Brussels: All Data
Brussels 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
Brussels: 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.
445 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Vicus Helena
962 AD
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
962 AD
Capital of Duchy of Lower Lotharingia
1086 AD
Capital of Landgraviate of Brabant
1184 AD
Capital of Brabant Duchy
1556 AD
Capital of Spanish Netherlands
1581 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Union of Utrecht
1584 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Brussels (1584), part of Eighty Years' War
1585 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Union of Utrecht
1702 AD
Mentioned in Event: French campaign in Spanish possessions
1706 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ramillies Campaign
1713 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Utrecht
1746 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Brussels (1746), part of War of the Austrian Succession
1790 AD
Mentioned in Event: Brabant Revolution
1790 AD
Capital of United Belgian States
1794 AD
Mentioned in Event: Flanders Campaign
1830 AD
Mentioned in Event: Belgian Revolt
1830 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Belgium
1831 AD
Mentioned in: Ten days campaign, part of Belgian Revolution
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: 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 Capital Region of Brussels, part of Kingdom of Belgium