Duchy of Brabant

state of the Holy Roman Empire

12 dated entries naming Duchy of Brabant, drawn from 11 separate years between 1165 CE and 1731 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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12th century

1165Henry I ("the Brave"), duke of Brabant (d. 1235)source

13th century

1210October 16 – Matilda of Boulogne, duchess of Brabantsource
1224August 15 – Marie of France, duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)source
1224March 20 – Sophie of Thuringia, duchess of Brabant (d. 1275)source
1233Adelaide of Burgundy, duchess of Brabant (d. 1273)source
1261February 28 – Henry III ("the Good"), duke of Brabant (b. 1230)source
1275May 29 – Sophie of Thuringia, duchess of Brabant (b. 1224)source

15th century

1405April 11 – The three sons of Philip the Bold—John the Fearless, Philip II, and Anthony— agree at Arras to partition the Burgundian lands of their father between themselves, with John to retain Flanders, Philip to take the County of Nevers, and Anthony to retain Rethel as well to purchase the Duchy of Brabant from John.source
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

1580June 9 – Rebels of the Dutch Union of Utrecht, aided by French soldiers, make a surprise attack on the Spanish Netherlands city of Diest in the Duchy of Brabant, and overwhelm the strategic location, now in Belgium, in one day.source

17th century

1692September 8 – An earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.source

18th century

1731February 3 – A fire in Brussels at the Coudenberg Palace, at this time the home of the ruling Austrian Duchess of Brabant, destroys the building, including the state records stored therein.source