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Timeline of Brussels

Summary

The following is a timeline of the history of Brussels, Belgium.

Prehistory edit

Roman Period edit

  • 1st century CE – A Roman villa is constructed in Anderlecht, located near today's Allée de la Villa Romaine/Romeinse-Villadreef.[2]
  • 2nd century CE – A Gallo-Roman villa is constructed in Jette, located in today's King Baudouin Park.[3]

Middle Ages edit

 
Charles of Lorraine founded what would become Brussels, c. 979.

16th–18th centuries edit

 
Ommegang of Brussels in 1615
 
Brussels in the 17th century
  • 1695 – The city is bombarded by the French, destroying a third of its buildings, including the Grand-Place.
 
The Grand-Place/Grote Markt in flames during the bombardment of Brussels in 1695

19th century edit

 
Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Gustaf Wappers, 1834
 
Opening of the Brussels–Mechelen railway on 5 May 1835
 
View into Brussels along the Brussels–Charleroi Canal from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, c. 1855

20th century edit

 
Equestrian Statue of Leopold II, Place du Trône/Troonplein, Brussels
 
The 1911 Solvay Conference in Brussels was the first world physics conference.
 
Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels, 4 September 1944
 
The Atomium and cable car during the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58)

21st century edit

See also edit

References edit

Citations edit

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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

In English edit

Published in the 19th century
  • New Picture of Brussels, and its Environs, or, Stranger's Guide to the Curiosities of that Interesting City, London: Samuel Leigh, 1820, OCLC 63579821
  • "Brussels". Galignani's Traveller's Guide through Holland and Belgium (4th ed.). Paris: A. and W. Galignani. 1822. hdl:2027/njp.32101073846667.
  • David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Brussels". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  • "Brussels", Cabinet Cyclopædia, vol. Cities and Principal Towns of the World, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
  • "Brussels", A hand-book for travellers on the continent (2nd ed.), London: John Murray, 1838, OCLC 2030550
  • Frederick Knight Hunt (1845), "Brussels", The Rhine: its scenery & historical & legendary associations, London: Jeremiah How
  • "Brussels". Coghlan's Illustrated Guide to the Rhine (18th ed.). London: Trubner & Co. 1863.
  • Stranger's Guide to Brussels and its environs (6th ed.), Kiessling & Co., 1876
  • W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Brussels to Antwerp", Harper's hand-book for travellers in Europe and the east, New York: Harper & Brothers
Published in the 20th century
  • "Brussels". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312876 – via Hathi Trust.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ernest Gilliat-Smith (1906), The story of Brussels, London: Dent, OL 24358871M
  • Ernest Gilliat-Smith (1908). "Brussels". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Brussels", Belgium and Holland, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759
  • "Brussels". Belgium. Grieben's Guide Books. Vol. 141. London: Williams & Norgate. 1910. hdl:2027/uiuc.3096224_001.
Published in the 21st century
  • Anton Kreukels; et al., eds. (2005). "Brussels". Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning: Comparative Case Studies of European City-Regions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-49606-8.
  • Xhardez, Catherine (2016). "The integration of new immigrants in Brussels: an institutional and political puzzle". Brussels Studies. Translated by Jane Corrigan. doi:10.4000/brussels.1434. - translation of "L’intégration des nouveaux arrivants à Bruxelles : un puzzle institutionnel et politique"

In other languages edit

  • Almanach royal de la cour, des provinces méridionales et de la ville de Bruxelles (in French). Bruxelles: A. Stapleaux. 1817.
  • Marie-Nicolas Bouillet [in French]; L.G. Gourraigne (1914). "Bruxelles". Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de geographie (in French) (34th ed.). Paris: Hachette.
  • Hennaut, Eric (2000). La Grand-Place de Bruxelles. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: Éditions de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
  • Henne, Alexandre; Wauters, Alphonse (1845). Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles (in French). Vol. 3. Brussels: Perichon.
  • Spapens, Christian (2005). Les Boulevards extérieurs de la Porte de Hal à la Place Rogier. Bruxelles, ville d'Art et d'Histoire (in French). Vol. 40. Brussels: Centre d'information, de Documentation et d'Etude du Patrimoine. ISBN 978-2-96005-026-4.
  • Zeiller, Martin (1654). "Brussel". Topographia Circuli Burgundici. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. p. 44+.

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