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- /* 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's congressmen reveal the horrors in Congo, 1906
- 01 Mar France annex 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 his 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's forces, 1944
- 08 Aug Belgian parliament in exile comes back in Bruxelles, 1944
- 09 Aug Leopold III meets Hitler which grant 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_ */
-