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/* Belgian history
* submitted by Nicolas Évrard
*/
#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_ */