Timeline of Brussels

The following is a timeline of the history of Brussels, Belgium.

Remains of a Gallo-Roman villa in Jette , built 2nd century CE

Charles of Lorraine , traditionally considered the founder of what would become Brussels, c. 979

Seal of the magistrate of Brussels, featuring Saint Michael , 1257

Execution of the Jews accused of host desecration in Brussels, 22 May 1370

Gilles van Hamme, alderman of Brussels in 1389 and 1399

Margaret of York praying in front of the Church of St. Gudula , c. 1468

Execution of Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos in Brussels, 1 July 1523

The Duke of Alba presiding over the Council of Troubles in Brussels, 1567

Execution of the Counts of Egmont and Horn in Brussels, 5 June 1568

Joyous Entry of William the Silent into Brussels, 24 September 1577

View of Brussels, c. 1610

Ommegang of Brussels at the Sablon/Zavel , 31 May 1615

The Palace of Coudenberg , Jan Brueghel the Younger , c. 1627

View of Brussels , Jan Baptist Bonnecroy , c. 1665

The Grand-Place/Grote Markt in flames during the bombardment of Brussels , 13–15 August 1695

Siege of Brussels , Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe , 1746

The Palace of Laeken , then named Schonenberg, built in 1784

Brussels Park and the Palace of the Council of Brabant , Aurèle-Augustin Simons, 1789

The magistrates of Brussels offer the city's surrender to the Austrian army, 2 December 1790

History of BelgiumNeolithic flint mines of SpiennesBelgaeEburonesTreveriGallic WarsAmbiorix's revoltRoman ruleFranksMerovingiansCarolingiansPrince-Bishopric of LiègeFranco-Flemish WarBurgundian ruleWars of LiègeHabsburg ruleNorthern RenaissanceSpanish ruleSeventeen ProvincesDutch RevoltSouthern NetherlandsAustrian ruleBrabant RevolutionLiège RevolutionFrench rule19th centuryDutch ruleBelgian RevolutionReign of Leopold ITreaty of LondonReign of Leopold IISchool WarCongo Free StateBelgian CongoReign of Albert IWorld War IInvasionAtrocitiesGerman occupationRuanda-UrundiReign of Leopold IIIWorld War IIHolocaustRoyal QuestionReign of BaudouinReign of Albert IIReign of PhilippeTimelineMilitaryJewish historyBrusselsMesolithicLa Tène cultureAnderlechtMichelsberg cultureSonian ForestCeltic tribesGallo-RomanRoman villaLaekenNeolithicFrankish tribesScheldtMerovingianGaugericusan islandForestLotharingiaTreaty of VerdunTreaty of MeerssenLower LotharingiacastrumSaint-Géry/Sint-Goriks IslandCharles of LorraineCharles, Duke of Lower LorraineGudulaOtto, Duke of Lower LorraineJerusalemPalace of CoudenbergChurch of St. MichaelLambert II, Count of Leuvencity's first fortificationsa chapterDieleghem AbbeyForest AbbeyLindekemale MillMichaelleper colonyGrand-Place/Grote MarktDuchy of BrabantLeuvenLandgraviate of BrabantGerard of BrusselsgeometerphilosopherRichard I of EnglandSt. John's ClinicLa Cambre AbbeyBenedictineMeyboomHenry I, Duke of BrabantGreat Beguinage of BrusselsJohn the VictoriousleprosyKarreveld CastleAdelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of BrabantBonifaceDrapery Courthermitwitchcraftcity gatesJohn the PeacefulMolenbeek-Saint-JeanObbrusselSchaerbeekGuilds of BrusselspatriciateChurch of Our Lady of Victories at the SablonSeven Noble Houses of BrusselsplagueJohn of RuusbroecGrand Sablon/Grote ZavelDry BorrenhermitageChristian mysticHeilwige Bloemardinnethatched roofsWillem van DuvenvoordeDiocese of CambraiInn of the LekOmmegangBlack DeathpogromJewishBread HallJoyous Entry of Joanna and WenceslausLouis II, Count of FlandersJoanna, Duchess of BrabantEverard 't SerclaesKruikenburgcity's fortificationsRed CloisterAlexiansExecutionhost desecrationSacrament of MiracleGeert Pipenpoycity's first mayorHalle GateGaasbeek CastleTernatSweder of AbcoudeTown HallAnthony, Duke of BrabantJoyous EntryAnthony the Great BastardChurch of Our Lady of the ChapelHomines IntelligentiaePierre d'AillyWilliam of Hildernissenchamber of rhetoricJohn IV, Duke of BrabantLow CountriesmidwiferyWein van CotthemchaplainRogier van der WeydenDominicansMargaret of YorkChurch of St. Gudulaprinting pressHabsburgsBurgundian NetherlandsMary of BurgundyMaximilian I, Holy Roman EmperorPhilip of ClevesFlanders GateFlemish RevoltBeersel CastleThe Miracle of 1511Pope Adrian VISt. GuidoCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorPhilip the PrudentWar of the League of CambraiErasmushouse of Canon Peter WijchmansArchduke FerdinandAustrian Hereditary LandsJan van Essen and Hendrik VosMaximilianus TransylvanusMagellan expeditionburned at the stakeInquisition in the NetherlandsKing's HouseDuke of BrabantpauperismBrussels lacePrincess Mary