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Tessenderlo was the scene of an infamous industrial disaster during World War II, when a stock of 150 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at the chemical plant of Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo (now Tessenderlo Group) - located near the centre of town - exploded on April 29, 1942, killing 189 people at the plant and in the town. [2]
The lordship of Diest, one of the smaller towns in the Duchy of Brabant, was part of the patrimony of the House of Nassau.In 1578 the town's magistrates were called upon to accept a rebel garrison, and had instead petitioned the king's governor general, Don John of Austria, to provide a royal garrison. [1]
Tessenderlo Group is a multinational industrial group that was founded in Tessenderlo, Belgium, in 1919 as Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo.The group's areas of business include the production, trading and marketing of crop nutrients and crop protection products, animal by-product processing, and industrial services.
Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around 60 km from Brussels. The municipality comprises the city of Diest proper and the towns of Deurne, Kaggevinne, Molenstede, Schaffen and Webbekom. As of January 1, 2006, Diest had a total ...
Pierre Jean van der Ouderaa was born in Antwerp on 13 January 1841. He enrolled at the age of fifteen at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, and studied, successively, under Jacob Jacobs, Jozef Van Lerius, and Nicaise de Keyser.
Hieronymus, or Jeronymus van Diest (1631 in The Hague – c. 1687 in The Hague), was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter. According to Houbraken, a Jeronymus van Diest was good with grisailles and was the teacher of Adriaen van de Venne . [ 1 ]
Dalton Schultz, TE, Texans (69%) He hasn't scored a TD all year and he's averaging a modest 30 yards per game. Nico Collins is back, Tank Dell is a mouth to feed and even John Metchie III is ...
Map of Mexico by van der Smissen in his book Souvenirs du Mexique, 1864-1867. [1] Death announcement of Alfred van der Smissen. Alfred van der Smissen, 2nd Baron van der Smissen (1 February 1823 – 16 June 1895) was a Belgian general.