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The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 km 2 (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , which is only 1.1 km 2 (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density , at 24,650/km 2 ...
Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Belgium Historical and Picturesque, translated by Henry Robert Addison (Brussels) [16] Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Handbook for Travellers on the Belgian Rail-Road (Brussels) [17] Monographs. P. Namur, Histoire des bibliothèques publiques de la Belgique (Brussels, F. Parent) [18] Literature. Maria Doolaeghe ...
Belgium made part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. [147] 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 [148] 1822: Société Générale founded 1823
Map of the Seventeen Provinces, red showing the border between the independent (Northern) Netherlands and the Southern Netherlands. The medieval Low Countries, including present-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as parts of modern Germany and France, comprised a number of rival and independent feudal states of varying sizes.
Joyous Entry of William the Silent into Brussels, 24 September 1577. 1577 9 January: The First Union of Brussels is established by the States General of the Netherlands. [70] 24 July: The Coup of Namur [nl; fr] occurs, ending the First Union of Brussels. 10 December: The Second Union of Brussels is declared. [71]
The Palace of the Counts of Castro Guimarães, in Cascais, Monserrate Palace, a Romanticist villa in Sintra, and Quinta da Regaleira, 19th-century Neo-Manueline palace, are all estates that are open to the public, serving to show the Portuguese nobility historically lived on the Riviera, with notable differences in the architecture and ...
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14 October: The second March on Brussels against Francisation is held. [67] Construction of the Rogier International Centre, 18 March 1963. 1963 – 2 August: The city becomes part of the bilingual Brussels-Capital administrative area. [69] 1965 The Maison du Peuple/Volkshuis is demolished and is replaced with the Sablon Tower [nl; fr]. [4]