Liège

city of the province of Liège within the region of Wallonia, in Belgium, Europe

12 dated entries naming Liège, drawn from 12 separate years between 714 CE and 1950 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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8th century

714Grimoald the Younger, mayor of the palace of Neustria, is assassinated while on pilgrimage to visit the tomb of Saint Lambert at Liège, on orders of his father-in-law King Radbod.source

12th century

1106August 7 – Emperor Henry IV escapes his captors at Ingelheim. He enters into negotiations at Cologne with English, French and Danish noblemen, and begins to collect an army to oppose his son Henry V but dies at Liège after a 49-year reign. Henry leads a successful expedition against Count Robert II of Flanders and is forced to swear his allegiance to him.source

17th century

1604Lancelot de Casteau's L'Ouverture de cuisine published in Liège, including the first printed recipe for choux pastry.source
163617 July – People of Liège appeal to Pope Urban VIII against imperial troops called in by prince-bishop Ferdinand.source

18th century

1791January 12 – Holy Roman troops reenter Liège, heralding the end of the Liège Revolution, and the restoration of its Prince-Bishops.source
1793March 5 – French troops are defeated by Austrian forces, and Liège is recaptured.source

19th century

1859Fabrique d'armes Émile et Léon Nagant established in Liègesource
1892October 5 – Master criminal Adam Worth is captured in Liège, Belgium, during an attempted robbery of a money delivery cart.source

20th century

1914August 5 – German zeppelins drop bombs on Liège, Belgium, killing 9 civilians.source
19267 January – Flooding along the river Meuse, particularly in Liège.source
19303 May to 3 November – Exposition internationale held in Liège with simultaneous International Exhibition of Colonies, Shipping and Flemish Art held in Antwerp.source
1950July 30 – 4 workers striking over the "Royal question" in Belgium are shot dead by the Gendarmerie, at Grâce-Berleur near Liège.source