— about 54 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1502-06-19 |
Emperor Maximilian I & England sign treaty of Antwerp |
1566-08-20 |
Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp, Belgium |
1567-04-11 |
Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda |
1570-05-22 |
1st atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps |
1576-11-04 |
Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). |
1579-07-29 |
Antwerp request union with Utrecht |
1582-03-18 |
Prince William of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp |
1582-07-22 |
Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft |
1585-08-17 |
Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by duke of Parma |
1585-08-27 |
Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp |
1586-12-15 |
Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp |
1619-09-30 |
Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp |
1746-06-01 |
French troops conquer Antwerp |
1823-06-16 |
King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp |
1830-10-26 |
Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp |
1830-10-27 |
Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution) |
1831-02-05 |
Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 |
1832-11-23 |
French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium |
1832-12-04 |
French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp |
1832-12-23 |
Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender |
1854-06-23 |
Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use |
1855-05-03 |
Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens |
1904-04-26 |
Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms |
1905-08-12 |
King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp |
1908-01-25 |
John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp |
1914-08-18 |
-20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp |
1914-08-20 |
German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp |
1914-08-25 |
-26] Belgian offensive at Antwerp |
1914-08-25 |
German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp, Belgium, 10 die |
1914-09-09 |
-12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp |
1914-09-28 |
German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) |
1914-10-09 |
German troops take Antwerp in World War I |
1914-10-10 |
German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) |
1920-04-20 |
7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium |
1920-08-14 |
Olympic Games open in Antwerp |
1920-09-12 |
7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium |
1924-04-27 |
Antwerp soccer tie Belgium-Netherlands 1-1 |
1933-06-30 |
50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war |
1933-10-01 |
Antwerp Sports arena opens |
1940-06-23 |
Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp |
1944-09-04 |
British 11th Armoured Division frees Antwerp |
1944-09-08 |
1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp |
1944-11-26 |
1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor |
1944-11-28 |
1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp |
1944-12-16 |
German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) |
1961-12-08 |
Antwerp Belgium diocese forms |
1962-04-05 |
Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp |
1964-05-15 |
Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp |
1967-10-03 |
King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp) |
1969-05-30 |
Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp |
1973-04-06 |
Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium |
1979-07-06 |
IRA bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp |
1980-07-27 |
Palestinian throws hand grenade on Jewish children in Antwerp, 1 dead |
1981-10-20 |
Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured |
1982-12-04 |
Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp |
1989-04-16 |
Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1338-11-29 |
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368) |
1599-02-22 |
Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter |
1736-06-05 |
Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp |
1818-08-03 |
HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect (New Stock exchange Antwerp) |
1827-04-17 |
French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk, Antwerp) |
1853-02-14 |
Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp) |
1880-01-10 |
Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp |
1882-03-03 |
Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp |
1883-05-14 |
Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil) |
1897-01-01 |
Albert Van Antwerp, The Chechahcos |
1903-07-04 |
Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer (Lied Symphony) |
1920-9-09 |
Jean Balthasar, Case 33: Antwerp |
1970-08-20 |
Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1996 quarterfinalist Essen) |
1976-02-05 |
Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico) |
1976-05-02 |
Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star |
1988-10-31 |
Jamie Ward, The Antwerp Dolls |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1100-07-18 |
Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies |
1368-10-07 |
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338) |
1568-09-24 |
Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47 |
1798-08-21 |
Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62 |
1852-07-19 |
Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83 |
1894-12-03 |
HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 |
1906-09-23 |
Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor of Antwerp, dies |
1954-10-26 |
Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies |
1961-05-17 |
Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 |
