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Periodicals. Annales de la Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles, vol. 14 (Brussels, Alfred Vromant) [3]; Scholarship. Maurice De Wulf, Histoire de la Philosophie Médiévale (Leuven, Paris and Brussels) [4]
For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.
This is a timeline of 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 .
Roughly 98% of Belgium's overseas territory was just one colony (about 76 times larger than Belgium itself) – known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State, which was the personal property of Belgium's king, Leopold II. The violence used by Free State officials ...
In southeast Belgium, along the border with Luxembourg and Prussia (later Germany), was the heavily forested and agricultural region known as the Ardennes. In 1784, Belgium's population was 2.6 million, with just 25 percent living in cities. During the 19th century, the population both expanded and urbanized. [4]
Full general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1900. [1] They were the first elections under a proportional system (using the D'Hondt method) instead of a majority system, [2] with Belgium becoming the first country in the world to adopt proportional representation for parliamentary elections. Single-member constituencies were replaced ...
View history; General What links here; ... Pages in category "1900s in Belgium" ... 0–9. 1900 in Belgium; 1901 in Belgium; 1902 in Belgium; 1903 in Belgium; 1904 in ...
List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.; List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of ...