View file File name : calendar.belgium Content :/* Belgian history * submitted by Nicolas Évrard <nicoe@wanadoo.be> */ #ifndef _calendar_belgium_ #define _calendar_belgium_ LANG=utf-8 01 Jan Regionalisation of Belgium, 1970 11 Jan Independance of the Belgian United States, 1790 21 Jan Austrian troops invade the Belgian United States, 1790 06 Jan Belgium becomes a federal state, 1993 27 Feb Belgian congressmen reveal the horrors in Congo, 1906 01 Mar France annexes the 'Province belgiques unies', 1793 12 Mar Referendum on the return of Leopold III (yes wins with 57.68%). Huge differences between the Flemish (72% of yes) and the Walloon (42% of yes), 1950 29 Mar The parliament vote the law legalizing abortion, 1990 Apr World fair in Bruxelles : 45,000,000 of visitors, 1958 21 Apr Women can vote for the first time, 1921 07 May Leopold III liberated in Austria, then transfered to Switzerland, 1945 10 May Nazi Germany invades Belgium, 1940 10 May A delegation tells Leopold III his return would be illtimed, 1945 13 May Baudouin abdicates. He does not want to sign the law on abortion, 1990 22 May Fire in the store "L'inno", 325 deaths, 1967 25 May The belgian government moves to France, 1940 29 May English hooligans in Heysel cause 39 deaths, 1985 30 May Belgian government moves to London, Leopold III stays in Laeken, 1940 03 May Letter from J. Destrée to the King : 'Sire, there is no belgian. There is only Flemish and Walloon', 1912 05 Jun The parliament restores Baudouin, 1990 07 Jun Leopold III taken in Germany by Hitler's forces, 1944 30 Jun Congo gets its independence from Belgium, 1960 03 Jul Abolition of conscription, 1993 16 Jul Leopold III abdicates, 1951 21 Jul Oath of Leopold I, 1831 21 Jul Eddy Merckx wins his 5th 'Tour de France', 1974 22 Jul Return of Leopold III, 1950 30 Jul 3 deaths in a demonstration against Leopold III, 1950 30 Jul Law transfering some power from the belgian states to the regions, 1988 02 Aug Belgium refuses the German ultimatum, 1914 04 Aug Germany violates the neutrality of Belgium, 1914 08 Aug Fire in the mine 'Le bois du Casier', 263 deaths, 1956 11 Aug Oath of Baudouin, son of Leopold III, 1950 13 Aug Dutroux Marc arrested (paedophiliac), 1996 25 Aug The opera "La muette de Portici" starts the belgian revolution, 1830 03 Aug Bruxelles liberated from Nazi forces, 1944 08 Aug Belgian parliament in exile comes back to Bruxelles, 1944 09 Aug Leopold III meets Hitler which grants freedom to the flemish POW, 1940 22 Aug Regency of the Prince Charles, 1944 04 Oct Belgium's declaration of independance, 1830 10 Oct Demonstrators against paedophilia are 300,000 in Bruxelles, 1996 15 Nov Congo becomes a property of Leopold II, 1884 18 Nov Leopold II leaves the Congo to Belgium, 1907 #endif /* _calendar_belgium_ */