Belgium

815 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Belgium, 1531 CE to 2002 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

16th century

20 entries, 1531 CE to 1594 CE

153127 July – A dozen leaders of the Rivageois revolt hanged in Liège.Belgium source
1531Bernard van Orley and William Dermoyen – The Battle of Pavia (tapestry, woven between 1528 and 1531)Belgium source
15311 October – Charles V reorganises the governing institutions of the Habsburg Netherlands, establishing three "collateral councils" as the highest government bodies: the Brussels Privy Council, Council of State, and Council of Finances.Belgium source
15317 October – Edicts issued on coins, notaries, monopolies, vagrancy and poor relief, and on the printing of heretical books.Belgium source
153119 November – Charles V issues decree reorganizing the Council of Luxembourg.Belgium source
153126 September – Mary of Hungary appointed regent over the Habsburg Netherlands.Belgium source
1531Hendrick van Brederode, rebel commander (d. 1568)Belgium source
159427 May – States General of the Dutch Republic reject Archduke Ernest's peace overturesBelgium source
159422 July – Army of Flanders fails to relieve Siege of Groningen, leading to the city's surrenderBelgium source
1594July – Beginning of a two-year mutiny of Italian troops in the Army of Flanders at Zichem in the Duchy of BrabantBelgium source
159430 October – City of Antwerp tightens prohibition on children's street-fightingBelgium source
15944 February – City of Antwerp prohibits pigs foraging in the streetsBelgium source
159423 August – City of Antwerp prohibits the keeping of brothels outside the LepelstraatBelgium source
1594Maerten de Vos, The Tribunal of the Brabant Mint in Antwerp (Snijders&Rockox House)Belgium source
159412 December – To combat dearth, the City of Antwerp prohibits forestalling on the grain marketBelgium source
159430 January – Joyous Entry into Brussels and Antwerp of Archduke Ernest of AustriaBelgium source
1594Hendrick de Clerck appointed court painter to Archduke ErnestBelgium source
1594Maerten de Vos, The Temptation of St Anthony (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp)Belgium source
1594Antoon Sallaert, painter (died 1650)Belgium source
15942 December – Gerardus Mercator (born 1512), cartographerBelgium source

17th century

251 entries, 1600 CE to 1658 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

16005 February — Battle of LekkerbeetjeBelgium source
160121 May – As Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg, the Archdukes Albert and Isabella conclude an agreement with Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Liège, concerning their rights of patronage over the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy.Belgium source
162810 June – Brussels government issues directives for the maintenance of roads, ditches and bridges.Belgium source
162914 September – Anthonie Schetz surrenders 's-Hertogenbosch to the DutchBelgium source
1630Minerva Protecting Peace from MarsBelgium source
1631Membership of the Walloon Province (Provincia Gallo-Belgica) of the Society of Jesus peaks at 856.Belgium source
163225 January – Gaston of Orleans arrives in Brussels to join Marie de Medici in exile.Belgium source
163211 January – Adam Frans van der Meulen, painter (died 1690)Belgium source
163415 April – Duke of Aarschot arrested in Madrid.Belgium source
163524 June – Siege of Leuven commences.Belgium source
163510 March – Jan van Buken, painter (died 1690)Belgium source
163721 July – Dutch forces besiege Breda.Belgium source
16386 February – Philips Erard van der Noot, bishop (died 1730)Belgium source
16433 June – Royal proclamation renewing the privileges and exemptions of Bandes d'ordonnanceBelgium source
1643Laurens van der Meulen, artist (died 1719)Belgium source
1650Work begins on Church of Our Lady, Jezus-Eik, to designs attributed to Jacob FranquartBelgium source
16518 October – City of Liège prohibits the sending of packets by the riverboat recently established in Maastricht rather than the two merchant boats already established in LiègeBelgium source
165122 December – Prohibition in Liège of the making, selling or carrying of pocket-sized firearms or daggersBelgium source
165214 July – Jacobus de la Torre consecrates the new Capuchin church in Brussels, designed by Fr Charles of Brussels.Belgium source
165323 December – Charles de Hovyne replaces Pieter Roose as president of the Brussels Privy CouncilBelgium source
1653Farmhouse in Destelbergen, now listed built heritageBelgium source
1654Lucas van Uden, Landscape with the Flight into EgyptBelgium source
165428 September – Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger (born 1602), sculptorBelgium source
1656Sebastiaen van den Eynde, Bust of Cornelis II Landschot (c. 1656)Belgium source
1657Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Norbertus van Couwerven, Abbot of St Michael's Abbey, AntwerpBelgium source

18th century

43 entries, 1719 CE to 1798 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

17195 February — The Saint-Joseph sets sail from Ostend for Canton.Belgium source
171927 November — The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.Belgium source
17193 August — The Saint-Joseph from Ostend arrives in Canton.Belgium source
171916 November — Oratorian College, Mechelen, celebrates a former student, Henricus van Gaemeren, graduating from Leuven University as first in his year.Belgium source
171911 June — François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège (died 1784)Belgium source
178727 October – Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff arrives as minister plenipotentiary.Belgium source
1787July and August – First public disturbances that will become the Brabant Revolution.Belgium source
178723 April – Henri Van der Noot presents his "Mémoire sur les droits du peuple brabançon" to the States of Brabant.Belgium source
178719 July – Ludovico di Belgiojoso recalled as minister plenipotentiary; replaced as acting minister by Sir Joseph MurrayBelgium source
178728 May – Governors General Maria Christina and Albert suspend implementation of Joseph II's reforms.Belgium source
178728 April – Jean-Joseph Raikem, politician (died 1875)Belgium source
178720 May – Jean Des Roches (born 1740), scholarBelgium source
178924 October – Army of émigré volunteers invades the Austrian Netherlands; Manifesto of the People of Brabant read out in Hoogstraten.Belgium source
178926 August – César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck, prince-bishop of Liège, flees to Trier; Republic of Liège proclaimed.Belgium source
178918 August – Beginning of Liège Revolution: democrats occupy the town hallBelgium source
179416 November – Administrative reorganisation adopted, introducing arrondissements, civil marriage, free trade with France; abolishing monopolies and noble titles.Belgium source
179423 April – Francis II acclaimed Duke of Brabant and Limburg in Brussels.Belgium source
179420 July – François Antoine Marie Constantin de Méan et de Beaurieux, prince-bishop of Liège, flees to Germany.Belgium source
179426 November – French authorities order requisitioning and stockpiling of food.Belgium source
17949 July – Tree of Liberty erected on the Place Royale (Brussels).Belgium source
179718 October – By the Treaty of Campo Formio the Austrian monarchy accepts the French annexation of the former Austrian Netherlands.Belgium source
179725 November – Law of 5 Frimaire confiscates property of all religious colleges, seminaries and confraternities (implementation started 31 December).Belgium source
179725 October – University of Leuven suppressed by decree.Belgium source
179812 October – beginning of the Peasants' War (Boerenkrijg) in Flanders and Brabant.Belgium source
179824 October – attempted British landing at Blankenberge fails.Belgium source

19th century

346 entries, 1830 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

183025 August – Belgian Revolution beginsBelgium source
183211 July – Order of Leopold established.Belgium source
183510 May – Gaspard-Joseph Labis becomes bishop of Tournai.Belgium source
18374 October – Société Civile pour l'Agrandissement et l'Embellissement de Bruxelles established, to develop the Leopold Quarter in Brussels.Belgium source
1841Antoine Wiertz, La Chute des Anges rebellesBelgium source
1844Belgian Pontifical College establishedBelgium source
184829 March – Risquons-Tout incident: Belgian troops disperse a revolutionary republican force entering the country from France.Belgium source
1850Jan August Hendrik Leys, Divine Service in HollandBelgium source
1852Louis Gallait, Gypsy Woman with Two ChildrenBelgium source
1855Alfred Stevens, The Painter and His ModelBelgium source
1858Joseph Lies, The Disasters of WarBelgium source
18611 January – Franco-Belgian Tirailleurs renamed Papal Zouaves.Belgium source
18633 January – First performance of Charles Hugo's stage adaptation of Les Misèrables, Théâtre Royal des Galeries, BrusselsBelgium source
186526 May – 1863–75 cholera pandemic caused 45,000 fatalities in Belgium in 1865.Belgium source
1867Euphrosine Beernaert, Pond in Villers-la-VilleBelgium source
187018 June – Affligem Abbey, closed in 1796, refounded.Belgium source
187210 December – Henri Guillaume resigns as Minister of War after failing to get the government to adopt a policy of personal military service.Belgium source
1875Henri de Braekeleer, The Man in the ChairBelgium source
187822-25 August – Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations of King Leopold II and Queen Marie-Henriette, including a parade of 23,000 school children on 23 August.Belgium source
1881Gustave Den Duyts, Panoramic View of Ghent (c. 1881)Belgium source
188328 October – Founding meeting of the art association Les XX.Belgium source
18868 July – Royal decree establishing Royal Flemish Academy of Language and LiteratureBelgium source
1889Rémy Cogghe, Cockfights in FlandersBelgium source
1892Théo van Rysselberghe, An EveningBelgium source
189513 November – Lumière brothers demonstrate the cinematograph at the Physics Museum of the Catholic University of Leuven, one of the first such demonstrations outside France.Belgium source

20th century

154 entries, 1900 CE to 1995 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1900Louis Tytgadt, Beguines at WorkBelgium source
1903Théo van Rysselberghe, The ReadingBelgium source
190527 July – Edward Joris arrested in Istanbul for his part in the Yıldız assassination attempt.Belgium source
19055 February – General strike in Belgian coal fields begins.Belgium source
190628 October – Union Minière du Haut Katanga incorporatedBelgium source
1908Flori van Acker, Portrait of Godelieve du Bus de GésigniesBelgium source
1910Toto et sa soeur en bombe à BruxellesBelgium source
191310 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.Belgium source
19209 April – The Times publishes a special "Belgian number" (pages 33-54) with contributions by many prominent Belgians.Belgium source
192528 June – Antonio Ascari wins the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix, the first held on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.Belgium source
192715 September – Belgium loses its seat on the permanent council of the League of Nations.Belgium source
1929February – Pierre Charles becomes European heavyweight champion.Belgium source
193112 July – William Grover-Williams and Caberto Conelli win the 1931 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-FrancorchampsBelgium source
193527 April to 6 November – Brussels International Exposition (1935) held in Heysel, near Brussels.Belgium source
193812 March – Henri de Man resigns as finance minister after his fiscal proposals are rejected.Belgium source
194010 October – Jews banned from public office by decree of the occupying forces.Belgium source
194227 May – Decree obliging Jews to wear an identifying Star of David.Belgium source
194213 July – Secret meetings between representatives of the Christian Democrat, Liberal and Labour parties to discuss post-war policy.Belgium source
194428 November – Allied shipping starts to use the Port of Antwerp.Belgium source
194822 August – Order in Council for the implementation of the De Taeye Act.Belgium source
195429-30 August – Minister of Education Léo Collard sacks 110 school teachers with teaching qualifications from Catholic institutionsBelgium source
195810 October – Patrice Lumumba founds Mouvement National Congolais.Belgium source
1960René Magritte, Les mémoires d'un saintBelgium source
196824 June – Split of the Catholic University of Leuven announcedBelgium source
19853 February – Roger Vangheluwe consecrated as bishop of Bruges by Cardinal Godfried DanneelsBelgium source

21st century

1 entry, 2002 CE to 2002 CE

20024 December – Xavier Deutsch awarded the Prix Rossel for La Belle Étoile.Belgium source