Template:History of Belgium

Part of a series on the

History of Belgium

Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes

4300–2200 BC

Belgae, Eburones & Treveri	~51 BC
Gallic Wars	58–50 BC
• Ambiorix's revolt	54–53 BC
Roman rule	51 BC–c.500 AD

Early Middle Ages

Franks
Merovingians	481–751
Carolingians	751–987
Prince-Bishopric of Liège	980–1789

Franco-Flemish War	1297–1305
Burgundian rule	1384–1482
• Wars of Liège	1465–68
Habsburg rule	1482–1556

Early Modern

Northern Renaissance	15th–16th century
Spanish rule	1556–1714
• Seventeen Provinces	1549–81
• Dutch Revolt	1568–1648
• Southern Netherlands
Austrian rule	1714–93
• Brabant Revolution	1789–90
• Liège Revolution	1789–91
French rule	1793–1815

Dutch rule	1815–30
Belgian Revolution	1830–31
Reign of Leopold I	1831–65
• Treaty of London	1839
Reign of Leopold II	1865–1909
• School War	1879–84
• Congo Free State	1885–1908

20th and 21st centuries

Belgian Congo	1908–60
Reign of Albert I	1909–34
World War I	1914–18
• Invasion	1914
• Atrocities	1914
• German occupation	1914–18
Ruanda-Urundi	1922–62
Reign of Leopold III	1934–51
World War II	1940–45
• Invasion	1940
• German occupation	1940–44
• Holocaust	1941–44
Royal Question	1944–50
Reign of Baudouin	1951–93
Reign of Albert II	1993–2013
Reign of Philippe	2013~

Timeline • Military • Jewish history • LGBT

v
t
e