de Oostendsche Kompagnie", ''Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis'' 28 (1937), 128–129.</ref>
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| 1737 || 16 February || [[Ostend Company]] officially wound up.<ref name="J. Mertens 1980 pp. 224"/>
|-
| 1738 || || [[Henri-Joseph Rega]] establishes [[Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis|Leuven's botanical garden]].<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage]]|date=2020|title=Stedelijke kruidtuin|language=nl|url=https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42252|website=erfgoed.net}}</ref> 
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| 1744 || || [[Henri-Joseph Rega]] establishes [[Old University of Leuven|Leuven University]]'s [[anatomical theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage]] |date=2020 |title=Anatomisch theater |url=https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/42179 |language=nl |website=erfgoed.net }}</ref>
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| 1745 || 11 May || [[Battle of Fontenoy]]
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| || 9 July || [[Battle of Melle]]
|-
| || 15 July || [[Fall of Ghent]]
|-
| || August || [[Siege of Ostend (1745)|Siege of Ostend]]
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| 1746 || January to February || [[Siege of Brussels]]
|-
| || 11 October || [[Battle of Rocoux]]
|-
| 1748 || 24 April || [[Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle]] convenes in [[Aachen]] to negotiate an end to the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]
|-
| || 18 October || [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle]] ends the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]
|-
| 1771 || 7 January || Privy Council grants necessary permits for artillery general [[Joseph de Ferraris]] to chart Mechelen and Brabant.<ref>W. Buntinx, "Vervaardiging van de kaart van de Zuidelijke Nederlanden genaamd 'Kaart van Ferraris', 1771–1777", in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 251–254.</ref>
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| 1775 || || [[François-Charles de Velbrück]] establishes an [[Académie royale des beaux-arts de Liège|academy of fine arts in Liège]]
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| 1778 || 6 August || Government edict regulating registration of baptisms, weddings and funerals: parish priests ordered to ensure that registrations of baptisms include the child's date of birth and the parents' places of birth; of weddings include the full names, status, place of birth and place of residence of the parties; of funerals include the date and time of death; and that a copy of each year's new entries in the [[parish register]] be deposited with the provincial authorities every January.<ref name="A. Libois 1980 pp. 179"/>
|-
| [[1779 in Belgium|1779]] || 5 April || [[François-Charles de Velbrück]] founds the [[Société littéraire de Liège]].
|-
| [[1780 in Belgium|1780]] || 29 November || Death of [[Maria Theresa]].
|-
| [[1782 in Belgium|1782]] || 1 August || [[Council of Luxembourg]] becomes a "sovereign" court: its legal decisions can no longer be appealed to the [[Great Council of Mechelen]].<ref name="R. Petit 1980 pp. 132"/>
|-
| [[1787 in Belgium|1787]] || 1 January || [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]], decrees the abolition of the [[Council of Brabant]] and the institution of new law courts for the [[Duchy of Brabant]],<ref name=Stobbeleir>D. De Stobbeleir, "Verzet tegen de hervormingen van Jozef II en de staatsgreep van 18 juni 1789", tr. M. Erkens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 262–267.</ref> to take effect from 1 May 1787.<ref>"Causes of the discontents in the Austrian Netherlands", ''[[The Annual Register]]'' 29 (1789), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pcWT254cXPcC&pg=PA208 p. 208] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624170017/https://books.google.com/books?id=pcWT254cXPcC&pg=PA208 |date=24 June 2016 }}.</ref>
|-
|  || 20 April || [[Council of Brabant]] declares its abolition unconstitutional.<ref name=Stobbeleir/>
|-
| || 21 September || Joseph II's interim minister plenipotentiary, [[Sir Joseph Murray, 3rd Baronet]], postpones the abolition of the Council of Brabant.<ref name=Stobbeleir/>
|-
| [[1788 in Belgium|1788]] || 22 January || Council of Brabant refuses to issue a new decree by Joseph II's minister plenipotentiary, [[Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff]].<ref name=Stobbeleir/>
|-
| [[1789 in Belgium|1789]] || 26 August || [[Republic of Liège]] proclaimed.<ref>Bruno Demoulin, ''Recueil des instructions aux ambassadeurs et ministres de France'' (Principauté de Liège 31; 1998), p. xxxviii.</ref>
|-
| || October || Army of [[émigré]] volunteers invades the Austrian Netherlands.<ref name=Stobbeleir/> [[Manifesto of the People of Brabant]] published. Government forces defeated in [[Battle of Turnhout (1789)]].
|-
| [[1790 in Belgium|1790]] || 4 January || [[Manifesto of the Province of Flanders]]: [[States of Flanders]] repudiate loyalty to the [[count of Flanders]] and the [[Habsburg monarchy|House of Austria]] and declare the old [[County of Flanders]] an independent sovereign state
|-
| || 11 January || [[United States of Belgium]] proclaimed.
|-
| || 22 September || [[Battle of Falmagne]]: short-lived restoration of Austrian rule in the Low Countries
|-
| [[1791 in Belgium|1791]] || 13 February || Austrian military intervention restores [[César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck]] as [[prince-bishop of Liège]]
|-
| [[1792 in Belgium|1792]] || 16 November || [[Battle of Jemappes]]: French gain control of Belgium and Liège.
|-
| || 23 December || The men of the village of [[Hekelgem]] assemble and declare that they wish to remain Catholic and continue to live as a free people under the institutions of the Duchy of Brabant, rather than accept French rule.<ref>''Proces Verbael ende Resolutie gehouden ende genomen door het Volck van den Dorpe van Hekelghem Lande van Assche'' (1792) [https://books.google.com/books?id=oCs7AAAAcAAJ on Google Books].</ref>
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| [[1793 in Belgium|1793]] || 18 March || [[Battle of Neerwinden (1793)|Battle of Neerwinden]]: short-lived restoration of Austrian rule in the Low Countries.
|-
|  || 12–13 September || [[Battle of Menin (1793)|Battle of Menin]] between French and Dutch forces
|-
|  || 15 September || [[Battle of Courtrai (1793)|First Battle of Courtrai]] between French and Austrian forces
|-
| [[1794 in Belgium|1794]] || 26 June || [[Battle of Fleurus (1794)|Battle of Fleurus]]: decisive French victory in the [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders Campaign]] of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].
|-
| || 17–18 September || [[Battle of Sprimont]]: final Austrian defeat in the Low Countries
|-
| [[1795 in Belgium|1795]] || 1 October || Former [[Austrian Netherlands]] and [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]] unilaterally annexed to the [[French First Republic]].<ref name="Trajecta 9 2000">[[Jan Roegiers]], "Revolutie in de seminaries", ''Trajecta'', 9 (2000), 112–133.</ref>
|-
|  || 6 November || Decree of [[French Republican Calendar|14 Brumaire, Year IV]] brings into force in Belgium the [[Le Chapelier Law 1791]] abolishing craft guilds and prohibiting membership of trade unions.<ref name="A. Graffart 1980 p. 270">A. Graffart, "Register van het schilders-, goudslagers- en glazenmakersambacht van Brussel, 1707–1794", tr. M. Erkens, in ''Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis'', vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), p. 270.</ref>
|-
| [[1796 in Belgium|1796]] || 17 June || Decree of [[French Republican Calendar|29 Prairial, Year IV]] establishes civil registration of births, marriages and deaths throughout what is now Belgium.<ref name="A. Libois 1980 pp. 179"/>
|-
|  || August || Moveables and archives of the [[guilds of Brussels]] sold at public auction on the [[Grand-Place]].<ref name="A. Graffart 1980 p. 270"/>
|-
| [[1797 in Belgium|1797]] ||  || Suppression of religious life begins in earnest.<ref name="Trajecta 9 2000"/>
|-
|  || 28 June || École Centrale for the [[Escaut (department)|Department of the Scheldt]] inaugurated in Ghent.<ref>''Procès-verbal de l'inauguration de l'École Centrale du Département de l'Escaut, et discours prononcés à ce sujet'' (Ghent, P. F. de Goesin, 1797) [https://books.google.com/books?id=84NCAAAAcAAJ On Google Books]</ref>
|-
|  || 18 October || By the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]] the [[Austrian monarchy]] accepts the French annexation of the former [[Austrian Netherlands]].<ref>s.v. "Austrian Netherlands", ''Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History since 1789'', edited by Nicholas Atkin, Michael Biddiss, Frank Tallett (Oxford, 2011).</ref>
|-
| [[1798 in Belgium|1798]] || October to December || [[Peasants' War (1798)|Peasants' War]] (''Boerenkrijg'') in Flanders and Brabant; peasant army defeated near Hasselt on 5 December.
|-
| [[1799 in Belgium|1799]] || 21 June || Execution of [[Pieter Corbeels]], one of the leaders of the Peasant Army, in Tournai.
|-
|}

== 19th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| [[1801 in Belgium|1801]] || 9 February || [[Treaty of Lunéville]] reaffirms French annexation of the former [[Austrian Netherlands]].<ref>s.v. "Austrian Netherlands", ''Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History since 1789'', edited by Nicholas Atkin, Michael Biddiss, Frank Tallett (Oxford, 2011)</ref>
|-
| [[1806 in Belgium|1806]] || 27 May || [[Minor Seminary, Roeselare]], opens.
|-
| [[1810 in Belgium|1810]] || 2 May || [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] attends the launching of the warship ''[[French ship Friedland (1810)|Friedland]]'' in Antwerp.<ref>[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=1036116001&objectId=3226625&partId=1 Le Friedland de quatre-vingt canons lancé dans le port d'Anvers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174753/https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=1036116001&objectId=3226625&partId=1 |date=19 January 2019 }}, [[The British Museum]]. Accessed 16 June 2017.</ref>
|-
| [[1814 in Belgium|1814]] || 31 March || [[Battle of Courtrai (1814)|Battle of Courtrai]] between French and Saxon forces.
|-
|  || 21 July || Belgium made part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.<ref name="London 1870 p. 76">[[William Henry Overall]], ''The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register'' (London, 1870), p. 76.</ref>
|-
| [[1815 in Belgium|1815]] || 16 June || [[Battle of Ligny]]: Napoleon Bonaparte's last victory.
|-
| || 18 June || [[Battle of Waterloo]]: final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
|-
|-
| 1820 || || Publication of J. B. Romberg's ''A New Picture of Brussels and its Environs''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mm8NAAAAYAAJ A New Picture of Brussels] on Google Books.</ref>
|-
| [[1822 in Belgium|1822]] || || [[Société Générale de Belgique|Société Générale]] founded
|-
| [[1823 in Belgium|1823]] || || Publication of Edmund Boyce's ''The Belgian Traveller'' (4th edition)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SQhVAAAAcAAJ The Belgian Traveller] on Google Books.</ref>
|-
| [[1830 in Belgium|1830]] || 25 August || [[Belgian Revolution]] begins
|-
| || 26 December || Allied powers recognise Belgian independence.<ref name="London 1870 p. 76"/>
|-
| [[1831 in Belgium|1831]]  || 21 July || [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold, Prince of Coburg]], sworn in as king of the Belgians.<ref name="William Henry Overall 1870 p. 76">William Henry Overall, ''The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register'' (London, 1870), p. 76.</ref>
|-
| || 2–12 August|| [[Ten Days' Campaign]]: Dutch attempt to re-establish rule over Belgium fails, but Dutch forces retain control of [[Antwerp Citadel]].
|-
| [[1832 in Belgium|1832]] || 20 October || [[Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella]] replaces [[Félix de Muelenaere]] as Prime Minister
|-
| || 15 November to 23 December || [[Siege of Antwerp (1832)|Siege of Antwerp]] by Belgian army with French support forces Dutch from [[Antwerp Citadel]].
|-
| [[1834 in Belgium|1834]] || 4 August || [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] replaces [[Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella]] as Prime Minister
|-
| [[1835 in Belgium|1835]] || 9 June || [[1835 Belgian general election|Partial legislative elections]] held.
|-
| [[1836 in Belgium|1836]] || 18 June || Belgium adopts the [[metric system]].{{r|Kroniek|p=627}}
|-
| [[1837 in Belgium|1837]] || 28 December || [[Pastoral letter]] of Belgian bishops deprecates Catholic membership of masonic lodges.{{r|Kroniek|p=628}}
|-
| [[1838 in Belgium|1838]] || || [[Hendrik Conscience]]'s ''[[The Lion of Flanders (novel)|De Leeuw van Vlaenderen]]'' published.
|-
| [[1839 in Belgium|1839]] || 4 February || The Kingdom of the Netherlands recognises Belgian independence.<ref name="William Henry Overall 1870 p. 76"/>
|-
| || 19 April || [[Treaty of London (1839)|Treaty of London]] signed, finalising international guarantees of Belgian independence and neutrality.<ref name=Irving>[[Joseph Irving]], ''The Annals of Our Time'' (London and New York, 1871).</ref>{{rp|39}}
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| [[1840 in Belgium|1840]] || 18 April || [[Joseph Lebeau]] replaces [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| [[1841 in Belgium|1841]] || 13 April || [[Jean-Baptiste Nothomb]] replaces [[Joseph Lebeau]] as Prime Minister
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| [[1845 in Belgium|1845]] || 30 July || [[Sylvain Van de Weyer]] replaces [[Jean-Baptiste Nothomb]] as Prime Minister
|-
| [[1846 in Belgium|1846]] || 31 March || [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] replaces [[Sylvain Van de Weyer]] as Prime Minister
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| [[1847 in Belgium|1847]] || 12 August || [[Charles Rogier]] replaces [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] as Prime Minister 
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| [[1848 in Belgium|1848]] || 1 April || French Republican agitators seeking to foment revolution in Belgium arrested at [[Quiévrain]].{{r|Irving|p=244}}
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| || 13 June || [[Belgian general election, 1848]]
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| [[1850 in Belgium|1850]] || 5 May || [[National Bank of Belgium]] founded
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| || 11 June || [[1850 Belgian general election|Partial legislative elections]]
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| [[1851 in Belgium|1851]] || 27 October || Commercial treaty between Belgium and the United Kingdom concluded in London.{{r|Irving|p=338}}<ref>C. Pety de Thozée, ''Système commercial de la Belgique'', vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 76-80. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JCdiAAAAcAAJ On Google Books]</ref>
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| [[1852 in Belgium|1852]] || 8 June || [[Belgian general election, 1852|Partial legislative elections of 1852]]
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| || 31 October || [[Henri de Brouckère]] replaces [[Charles Rogier]] as Prime Minister 
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| [[1853 in Belgium|1853]] || 22 August || Marriage of [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold, Duke of Brabant]], heir to the Belgian throne, and [[Marie Henriette of Austria]].{{r|Irving|p=389}}
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| [[1854 in Belgium|1854]] || 27 February || Commercial treaty with France on tariffs, transit and navigation for five years.<ref>C. Pety de Thozée, ''Système commercial de la Belgique'', vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 23-26.</ref>
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| || 13 June || [[Belgian general election, 1854|Partial legislative elections of 1854]]
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| [[1855 in Belgium|1855]] || 30 March || [[Pierre de Decker]] replaces [[Henri de Brouckère]] as Prime Minister 
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| [[1856 in Belgium|1856]] || 10 June || [[Belgian general election, 1856|Partial legislative elections of 1856]]
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| [[1857 in Belgium|1857]] || 9 November || [[Charles Rogier]] replaces [[Pierre de Decker]] as Prime Minister 
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| || 10 December || [[Belgian general election, 1857]]
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| [[1859 in Belgium|1859]] || 18 April || Five-year commercial treaty with France (1854) extended for two more years.<ref>C. Pety de Thozée, ''Système commercial de la Belgique'', vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 26.</ref>
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| || 14 June || [[Belgian general election, 1859|Partial legislative elections of 1859]]
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| || 31 August || Lower House of the Belgian Parliament passes a motion for the fortification of Antwerp.{{r|Irving|p=556}}
|-
| [[1860 in Belgium|1860]] || 9 July || Belgian consulate in Damascus destroyed during [[1860 Mount Lebanon civil war#Massacre of Christians in Damascus|anti-Christian pogroms]].{{r|Irving|p=577}}
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| || 18 July || Civic customs duties abolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?docid=58275|title=Loi du 18 juillet 1860 portant abolition des octrois communaux|date=18 July 1860|website=refLex|publisher=[[Council of State (Belgium)]]}}</ref>
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| [[1861 in Belgium|1861]] || 11 June || [[Belgian general election, 1861|Partial legislative elections of 1861]]
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| [[1863 in Belgium|1863]] || 12 May || Dutch government agrees to perpetual abolition of tolls on the Scheldt river in return for a payment of 17 million guilders<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar|date=11 March 2013|author=Olivier Keun|url=https://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/|magazine=G/Geschiedenis|language=nl|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142551/http://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| || 9 June || [[Belgian general election, 1863|Partial legislative elections of 1863]]
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| [[1864 in Belgium|1864]] || 11 August || [[Belgian general election, 1864]]
|-
| [[1865 in Belgium|1865]] || 10 December || Death of [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]]; succeeded by [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]]
|-
| [[1866 in Belgium|1866]] || 12 June || [[Belgian general election, 1866|Partial legislative elections of 1866]]
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| [[1867 in Belgium|1867]] || 13 February || Work begins on [[covering of the Senne]] in Brussels.<ref>Thierry Demey, ''Bruxelles, chronique d’une capitale en chantier'', vol. 1 (Brussels, 1990), p. 59.</ref>
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| [[1868 in Belgium|1868]] || 3 January || [[Walthère Frère-Orban]] replaces [[Charles Rogier]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| || 9 June || [[Belgian general election, 1868|Partial legislative elections of 1868]]
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| [[1869 in Belgium|1869]] || April || Violent repression of strikes in Belgium inspires [[Karl Marx]] to write ''[[The Belgian Massacres]]''.
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| [[1870 in Belgium|1870]] || 11 June || [[Belgian general election, June 1870|Partial legislative elections of 1870]] return a [[hung parliament]]
|-
| || 2 July || [[Jules d'Anethan]] replaces [[Walthère Frère-Orban]] as Prime Minister
|- 
| || 2 August || [[Belgian general election, August 1870]], to break impasse of hung parliament 
|-
| || 23 September || Sumptuous public celebration of the 40th anniversary of Belgian independence.{{r|Irving|p=949}}
|-
| [[1871 in Belgium|1871]] || 21 February || Regular railway services between France and Belgium resumed.{{r|Irving|p=985}}
|-
| || 7 December || [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] replaces [[Jules d'Anethan]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| [[1872 in Belgium|1872]] || 11 June || [[Belgian general election, 1872|Partial legislative elections of 1872]]
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| [[1874 in Belgium|1874]] || 9 June || [[Belgian general election, 1874|Partial legislative elections of 1874]]
|-
| || 21 August || Prime Minister [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] dies in office; succeeded by [[Jules Malou]]
|-
| [[1875 in Belgium|1875]] || 8 April || Birth of future king [[Albert I of Belgium]]
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| [[1876 in Belgium|1876]] || 13 June || [[Belgian general election, 1876|Partial legislative elections of 1876]]
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| [[1878 in Belgium|1878]] || June to July || [[Belgian general election, 1878|Partial legislative elections of 1878]]
|-
| || 19 June || [[Walthère Frère-Orban]] replaces [[Jules Malou]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| [[1880 in Belgium|1880]] || 8 June || [[Belgian general election, 1880|Partial legislative elections of 1880]]
|-
| || 25 December || [[Pope Leo XIII]] issues a breve to establish a new chair in [[Thomist philosophy]] at the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1835–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Brefs de S.S. Léon XIII relatifs à la fondation d'un Institut supérieur de Philosophie à l'Université Catholique de Louvain|journal=Revue néo-scolastique|volume=1|issue=1|date=1894|pages=76–84|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/phlou_0776-5541_1894_num_1_1_1363}}</ref>
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| [[1881 in Belgium|1881]] || 6 March || Review ''[[L'Art Moderne]]'' begins publication.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digitheque.ulb.ac.be/fr/digitheque-revues-litteraires-belges/periodiques-numerises/index.html#c11373 |website=Périodiques numérisés dans le cadre de l'Action de Recherche Concertée|author=René Fayt|title=Résumé|publisher=[[Université libre de Bruxelles]]}}</ref>
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| [[1882 in Belgium|1882]] || 6 May || [[North Sea Fisheries Convention]] signed, to come into effect in 1884.
|-
| || 13 June || [[Belgian general election, 1882|Partial legislative elections of 1882]]
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| || 31 July || [[Désiré-Joseph Mercier]] appointed to the new chair in [[Thomist philosophy]] at the [[Catholic University of Leuven (1835–1968)|Catholic University of Louvain]].<ref>Robert Wielockx, "De Mercier à De Wulf: Débuts de l'École de Louvain", in ''Gli studi di filosofia medievale fra otto e novecento'', edited by Ruedi Imbach and Alfonso Maierù (Rome, 1991), p. 77. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt8auvixafcC&pg=PA77 Preview on Google Books]</ref>
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| [[1883 in Belgium|1883]] || 28 October || Founding meeting of the art association [[Les XX]]
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| [[1884 in Belgium|1884]] || 16 June || [[Jules Malou]] replaces [[Walthère Frère-Orban]] as Prime Minister 
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| || June and July || [[Belgian general election, 1884]]
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| || 26 October || [[Auguste Beernaert]] replaces [[Jules Malou]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| [[1885 in Belgium|1885]] || 6 April || Inaugural meeting of the [[Belgian Labour Party]] held in Brussels
|-
| || 2 May to 2 November || [[Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)|World Exhibition in Antwerp]]
|-
| [[1886 in Belgium|1886]] || 18–29 March || [[Belgian strike of 1886|Series of strikes and disturbances]] in industrial areas of Wallonia
|-
| || 8 June || [[Belgian general election, 1886|Partial legislative elections of 1886]]
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| [[1888 in Belgium|1888]] || 12 June || [[Belgian general election, 1888|Partial legislative elections of 1888]]
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| [[1889 in Belgium|1889]] || 15 April || Death of [[Father Damien]]
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| [[1890 in Belgium|1890]] || 10 June || [[Belgian general election, 1890|Partial legislative elections of 1890]]
|-
| || 8 November || Composer [[César Franck]] dies
|-
| [[1892 in Belgium|1892]] || 14 June || [[Belgian general election, 1892]]
|-
| [[1893 in Belgium|1893]] || 12–18 April ||[[Belgian general strike of 1893|General strike]] demanding an extension of the franchise
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| || 15 April || Inaugural meeting of the [[Christene Volkspartij]] held in [[Okegem]], with a party programme drafted by [[Adolf Daens]]
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| [[1894 in Belgium|1894]] || 26 March || [[Jules de Burlet]] replaces [[Auguste Beernaert]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| || 5 May to 5 November || [[Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)|International Exposition]] (world's fair) in Antwerp
|-
| || 14 October || [[Belgian general election, 1894]]
|-
| [[1896 in Belgium|1896]] || 25 February || [[Paul de Smet de Naeyer]] replaces [[Jules de Burlet]] as Prime Minister 
|-
| || 5 and 12 July || [[Belgian general election, 1896|Partial legislative elections of 1896]]
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| [[1897 in Belgium|1897]] || 10 May to 8 November || [[Brussels International Exposition (1897)|Exposition Internationale]] (world's fair) held in Brussels
|-
| [[1898 in Belgium|1898]] || 22 May || [[Belgian general election, 1898|Partial legislative elections of 1898]]
|-
| [[1899 in Belgium|1899]] || 24 January || [[Jules Vandenpeereboom]] replaces [[Paul de Smet de Naeyer]] as Prime Minister
|-
| || 5 August ||  [[Paul de Smet de Naeyer]] replaces [[Jules Vandenpeereboom]] as Prime Minister
|-
| || 3 December || [[Antoon Stillemans]], [[bishop of Ghent]], suspends [[Adolf Daens]] as a diocesan priest due to his political activism<ref>Jan de Maeyer, ''Arthur Verhaegen, 1847–1917: de rode baron'' (Leuven University Press, 1994), p. 306.</ref>
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| [[1900 in Belgium|1900]] || 27 May || [[Belgian general election, 1900]]
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| || 2 October || Wedding of King [[Albert I of Belgium]] and [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium|Elisabeth of Bavaria]].
|}

== 20th century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| [[1901 in Belgium|1901]] || 3 November || Birth of future king [[Leopold III of Belgium]].
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| [[1902 in Belgium|1902]] || 25 May || [[Belgian general election, 1902|Partial legislative elections]]
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|  || 15 November || Italian anarchist [[Gennaro Rubino]] attempts to assassinate Leopold II
|-
| [[1904 in Belgium|1904]] || 1 May || [[Belgium national football team]] play their first official game, against France.
|-
|  || 29 May || [[Belgian general election, 1904|Partial legislative elections]]
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| [[1905 in Belgium|1905]] || 27 April to 6 November || [[Liège International (1905)|Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège]] takes place.<ref>''Liège et l'Exposition universelle de 1905'', edited by Christine Renardy (Brussels, 2005).</ref>
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| [[1906 in Belgium|1906]] || 27 May || [[Belgian general election, 1906|Partial legislative elections]]
|-
| [[1907 in Belgium|1907]] || 23 July || [[Port of Zeebrugge]] formally opened.
|-
| [[1908 in Belgium|1908]] || 24 May || [[Belgian general election, 1908|Partial legislative elections]]
|-
|  || 15 November || Belgium assumes sovereignty of the Congo under the [[Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State]]
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| [[1909 in Belgium|1909]] || 17 December || Death of [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]], King of the Belgians
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|  || 23 December || Accession of [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I]] as King of the Belgians
|-
| [[1910 in Belgium|1910]] || 23 April to 1 November || [[Brussels International 1910|Exposition Universelle et Internationale]] (world's fair) held in Brussels.
|-
|  || 22 May || [[Belgian general election, 1910|Partial legislative elections]]
|-
| [[1911 in Belgium|1911]] || || [[Stoclet Palace]] completed
|-
| || || [[Maurice Maeterlinck]] awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
|-
| [[1912 in Belgium|1912]] || 2 June || [[Belgian general election, 1912]]
|-
| [[1913 in Belgium|1913]] || 6 April to 31 October || [[Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)]], World's Fair in Ghent.
|-
| [[1914 in Belgium|1914]] || 24 May || [[Belgian general election, 1914|Partial legislative elections]]
|-
| || 4 August || German invasion with [[Rape of Belgium|attendant atrocities]]: beginning of Belgian involvement in the [[First World War]].
|-
| [[1918 in Belgium|1918]] || 11 November || Armistice ends [[First World War]].
|-
| [[1919 in Belgium|1919]] || 16 November || [[Belgian general election, 1919]]
|-
| [[1920 in Belgium|1920]] || 14 August to 12 September || [[1920 Summer Olympics]] held in Antwerp.
|-
| [[1921 in Belgium|1921]] || June || Crown Prince [[Hirohito]]'s official visit to Belgium.<ref>David De Cooman, "Crown Prince Hirohito's Visit to Belgium", in ''Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration'', edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 131–145.</ref><ref>''[[La Libre Belgique]]'', 21 June 1921.</ref>
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|  || 20 November || [[Belgian general election, 1921]]
|-
| [[1923 in Belgium|1923]] || 23 May || [[Sabena]] is founded at [[Haren Airport|Brussels Airport]]
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| [[1925 in Belgium|1925]] || 6 March || Annexation of [[Eupen]] and [[Malmedy]] to the Kingdom of Belgium.
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|  || 5 April || [[Belgian general election, 1925]]
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| || || [[Henri de Baillet-Latour]] is elected President of the International Olympic Committee
|-
| [[1926 in Belgium|1926]] || 20 October || Labour Treaty establishing [[freedom of movement|free movement of labour]] between Belgium and Luxembourg signed at Luxembourg.<ref>Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", ''[[International and Comparative Law Quarterly]]'', 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 191-192.</ref>
|-
| || 10 November || Wedding of King Leopold III of Belgium and [[Astrid of Sweden]].
|-
| [[1929 in Belgium|1929]] || 10 January || ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'' first published in ''[[Le Petit Vingtième]]''
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|  || 26 May || [[Belgian general election, 1929]]
|-
| [[1930 in Belgium|1930]] || 3 May to 3 November || [[Exposition of 1930 (Liège)|Exposition internationale]] held in [[Liège]]
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|  || 7 September || Birth of future king [[Baudouin of Belgium]]
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| [[1931 in Belgium|1931]] || 12 May || [[Eugène Ysaÿe]] dies.
|-
| [[1932 in Belgium|1932]] || 27 November || [[Belgian general election, 1932]]
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| [[1933 in Belgium|1933]] || 20 February || Convention regarding Establishment and Labour signed at Geneva, establishing [[freedom of movement|free movement of labour]] between Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", ''[[International and Comparative Law Quarterly]]'', 17:1 (Jan. 1968), p. 192.</ref>
|-
| [[1934 in Belgium|1934]] || 17 February || Death of [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I]], King of the Belgians.
|-
| || 6 June || Birth of King [[Albert II of Belgium]]
|-
| [[1935 in Belgium|1935]] || 27 April to 6 November || [[Brussels International Exposition (1935)]] held in Heysel, near Brussels.
|-
| || 29 August || [[Astrid of Sweden|Queen Astrid]] dies in a car crash
|-
| [[1936 in Belgium|1936]] || 24 May || [[Belgian general election, 1936]]
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| [[1937 in Belgium|1937]] || 22–25 May || [[Baudouin of Belgium|King Baudouin]] makes a state visit to Britain.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Belgium's Policy. King's Visit. Vital Talks. Neutrality and Colonies|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17354555|newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=24 March 1937|page=17|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>
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| [[1939 in Belgium|1939]] || 2 April || [[Belgian general election, 1939]]
|-
|  || 30 July || [[Exposition internationale de l'eau]] opens in [[Liège]].
|-
| [[1940 in Belgium|1940]] || 10 May || German invasion: beginning of Belgian involvement in the [[Second World War]].
|-
| [[1941 in Belgium|1941]] || 11 September || King [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]] secretly marries [[Lilian, Princess of Réthy|Lilian Baels]]
|-
| [[1944 in Belgium|1944]] || 17–18 August || courcelle massacre.
|-
| [[1944 in Belgium|1944]] || 4 September || Liberation of Brussels and Antwerp.
|-
|  || 5 September || Customs Convention between Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed.<ref name=Panhuys>H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), ''International Organisation and Integration'' (Deventer and Leyden, 1968).</ref>{{rp|978}}
|-
| || 16 December || German reinvasion: the [[Battle of the Bulge]] begins.
|-
| [[1945 in Belgium|1945]] || 25 January || Liberation of Belgium completed.
|-
|  || 8 May || [[End of World War II in Europe]].
|-
| [[1946 in Belgium|1946]] || 17 February || [[Belgian general election, 1946]]
|-
|  || 12 April || Flemish nationalist leader [[August Borms]] executed by firing squad as a collaborator
|-
| [[1947 in Belgium|1947]] || 8 September || [[Victor Horta]] dies.
|-
| [[1948 in Belgium|1948]] || 1 January || Customs Convention between Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg comes into force.{{r|Panhuys|p=978}}
|-
|  || 17 March || Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], establishing the [[Brussels Pact]] for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence.{{r|Panhuys|p=905}}
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|  || 25 August || [[Treaty of Brussels]], establishing the [[Brussels Pact]] for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence, comes into effect.{{r|Panhuys|p=905}}
|-
| [[1949 in Belgium|1949]] || 26 June || [[Belgian general election, 1949]]
|-
| [[1950 in Belgium|1950]] || 12 March || [[Royal Question]] brought to a head with [[Belgian monarchy referendum, 1950]]
|-
|  || 4 June || [[Belgian general election, 1950]]
|-
| [[1951 in Belgium|1951]] || 18 April || [[Treaty of Paris (1951)|Treaty of Paris]] signed, establishing the [[European Coal and Steel Community]].{{r|Panhuys|p=655}}
|-
| || 16 July || King Leopold III abdicates
|-
| || 17 July || [[Baudouin of Belgium]] sworn in as king
|-
| [[1952 in Belgium|1952]] || 25 July || [[Treaty of Paris (1951)|Treaty of Paris]] establishing the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] comes into force.{{r|Panhuys|p=655}}
|-
| [[1953 in Belgium|1953]] || 31 January to 1 February || [[North Sea flood of 1953|North Sea flood]] damages Belgian coastal defences, killing 28
|-
| [[1954 in Belgium|1954]] || 11 April || [[Belgian general election, 1954]]
|-
|  || 23 October || Paris Protocol agreed, transforming the [[Brussels Pact]] into the [[Western European Union]] (with Germany and Italy joining).{{r|Panhuys|p=905}}
|-
| [[1955 in Belgium|1955]] || March–July || First phase of the [[Second School War]]
|-
| [[1956 in Belgium|1956]] || 7 June || Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing [[freedom of movement|free movement of labour]] between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960.<ref>Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", ''[[International and Comparative Law Quarterly]]'', 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 197-198.</ref>
|-
| || 8 August || [[Mining accident of Marcinelle]] claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian [[foreign worker]]s
|-
| [[1957 in Belgium|1957]] || 25 March || Belgium a signatory to the [[Treaty of Rome]] establishing the [[European Economic Community]].
|-
| [[1958 in Belgium|1958]] || 17 April to 19 October || [[Expo 58]], the first major World's Fair since the Second World War.
|-
|  || 1 June || [[1958 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1960 in Belgium|1960]] || 15 April || Birth of future King [[Philippe of Belgium]]
|-
| || June || [[Belgian Congo]] becomes independent; on the eve of the celebrations [[Ambroise Boimbo]] snatches the ceremonial sabre of King Baudouin.
|-
|  || 1 November || Treaty establishing [[Benelux Economic Union]] comes into force, providing for the free movement of persons, goods, capital and services between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.{{r|Panhuys|p=978}}
|-
| [[1961 in Belgium|1961]] || 17 January || [[Patrice Lumumba]] killed in Congo
|-
|  || 26 March || [[1961 Belgian general election]]
|-
| | [[1962 in Belgium|1962]] || 14 October || Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.<ref>{{Cite news|title=20 Wounded in Brussels Word Riots|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1962/10/15/page/1/article/20-wounded-in-brussels-word-riots|date=15 October 1962|access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[1963 in Belgium|1963]] || || Jeanne Deckers, [[the Singing Nun]], becomes world famous.
|-
| [[1964 in Belgium|1964]] ||  || [[Salvatore Adamo]] becomes one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world.
|-
| [[1965 in Belgium|1965]] || 31 March || Treaty to establish a Benelux Court of Justice signed.{{r|Panhuys|p=978}}
|-
|  || 23 May || [[1965 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1966 in Belgium|1966]] || 10 February || Belgium ratifies [[London Fisheries Convention]].
|-
|  || 15 March || [[London Fisheries Convention]] regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
|-
| [[1968 in Belgium|1968]] || 31 March || [[1968 Belgian general election]]
|-
|  || 24 June || [[Split of the Catholic University of Leuven]] announced.
|-
| [[1971 in Belgium|1971]] || 29 September to 1 October || Emperor [[Hirohito]]'s state visit to Belgium.<ref>[http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1fb4fae73248d1fdabec559b163a99e2 Belgium Hirohito Visit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817062329/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1fb4fae73248d1fdabec559b163a99e2 |date=17 August 2016 }}, AP Archive.</ref>
|-
|  || 7 November || [[1971 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1974 in Belgium|1974]] || 10 March || [[1974 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1977 in Belgium|1977]] || 17 April || [[1977 Belgian general election]]
|-
|  || 11 October || Award of [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] to [[Ilya Prigogine]] announced<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1977/press.html |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977 |access-date=14 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623124812/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1977/press.html |archive-date=23 June 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| [[1978 in Belgium|1978]] || 9 October || [[Jacques Brel]] dies.
|-
|  || 11 October || [[Leo Tindemans]] resigns as Prime Minister after the failure of the [[Egmont pact]].
|-
|  || 17 November || [[1978 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1981 in Belgium|1981]] || 8 November || [[1981 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1985 in Belgium|1985]] || 16 to 21 May || [[Pope John Paul II]] visits Belgium.
|-
|  || 13 October || [[1985 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1986 in Belgium|1986]] || 3 May || [[Sandra Kim]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1986]] singing "[[J'aime la vie]]".<ref>Alain de Gueldre et al., ''Kroniek van België'' (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), p. 1009.</ref>
|-
| [[1987 in Belgium|1987]] || 13 December || [[1987 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1988 in Belgium|1988]] || || [[Stella Artois]] merges with [[Piedboeuf Brewery]] to form [[Interbrew]]
|-
| [[1990 in Belgium|1990]] || 4–5 April || Constitutional crisis: King Baudouin suspended as king for 36 hours after refusing to sign a law legalising abortion 
|-
| [[1991 in Belgium|1991]] || 18 July || Assassination of Socialist politician [[André Cools]].<ref>Marc Cools and Veerle Pashley, "Shadows of Power: Agusta, a Belgian Affair", in ''The Routledge Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime in Europe'' edited by Judith van Erp, Wim Huisman, Gudrun Vande Walle (Routledge, 2015), pp. 336–345.</ref>
|-
|  || 24 November || [[1991 Belgian general election]]
|-
| [[1992 in Belgium|1992]] || || [[Dirk Frimout]] is the first Belgian in Space
|-
| [[1993 in Belgium|1993]] || 31 July ||King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] dies in Motril
|-
| || 9 August || [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert, Prince of Liège]] becomes 6th King of the Belgians
|-
| [[1995 in Belgium|1995]] || 21 May || [[1995 Belgian federal election]]
|-
|  || June || [[Pope John Paul II]] visits Belgium.
|-
| [[1996 in Belgium|1996]] || 20 October ||[[White March]]: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the [[Marc Dutroux|Dutroux affair]]
|-
| || || Famous cyclist [[Eddy Merckx]] created baron by King Albert
|-
| [[1999 in Belgium|1999]] || 13 June || [[1999 Belgian federal election]]
|-
|  || 12 July || [[Verhofstadt I Government]] sworn in
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|  || 4 December || [[Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz]]
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| [[2000 in Belgium|2000]] || 22 September || Stock exchanges of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris merge as [[Euronext]].<ref>''Handbook of Finance. Volume I: Financial Markets and Instruments'', edited by Frank J. Fabozzi (Hoboken NJ, 2008), p. 143.</ref>
|}

{{anchor|3rd millennium}}

== 21st century ==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:15%" | Date || Event
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| [[2001 in Belgium|2001]] || 25 October || Elisabeth, duchess of Brabant is born in Anderlecht.
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| || 6 November || Belgian national airline [[Sabena]] declared bankrupt
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| [[2002 in Belgium|2002]] || 1 January || Euro enters into circulation to replace the [[Belgian franc]]
|-
| || November || [[Frank De Winne]] is the second Belgian in space
|-
| || || [[Strépy-Thieu boat lift]] is completed
|-
| [[2003 in Belgium|2003]] || 18 May || [[Belgian federal election, 2003]] leads to formation of [[Verhofstadt II Government]] (sworn in 12 July)
|-
| [[2004 in Belgium|2004]] || 1–22 March || Trial of [[serial killer]] and [[Child sex abuse|child molester]] [[Marc Dutroux]], sentenced to life imprisonment
|-
| [[2005 in Belgium|2005]] || || Celebration of 175 years of Belgian independence and 25 years of federalism
|-
| [[2006 in Belgium|2006]] ||8 October || [[2006 Belgian local elections]]
|-
| [[2007 in Belgium|2007]] || 10 June || [[Belgian federal election, 2007]]
|-
| [[2008 in Belgium|2008]] || 20 March || [[Leterme I Government]] sworn in
|-
|  || 30 December || [[Van Rompuy Government]] sworn in following [[Yves Leterme]]'s resignation as Prime Minister
|-
| [[2009 in Belgium|2009]] || 4 January || [[Johan Bonny]] consecrated as [[bishop of Antwerp]]
|-
|  || 11 October || [[Father Damien]] canonised by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]
|-
|  || December || [[Herman Van Rompuy]] becomes the first [[President of the European Council]]
|-
| [[2010 in Belgium|2010]] || 27 February || [[André-Joseph Léonard]] succeeds [[Godfried Danneels]] as [[archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels]]
|-
|  || 22 April || Fall of [[Leterme II Government]]
|-
|  || 23 April || [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepts the resignation of [[Child sex abuse|child molester]] [[Roger Vangheluwe]] as [[bishop of Bruges]]
|-
|  || 13 June || [[Belgian federal election, 2010]] leads to formation of [[Di Rupo Government]] 541 days later
|-
| [[2011 in Belgium|2011]] || October || [[Sixth Belgian state reform]] finalised
|-
|  || 6 December || [[Di Rupo Government]] sworn in 541 days after the [[Belgian federal election, 2010]]
|-
| [[2012 in Belgium|2012]] || 24 October || Closure of [[Genk Body & Assembly|Ford Genk]] announced, to be completed in 2014 with loss of over 4,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20121024_007|date=24 October 2012|title=Ford Genk sluit in 2014|newspaper=[[De Standaard]]|language=nl|access-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811190154/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20121024_007|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 in Belgium|2013]] || 21 July || [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]] becomes 7th king of the Belgians
|-
| [[2014 in Belgium|2014]] || 24 May || [[Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting]] kills four
|-
|  || 25 May || [[Belgian federal election, 2014]]
|-
| [[2015 in Belgium|2015]] || 6 November || [[Jozef De Kesel]] succeeds [[André-Joseph Léonard]] as [[archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels]]
|-
| || 21 to 25 November || [[Brussels lockdown]]
|-
| [[2016 in Belgium|2016]] || 22 March || [[2016 Brussels bombings]]
|-
|  || 20 December || {{Ill|Publifin scandal|fr|Affaire Publifin}} breaks in ''[[Le Vif/L'Express]]''
|-
| [[2017 in Belgium|2017]] || 31 May || {{Ill|Samusocial scandal|fr|Affaire du Samusocial}} breaks in [[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels parliament]]
|-
| [[2018 in Belgium|2018]] || 9 December || [[Michel I Government]] splits, to be succeeded by [[Michel II Government]], after division over endorsement of the [[Global Compact for Migration]]
|-
| [[2019 in Belgium|2019]] || 26 May || [[2019 Belgian federal election]]
|-
| [[2020 in Belgium|2020]] || 4 February || Public confirmation of first patient tested positive for the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/news/one-repatriated-belgian-has-tested-positive-for-the-novel-coronavirus/ |title=One repatriated Belgian has tested positive for the novel coronavirus |date=4 February 2020 |website=info-coronavirus.be |publisher=Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment |language=en |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406101412/https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/news/one-repatriated-belgian-has-tested-positive-for-the-novel-coronavirus/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 in Belgium|2021]] || 4 to 5 May || [[DDOS attack]] on [[Belnet]] disrupts accessibility of websites using the [[.be]] domain, including those of the Belgian government, parliament, police, educational and research institutions, health care, and public broadcasters,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/167930/belgian-government-websites-down-after-ddos-attack/ |title=Belgian government websites down after DDoS attack |date=4 May 2021 |website=[[The Brussels Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/justice-belgium/168009/tbtb-ddos-attack-belnet-belgian-government-websites-still-under-cyberattack/ |website=[[The Brussels Times]]| date=5 May 2021 |title=Belgian government websites still under cyberattack |author=Helen Lyons}}</ref> forcing the postponement of parliamentary hearings relating to the [[persecution of Uyghurs in China]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cyberattaque: annulation forcée à la Chambre des auditions sur le Xinjiang |url=https://www.lesoir.be/370172/article/2021-05-04/cyberattaque-annulation-forcee-la-chambre-des-auditions-sur-le-xinjiang |author=Véronique Kiesel |date=4 May 2021 |newspaper=[[Le Soir]] |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 in Belgium|2022]] || 8 June || [[Monarchy of Belgium|King]] [[Philippe of Belgium]] condemns the racism of Belgium's colonial history in Congo.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 June 2022 |title=Belgian royals in DR Congo: King Philippe laments racism of colonial past |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61730651 |access-date=2022-08-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[2023 in Belgium|2023]] || 18 December || Largest criminal trial in Belgian history begins in Brussels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sky ECC probe: Belgium's largest-ever correctional trial starts into vast drug network| date=18 December 2023 |author=Lauren Walker |website=[[The Brussels Times]] |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/843778/sky-ecc-probe-belgiums-largest-ever-correctional-trial-starts-into-vast-drug-network |access-date=2023-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Drug mega-trial set to lift curtain on European trafficking |author1=Thomas Saintourens |author2=Jean-Pierre Stroobants |date=18 December 2023 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2023/12/18/the-drug-mega-trial-set-to-unveil-the-behind-the-scenes-of-european-trafficking_6355401_143.html |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |access-date=2023-12-22}}</ref>
|-
| [[2024 in Belgium|2024]] || 9 June || [[2024 Belgian federal election]]
|-
|}

{{History of the Low Countries}}

==See also==
* [[History of Belgium]]
** [[History of Wallonia]]
** [[History of Flanders]]
** [[History of the Jews in Belgium]]
* [[Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries]]
* [[List of Belgian historians]]

;Cities in Belgium
* [[Timeline of Antwerp]]
* [[Timeline of Bruges]]
* [[Timeline of Brussels]]
* [[Timeline of Ghent]]
* [[Timeline of Leuven]]
* [[Timeline of Liège]]

==References==
{{notelist}}
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
===Belgian history===
*Paul Arblaster, ''A History of the Low Countries'' (Palgrave Essential Histories, 2012)
*Samuel Humes, ''Belgium: Long United, Long Divided'' (Hurst, 2014)

===Timelines===
* {{cite book|editor= [[William Henry Overall]] |title= Dictionary of Chronology|year=1870|publisher=William Tegg |location=London |chapter= Belgium |hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=86|via=HathiTrust }}
* {{cite book|author1= [[Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|B.B. Woodward]] |author2= [[William Leist Readwin Cates|William L.R. Cates]] |title=Encyclopedia of Chronology |year=1872|publisher=Longmans, Green and Company |location=London |chapter=Belgium |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170 }}
* {{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter=Belgium |hdl = 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=170 }}
* {{cite book|publisher=Europa Publications|title= Political Chronology of Europe |year= 2003|isbn=978-1-135-35687-3 |chapter=Belgium |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hVNvCz0c_gsC&pg=PA25 }}

==External links==
* {{citation |work=BBC News |title=Belgium profile: timeline |date=21 May 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17209277 }}
*[http://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/history/ History page] at Belgian government web portal. Accessed 8 February 2015.
*[http://www.visitbelgium.com/?page=history-of-belgium History page] at Visit Belgium website. Accessed 8 February 2015.

{{Years in Belgium}}
{{Belgium topics}}
{{World Heritage Sites in Belgium}}

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[[Category:Belgium history-related lists|*]]