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Mechelen has a narrow temperature range between seasons for its high latitude, despite its inland position. Summers are warm and occasionally hot, whereas winters usually remain above freezing. Similar to Belgium as a whole, the climate is relatively cloudy and receives frequent rainfall, often light.
On 17 September 1785, at the age of 29, he was ordained as a priest in Liège, Belgium.He was appointed Bishop of Liège on 16 August 1792, succeeding his uncle César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck as the last Sovereign Prince-Bishop of that principality.
Pierre-Lambert Goossens (18 July 1827 – 25 January 1906) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1884 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1889. Biography
Death of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, at his palace in Meerssen; succeeded by his son Giselbert. [3]: 45 918: 10 September: Death of Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders at Blandijnberg; succeeded by his son Arnulf. 925: Henry the Fowler invades Lotharingia and receives oaths of loyalty from the local aristocracy. [3]: 46 936: 7 August
A compilation of three saints' lives as translated by Rosalind Love mentioned that on 15th-century records in Salisbury, an unknown author 'corrected' the attribution as "martyr" (possibly the Rumbold murdered in Mechelen) by annotating "confessor" (fitting in the miraculous infant Rumwold who was not a martyr). Also, the original dedication of ...
Jan IV (born 1642) was a son of Pieter IV. After the death of Jan IV, his stepson Jacob II De Clerck again starts using the De Clerck name for his bells, ending the dynasty of the Vanden Gheyns in Mechelen. [3] Pieter IV Vanden Gheyn had another, older son, Andries I, who moved to Sint-Truiden in 1655 and to Tienen a few years later. He was ...
Belgium portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Pages in category "History of Mechelen" The following 8 pages are ...
On 19 April 1943, members of the Belgian Resistance stopped a Holocaust train and freed a number of Jews who were being transported to Auschwitz concentration camp from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium, on the twentieth convoy from the camp. In the aftermath of the attack, a number of other captives were able to jump from the train as well.