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1983 – Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, and Wilrijk become part of the city of Antwerp. [43] 1985 – Museum of Modern Art founded. [citation needed] 1989 – Berendrecht Lock constructed. 1994 Laus Polyphoniae festival begins. Switel Hotel fire; 1995 – City website launched (Digitale Metropool Antwerpen). [44]
Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province , and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 208.22 km 2 (80.39 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin .
Date Event 705: 17 September: Death of Lambert of Maastricht: murdered at a site that would become Liège. [3]: 17 [6] 717: See of Maastricht moved to the location of Lambert of Maastricht's murder, now Liège. 727: 30 May: Death of Hubertus, Bishop of Liège. [3]: 17 748: 2 April: Birth of Charlemagne, first Holy Roman Emperor. [7]
Antwerp Province (Dutch: Provincie Antwerpen [proːˈvɪnsi ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)], French: Province d'Anvers, German: Provinz Antwerpen), between 1815 and 1830 known as Central Brabant (Dutch: Midden-Brabant [ˌmɪdə(m)ˈbraːbɑnt], French: Brabant-Central, German: Mittel-Brabant), is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium.
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On July 21, 1831, the first "King of the Belgians" was inaugurated. The date of his acceptance of the constitution – 21 July 1831 – is marked a national holiday. [50] The liberal bourgeoisie hastily formed a provisional government under Charles Rogier to negotiate with the Dutch, officially declaring Belgian independence on 4 October 1830.
Date of birth Office Entered Office Left Date of death Party Frans Verdussen: May 10, 1783 October 26, 1830: October 28, 1830: May 11, 1850 None (Cath. Unionist) Antoine Dhanis van Cannart: January 26, 1792 October 29, 1830: December 11, 1830: November 19, 1855 None (Cath. Unionist) Alexis Gleizes: 1773 December 9, 1830: February 10, 1831 ...
The size of Charles' empire made the port city of Antwerp "the centre of the entire international economy" [7] Antwerp was the richest city in Europe at this time. [8] Antwerp's golden age is tightly linked to the fact that it became the financial centre where Spanish precious metals coming from the Americas were exchanged for banking credit of rich German families (namely the Fugger and the ...