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Aside from Zeelandic Flanders, part of Luxembourg, and Eastern Limburg, which were ceded to the Dutch to compensate for the loss of the rest of the territory, the outline of Belgium in 1914 was virtually identical to that established by the French in 1795. The three ceded territories had a total of 300,000 inhabitants at the time.
The French Revolutionary wars led to Belgium becoming part of France in 1795. ... All the rolling stock was supplied by Belgian industries and by 1914, the network ...
Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing free movement of labour between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960. [169] 8 August: Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers: 1957: 25 March: Belgium a signatory to the Treaty of Rome establishing the European ...
1914 • Atrocities: 1914 ... 1795 – 1 October: ... is established, marking the formation of Belgium's first professional firefighting unit. 19th century ...
3.2 From the French period (1795 ... 1914 • Atrocities: 1914 • German occupation: ... When Belgium became independent, state archives services were established in ...
1914–18 • Invasion: 1914 • Atrocities: 1914 ... 1795 – City becomes ... Conflict between Belgian insurgents and Dutch forces. [13]
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. On 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came it would uphold its neutrality. The Belgian government mobilised its armed forces on 31 July and a state of heightened alert (Kriegsgefahr) was proclaimed in Germany.