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25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

  • 25th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Christmas, Christmas Truce, First World War, France, Germany, Truce, Western Front, Ypres

The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.

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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is unveiled

  • 24th July 2022
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Commonwealth, First World War, France, Memorial

On the 24th July 1927, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing was unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres.

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18th June 1815: Battle of Waterloo heralds the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte

  • 18th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Army, Belgium, Britain, France, French Revolution, Military, Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Prussia, War, Waterloo, Wellington

Combined British and Prussian military forces defeated the French, but Wellington himself said that the battle was ‘the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life’.

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19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

  • 19th April 2022
  • Tagged as: Austria, Belgium, Britain, First World War, Germany, Independence, Netherlands, Neutral, Schlieffen Plan

The Treaty of London was signed, which recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium.

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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

  • 17th October 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Atomic Bomb, Belgium, Britain, Einstein, Germany, Hitler, Holocaust, Judaism, Nazi, Nuclear, Refugees, Roosevelt, Science, Turkey, University, USA

Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933.

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12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

  • 12th October 2021
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Edith Cavell, Espionage, Execution, First World War, Germany, Spying

British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad during the First World War.

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22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

  • 22nd April 2021
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Chemical warfare, First World War, France, Germany, Military
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On the 22nd April 1915, the Second Battle of Ypres began in Belgium.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

  • 5th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel
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The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome establishes the EEC

  • 25th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Economy, Europe, France, International Relations, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Politics, West Germany

On the 25th March 1957 the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community, was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.

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26th September 1923: Germany ends the strikes in the Ruhr

  • 26th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Economy, France, Germany, Money, Occupation, Weimar

On the 26th September 1923, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann ended passive resistance in the Ruhr and resumed the payment of First World War reparations.

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