County of Hainaut

medieval region in current Belgium and France

18 dated entries naming County of Hainaut, drawn from 18 separate years between 1056 CE and 1579 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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11th century

1056Baldwin II of Mons, count of Hainaut (approximate date)source
1098Baldwin II, count of Hainaut (House of Flanders) (b. 1056)source

12th century

1108Baldwin IV, count of Hainaut (d. 1171)source
1150Baldwin V, count of Hainaut and Flanders (d. 1195)source
1171November 8 – Baldwin IV, count of Hainaut (b. 1108)source
1190King Henry VI, eldest son of Frederick I, grants Henry I (the Brave) the title of Duke of Brabant. Henry tries to expand his power and soon quarrels with Count Baldwin V, duke of Hainaut.source
1191The counties of Flanders and Hainaut (modern Belgium) are united under Count Baldwin VIII. Flanders, a feudal fiefdom of France, becomes an important, wealthy independent state of Western Europe.source

13th century

1218May 1 – John I, count of Hainaut (d. 1257)source
1244December 5 – Joan, countess of Flanders and Hainautsource
1247John II Avesnes, count of Hainaut and Holland (d. 1304)source
1253July 4 – William II, count of Holland, defeats the Flemish forces under Guy of Dampierre at Westkapelle. He forced him and his mother, Margaret II, to respect the division of Flanders and Hainaut.source
1257December 24 – John of Avesnes, count of Hainaut (b. 1218)source
1299November 10 – John I, count of Holland, dies and is succeeded by his uncle John II. He establishes a personal union with the County of Hainaut.source

14th century

1337Jean Froissart, historian and courtier from Hainaut (d. 1405)source
1345September – Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland are inherited by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and remain part of the imperial crown domain until 1347.source

15th century

1464January 6 – The first assembly ever of the States General of the Netherlands is held as representatives from at least 17 provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands gather at Bruges. At least 81 delegates come from the clergy, nobility and general public from the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, Lille, Douai and Orchies, the County of Artois, the County of Hainaut, the County of Holland, the County of Zeeland, the County of Namur, the Lordship of Mechelen, and the Boulonnais, all with the reluctant assent of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.source

16th century

1576September 8 – The States General of the Netherlands is convened by the leaders of the States of Brabant and the County of Hainaut in order to respond to mutineering Spanish troops.source
1579May 17 – The Treaty of Arras is concluded between Spain (represented by the Duke of Parma), and members of the Union of Arras that had been formed in January. The Union of Utrecht continues its resistance against Spain while the County of Hainaut, the County of Artois, and the cities of Douai, Lille, Orchies and Arras agree to a separate peace under Spanish rule.source