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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]
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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.
15 February: Sabena Flight 548 crashes on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground. [4] 27 February: The Royal Association of the Descendants of the Lineages of Brussels is established. 22 October: The first March on Brussels against Francisation is held. [67]
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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 ...
This is a timeline of Belgian history, including important legal and territorial changes and political events in Belgium and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Belgium .