Namur: All Data
Namur is a city in Belgium. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Namur: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
999 AD
Capital of Namur Margraviate
1692 AD
Mentioned in Event: Low Countries Theatre (Nine Years' War)
1692 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Namur (1692), part of Nine Years' War
1695 AD
Mentioned in Event: Low Countries Theatre (Nine Years' War)
1695 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Namur (1695), part of Nine Years' War
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Flanders Campaign
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Sambre-et-Meuse
, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Sambre-et-Meuse, part of First French Empire
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Offensive in Flanders (World War I)
1914 AD
Mentioned in: siege of Namur, part of German Offensive in Flanders (World War I)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hundred Days Offensive
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion of Belgium
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siegfried Line campaign
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Namur, part of Kingdom of Belgium