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While the Brussels metropolitan area grew quickly, the population of the City of Brussels proper declined considerably. In 1910, Brussels had 185,000 inhabitants; in 1925 this number fell to 142,000. The reasons for this depopulation were manifold. First, the fetid stench of the disease-laden Senne river caused many to leave the city. [80]
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]
8 February: The Treaty of Brussels between Charles V and Archduke Ferdinand, concerning the latter's sovereignty over the Austrian Hereditary Lands, is signed. Execution of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos in Brussels, 1 July 1523. 1523 January: Maximilianus Transylvanus publishes De Moluccis Insulis, a key source on the Magellan expedition.
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View of the Brussels Zoological Garden, 1856 Celebrations for Belgian National Day in Brussels, 21 July 1856. 1856 28 March: The reconstructed Royal Theatre of La Monnaie opens. 11 June: The Société royale belge des aquarellistes is founded under the chairmanship of Jean-Baptiste Madou. Drawing of a crowd on the Grand-Place during the ...
22 June: Luc Terlinden is appointed Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussels. [120] 9 September: Belgian Beer World opens in the former Brussels Stock Exchange building, with the main hall now free and open to the public for the first time. [121] [122] 14 September: The Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles becomes part of Université catholique de ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Timelines of Brussels (4 P) Pages in category "History of Brussels" The following 20 pages are in this ...