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Brussels

City

Capital of Belgium and seat of the main European Union institutions and NATO.

View on map 50.85° N, 4.35° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – October 17, 1797 Holy Roman Empire de facto
October 17, 1797 – May 23, 1808 France de facto
October 14, 1808 – April 12, 1814 France de facto
March 16, 1815 – June 8, 1839 Netherlands de facto
October 4, 1830 – June 25, 1940 Belgium de facto
August 20, 1914 – November 11, 1918 German Empire de facto Military occupation
May 16, 1940 – June 21, 1940 Germany de facto Military occupation
June 26, 1940 – August 31, 1944 Germany de facto Military occupation
since 1945 Belgium de facto

Capital of

March 7, 1714 – October 17, 1797 Austrian Netherlands
since October 4, 1830 Belgium

Events here 22

October 24, 1789 – December 3, 1790 Brabant Revolution
April 20, 1792 – March 25, 1802 French Revolutionary Wars
November 13, 1792 Battle of Anderlecht
August 25, 1830 – July 21, 1831 Belgian Revolution
May 10 – November 8, 1897 Brussels International Exposition (1897)
April 23 – November 1, 1910 Brussels International Exposition (1910)
1935 Brussels International Exposition (1935)
March 17, 1948 Treaty of Brussels
April 17 – November 19, 1958 Expo 58
April 8, 1965 Merger Treaty
January 22, 1972 Treaty of Accession 1972
May 29, 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster
June 24, 1994 Treaty of Accession 1994
May 1, 2004 2004 enlargement of the European Union
December 9, 2011 Treaty of Accession 2011
March 2, 2012 European Fiscal Compact
April 19, 2013 2013 Brussels Agreement
March 21, 2014 European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement
May 24, 2014 Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting
October 30, 2016 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
December 24, 2020 EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
October 16, 2023 2023 Brussels shooting