Ghent: All Data
Ghent 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
Ghent: 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.
1101 AD
Capital of Flandern County
1294 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-French War of 1294-1303
1300 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Flemish War
1302 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Flemish War
1529 AD
Mentioned in Event: Peace of Cambrai
1576 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Spanjaardenkasteel, part of Eighty Years' War
1583 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Ghent, part of Eighty Years' War
1584 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Union of Utrecht
1676 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Dutch War
1678 AD
Mentioned in Event: Peace of Nijmegen
1702 AD
Mentioned in Event: French campaign in Spanish possessions
1706 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ramillies Campaign
1708 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dutch and German Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
1714 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Baden
1745 AD
Mentioned in: Fall of Ghent, part of War of the Austrian Succession
1746 AD
Mentioned in Event: Low Countries Theatre (War of the Austrian Succession)
1748 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
1789 AD
Mentioned in: Four Days of Ghent, part of Brabant Revolution
1790 AD
Mentioned in Event: Brabant Revolution
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Escaut, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Escaut, part of First French Empire
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
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Overall Frontline (Belgium and France)
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siegfried Line campaign
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of East Flanders, part of Kingdom of Belgium