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Timeline of Brussels

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

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 1273 – St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral built (approximate date).
  • 1304 – Notre Dame du Sablon founded.
  • 1348 – Ommegang begins.
  • 1356
  • Joyous Entry of Joanna and Wenceslaus into city.
  • Expansion of fortifications of Brussels begins.
  • 1370 – the Brussels massacre, a judicial murder of the city's Jewish population, occurs
  • 1381 – Halle Gate built.
  • 1393 – Anderlecht becomes part of Brussels.
  • 1420 – Brussels Town Hall built.
  • 1455 – Chapelle du Saint-Sacrement de Miracle built.
  • 1476 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1477 - Hapsburgs in power.
  • 1536 – Maison du Roi built for Duke of Brabant.
  • 1585 – City becomes capital of Spanish Netherlands.
  • 1619 – Bronze Manneken Pis statue installed.
  • 1695 – The city is bombarded by the French.

    • 18th century

  • 1700 – The Monnaie theatre built.
  • 1731 – Palace of Coudenberg destroyed.
  • 1746 – Siege of Brussels.
  • 1772 - Imperial and Royal Academy of Brussels established.
  • 1774 – Rue Royale laid out.
  • 1775 – Brussels Park laid out.
  • 1787 – Vauxhall opens.
  • 1783 – Royal Palace of Brussels construction begins.
  • 1787 – Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg consecrated.
  • 1795
  • City becomes part of Dyle.
  • State Archives in Belgium headquartered in city.[1]

    • 19th century

  • 1803 – Museum of Brussels opens.
  • 1815
  • Duchess of Richmond's ball.
  • City becomes joint capital of United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  • 1819 – New opera theatre inaugurated.
  • 1822 - Société Générale de Belgique headquartered in city.
  • 1826 – Botanical Garden founded.
  • 1830
  • Belgian Revolution.
  • City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Belgium.
  • Population: 98,279 city; 120,981 metro.
  • 1832 – Royal Conservatory of Brussels founded.
  • 1834 – Free University of Brussels founded
  • 1835 – Groendreef/Allée Verte railway station, Belgium's first, is inaugurated.
  • 1846
  • Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences founded.
  • Population: 123,874.
  • 1847
  • Avenue Louise commissioned.
  • Galerie du Roi, Galerie de la Reine and Galerie du Prince open.
  • 1848 - International Peace Congress held.
  • 1850 - Population: 142,289 city; 222,424 metro.
  • 1855 – Brussels-Luxembourg railway station built.
  • 1856 – Théatre Royal de la Monnaie opens.
  • 1859 – Congress Column erected.
  • 1860 - Population: 185,982 city; 300,341 metro.
  • 1861 – Bois de la Cambre laid out.
  • 1869 – Trams begin operating.
  • 1871
  • Covering of the Senne.
  • Banque de Bruxelles established.
  • 1877 – Ixelles Cemetery created.
  • 1880 – Cinquantenaire created.
  • 1881 - L'Echo newspaper begins publication.
  • 1885
  • Église Royale Sainte-Marie built.
  • Population: 171,751.
  • 1887
  • Le Soir newspaper begins publication.
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts built.
  • 1888 - Het Laatste Nieuws (newspaper) begins publication.
  • 1891 - August: International Socialist Labor Congress held in Brussels.
  • 1893 - Paris-Brussels Cycle Race begins.
  • 1895
  • Royal Greenhouses of Laeken built.
  • Hotel Metropole in business at Place de Brouckère.
  • 1897 – Brussels International world's fair held.

    • 20th century

  • 1900
  • Cantillon Brewery founded.
  • Hospital Saint-Jean built.
  • 1901 – Maison & Atelier Horta built.
  • 1905
  • Cauchie house built.
  • Cinquantenaire's triumphal arch finished.
  • 1908 – Chapel of the Resurrection built.
  • 1910 – Brussels International world's fair held.
  • 1911 - Solvay Conference held in city.
  • 1914 – World War I: Brussels captured and occupied by the German Army.
  • 1917 – Constant Vanden Stock Stadium opens.
  • 1919
  • Lignes Farman airline begins operating its Paris-Brussels route.
  • Population: 685,268 metro.
  • 1920 – Oscar Bossaert Stadium opens.
  • 1921 – Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek, merged into the City of Brussels.
  • 1922 – Société du Palais des Beaux-Arts and Jardin botanique Jean Massart (garden) established.
  • 1923 – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History opens.
  • 1927 – Solvay Conference held.
  • 1930 – Jubilee Stadium opens.
  • 1931 – Brussels Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • 1935
  • Brussels International Exposition held.
  • Basilica of the Sacred Heart consecrated.
  • 1937 – Queen Elisabeth Music Competition begins.
  • 1939 – Constantin Meunier Museum opens.
  • 1940 – World War II: German Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France headquartered in Brussels.
  • 1944
  • 3–4 September: Liberation of Brussels by the Welsh Guards; Palace of Justice burnt by Germans to destroy legal records during their retreat.
  • 8 September: Belgian government in exile returns to Brussels after four years in London.
  • A de jure District of Brussels formed by Nazi Germany, which is now no longer in control of the territory.
  • 1948
  • Treaty of Brussels signed.
  • Brussels Airport opens.
  • 1949 – NATO headquarters established.
  • 1952 – Brussels-Central railway station and Brussels-South railway station open.
  • 1958
  • Brussels World's Fair Expo 58 held.
  • The Atomium is built.
  • 1960 – City hosts Congolese Round Table Conference.
  • 1967 – L'Innovation Department Store fire.
  • 1969 – Free University of Brussels splits along linguistic lines into Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
  • 1971
  • Brussels Agglomeration created.
  • Flower carpet in Grand Place begins.
  • 1974 – Brussels International Independent Film Festival begins.
  • 1975
  • Bank Brussels Lambert headquartered in city.
  • Université catholique de Louvain's Jardin des plantes médicinales Paul Moens established.
  • 1976 – Brussels Metro begins operating.
  • 1978
  • Brussels Ring constructed.
  • RTBF Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • 1979 - Archives of the City of Brussels moves into the former Anciens magasins Waucquez.
  • 1980
  • Flemish Community and French Community of Belgium each designate Brussels as capital city.
  • Population of Brussels-Capital Region: 1,008,715.
  • 1985
  • Pope John Paul II visits city.
  • 29 May: Heysel Stadium disaster.
  • 1988 – Kinepolis Brussels opens.
  • 1989
  • Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, and Belgian Comic Strip Center established.
  • Mini-Europe opens.
  • 1990 – Population of Brussels-Capital Region: 964,385.
  • 1993 – Espace Léopold opens.
  • 1994
  • City of Brussels designated capital of Belgium and seat of federal government.
  • Freddy Thielemans becomes mayor.
  • Besix construction headquartered in Brussels.[2]
  • 1996 – Belgacom Towers built.
  • 1998 – Ancienne Belgique renovated.
  • 1999 - Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Municipal website online (approximate date).
  • Zinneke Parade begins.
  • Musical Instrument Museum relocates.
  • 2004 – North Galaxy Towers built.
  • 2006 – Atomium renovated.
  • 2007 - Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel established.
  • 2009 – Magritte Museum opens.
  • 2010 – Population of Brussels-Capital Region: 1,089,538.
  • 2013
  • Yvan Mayeur becomes mayor.
  • Rudi Vervoort becomes Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.
  • 2016 – The 2016 Brussels bombings occur, killing 34 and injuring 230.

    • References

    Timeline of Brussels Wikipedia
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