Timeline of Liège

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## Prior to 18th century

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Prehistory

| Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes|  4300–2200 BC

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Ancient

|  Belgae, Eburones & Treveri|  ~51 BC

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Gallic Wars|  58–50 BC
• Ambiorix's revolt|  54–53 BC
Roman rule|  51 BC–c.500 AD

Early Middle Ages

|  Franks|

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Merovingians|  481–751
Carolingians|  751–987
Prince-Bishopric of Liège|  980–1789

Middle Ages

|  Franco-Flemish War|  1297–1305

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Burgundian rule|  1384–1482
• Wars of Liège|  1465–68
Habsburg rule|  1482–1556

Early Modern

|  Northern Renaissance|  15th–16th century

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Spanish rule|  1556–1714
• Seventeen Provinces|  1549–81
• Dutch Revolt|  1568–1648
• Southern Netherlands|
Austrian rule|  1714–93
• Brabant Revolution|  1789–90
• Liège Revolution|  1789–91
French rule|  1793–1815

19th century

|  Dutch rule|  1815–30

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Belgian Revolution|  1830–31
Reign of Leopold I|  1831–65
• Treaty of London| 1839
Reign of Leopold II|  1865–1909
• School War|  1879–84
• Congo Free State|  1885–1908

20th and 21st centuries

|  Belgian Congo| 1908–60

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Reign of Albert I| 1909–34
World War I| 1914–18
• Invasion| 1914
• Atrocities| 1914
• German occupation| 1914–18
Ruanda-Urundi| 1922–62
Reign of Leopold III| 1934–51
World War II|  1940–45
• Invasion|  1940
• German occupation| 1940–44
• Holocaust| 1941–44
Royal Question| 1944–50
Reign of Baudouin| 1951–93
Reign of Albert II| 1993–2013
Reign of Philippe|  2013~

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* ca.558 - St Monulph, bishop of Tongres, built a chapel.[1]
* 721 - Catholic see relocated to Liège from Maastricht.[2]
* 965 - Church of St. Martin founded.[3]
* 980 - Prince-Bishopric of Liège established.[4]
* 987 - Church of St. Denis founded.[3]
* 1015
* Collegiate Church of St. Bartholomew consecrated.[3]
* Abbey of Saint Jacques [fr] founded.[3]
* 1050 - St. Lambert's Cathedral dedicated.[3]
* 1124 - Church of St. Gilles [fr] construction begins.
* 1232 - St. Paul's Cathedral construction begins.[3]
* 1255 - Citadel of Liège built.
* 1316 - Paix de Fexhe [fr] signed, establishing a somewhat representative government in Liège.[1][4]
* 1319 - Saint-Julien Hospice [fr] founded in Outremeuse [fr].
* 1325 - Guild unrest.[4]
* 1408 - 23 September: Battle of Othée.[4]
* 1468
* Liège sacked by forces of Charles the Bold of Burgundy.[3][1]
* 29 October: Six hundred Franchimontois fight Burgundian forces.
* 1506 - Érard de La Marck becomes Prince-bishop of Liège.[3]

Liège, 16th century

* 1526 - Prince-Bishops' Palace construction begins.
* 1546 - Halle aux viandes de Liège [fr] built.
* 1561 - Marché de la Batte [fr] (market) active.
* 1594
* Foire de Liège (festival) begins.
* Maison Havart [fr] built on the Quai de la Goffe [fr].
* 1610 - Palais Curtius [fr] built on the Quai de Maestricht [fr].
* 1614 - Béguinage Saint-Esprit founded.
* 1616 - Collège des jésuites anglais (Liège) [fr] built.
* 1623 - Béguinage Saint-Christophe de Liège [fr] compound built.
* 1637 - April: Murder of Sébastien de La Ruelle sparks anti-Spanish rioting.

## 18th–19th centuries

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* 1702 - Liége taken by The duke of Marlborough [1]
* 1714 - Liège City Hall built on the Place du Marché (Liège) [fr].
* 1747 - Banque Nagelmackers founded.[5]
* 1772 - Church of Saint Andrew, Liège [fr] built.[citation needed]
* 1775 - Académie royale des beaux-arts de Liège established.
* 1779 - Société littéraire de Liège and Société libre d'émulation (Liège) [fr] founded.
* 1789 - August: Liège Revolution begins; Republic of Liège established.
* 1794 - St. Lambert's Cathedral sacked.[1]
* 1795 - "Union with France decreed."[3]
* 1796
* Liège becomes part of France.[6][1]
* Archives de l'État à Liège [fr] established.[7]
* 1812 - Mine accident, 74 men trapped in a flooded mine.[8]
* 1815 - Liège becomes part of the Netherlands, viz. the Congress of Vienna.[6][1]
* 1817
* University of Liège founded.
* Cockerill manufactory in business in nearby Seraing.[9]
* 1820 - Royal Theatre opens.
* 1823 - Fort de la Chartreuse built in Amercœur [fr].
* 1826 - Royal Conservatory of Liège founded.
* 1830 - Liège becomes part of Belgium.[6][1]
* 1835
* Ateliers de construction de La Meuse in business.
* Banque Liégeoise established.[5]
* 1840 - Gazette de Liège [fr] newspaper begins publication.[10][11]
* 1842 - Liège-Guillemins railway station opens.
* 1848 - Avenue Blonden [fr] laid out.
* 1850 - Institut archéologique liégeois [fr] founded.[12]
* 1853 - Parc de la Boverie [fr] established.
* 1856 - Société liégeoise de littérature wallonne [fr] (literary society) established.[13]
* 1862 - Bibliothèque populaire communale du Centre (library) opens.[14]
* 1863 - Population: 108,710.[15]
* 1868 - Equestrian statue of Charlemagne unveiled.[16]
* 1871 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
* 1875 - Population: 117,600.[1]
* 1877 - Hasselt-Liège railway in operation.
* 1880
* Montagne de Bueren (stairway) installed in Pierreuse [fr].
* Parc d'Avroy [fr] created.
* 1887 - Salle philharmonique de Liège [fr] (concert hall) opens on the Boulevard Piercot [fr].
* 1888 - Construction of area fortifications begins.[1]
* 1889 - La Revue Blanche literary magazine begins publication.
* 1892 - Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycling race begins.[17]
* 1893 - Electric tram begins operating.
* 1898 - Standard Liège football club formed.
* 1900 - Population: 157,760.[1]

## 20th century

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* 1904 - Pont de Fragnée [fr] (bridge) built.
* 1905
* April: Liège International (1905) world's fair opens.
* Gare de Liège-Palais [fr] (train station) and Passerelle Mativa [fr] (footbridge) built.
* Population: 168,532.[1]
* 1909 - Stade Maurice Dufrasne (stadium) opens.
* 1911
* Banque Centrale de Liège established.[5]
* Palace Liège [fr] cinema opens.
* 1914 - August: Battle of Liège.[18]
* 1919
* Simenon's novel Au Pont des Arches published.[19]
* Population: 166,697.[20]
* 1922 - Forum (Liège) [fr] theatre opens.
* 1928 - Interallied Memorial of Cointe erected.
* 1930
* May: Exposition of 1930 (Liège) world's fair opens.
* Liège Airport terminal and Pont-barrage de Monsin (bridge) open.
* 1937 - Port of Liège established.
* 1939
* Albert Canal (Antwerp-Liège) opens.
* Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) held.
* 1940 - German occupation of Belgium during World War II begins.
* 1944 - September: German occupation ends.
* 1946 - 17 September: City name changed to "Liège" (formerly "Liége").
* 1950 - Royal Question (political crisis) occurs.[21]
* 1952 - Museum of Fine Arts' Liège Cabinet of Prints and Drawings [fr] established.
* 1957 - Albert Bridge, Liège [fr] rebuilt.
* 1960
* 1960–61 Winter General Strike begins.
* Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège formed.
* 1962 - Musée de zoologie de Liège [fr] established.
* 1967
* Cité administrative (Liège) [fr] built.
* First-generation tram system closed.[22][23]
* 1976 - Centre culturel Les Chiroux [fr] established.
* 1977
* Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Grivegnée, Jupille, Rocourt, and Wandre become part of Liège.[7]
* RTC-Télé Liège [fr] (television) established.
* 1980
* Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (Liège) [fr] opens.
* Maison de la science [fr] established.
* 1981 - Opera Cinema in business.[24]
* 1985
* Lawsuit Gravier v City of Liège decided.
* Musée des transports en commun de Liège [fr] founded.
* 1991
* 18 July: Politician Cools assassinated in Cointe [fr].
* La Zone music venue opens.
* 1992 - Maison de la métallurgie et de l'industrie [fr] museum active.[25]
* 1993
* La Batte [fr] remodelled.
* Le Churchill [fr] cinema opens.
* 1996 - Soundstation [fr] cultural space opens.
* 1997 - La Meuse newspaper begins publication.
* 1999 - Willy Demeyer becomes mayor.
* 2000 - Pont du Pays de Liège [fr] (bridge) and Tunnel de Cointe [fr] open.

## 21st century

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* 2007
* Festival international du film policier de Liège [fr] begins.
* Haute École de la Province de Liège (college) established.
* 2008 - Le Sauvenière [fr] cinema opens.
* 2009 - Liège-Guillemins railway station rebuilt.
* 2011 - 13 December: 2011 Liège attack occurs on Place Saint-Lambert.
* 2012 - 2012 Tour de France cycling race starts from Liège.
* 2013 - Population: 195,576.
* 2014 - Financial Tower built.

## See also

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* Liège history
* History of Liège [fr]
* List of mayors of Liège [fr]
* List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège
* List of protected heritage sites in Liège
* Timelines of other municipalities in Belgium: Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven
* History of urban centers in the Low Countries

## References

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3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Hourihane 2012.
4. ^ a b c d Walter Prevenier [in Dutch] (2000). "The Low Countries, 1290-1415". In Michael Jones (ed.). New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 6: c.1300-c.1415. Cambridge University Press. pp. 570–594\. ISBN 978-0-521-36290-0.
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6. ^ a b c Haydn 1910.
7. ^ a b "Archives et Documentation". Site de la Ville de Liège (in French). Ville de Liège. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
8. ^ Thomson, Thomas (April 1816), "Account of an Accident which happened in a Coal-Mine at Liege in 1812", Annals of Philosophy, vol. VII, no. XL, London: Robert Baldwin, pp 260 – 263, retrieved 28 December 2014
9. ^ Godfrey L. Carden; U.S. Department of Labor and Commerce (1909). Machine-tool Trade in Belgium. USA: Government Printing Office.
10. ^ "Belgium". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
11. ^ De Theux 1867.
12. ^ Chronique archéologique du pays de Liège (in French), Institut archéologique liégeois, 1906, pp. v
13. ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
14. ^ Charles Defrecheux (1907). "Les bibliothèques populaire a Liège". In Louis Stainier (ed.). Revue des bibliothèques et archives de Belgique (in French). Brussels: Misch & Thron.
15. ^ "Belgium". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
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23. ^ "DIF consortium reaches financial close on Liège Tram PPP". DIF. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023.
24. ^ "Movie Theaters in Liege, Belgium". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
25. ^ "Qui sommes-nous: Historique". Maison de la métallurgie et de l'industrie (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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### In English

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* Thomas Nugent (1749), "Liège", The Grand Tour, vol. 1: Netherlands, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762598
* Abraham Rees (1819), "Liege, a city of France", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382327
* Edmund Boyce (1823). "Liege". Belgian Traveller (4th ed.). London: Samuel Leigh.
* George Henry Townsend (1877), "Liege", A Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co., hdl:2027/hvd.32044088047865
* "Liege", Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (20th ed.), London: John Murray, 1881, hdl:2027/hvd.hn2ha2
* Visitors Universal Handybook and Guide to Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Ghent, Bruges, Liège, etc. etc (5th ed.). Antwerp: John De Wit & Joris. 1884.
* W. Pembroke Fetridge (1885), "Liège", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "Liege". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7zk5ms79.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* "Liège", Belgium and Holland (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 397759 \+ 1881 ed.
* "Liége (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 593–594.
* Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Liège", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
* Joseph Brassinne (1913). "Liege". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Liege". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
* Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Liège". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

### In French

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* Almanach de Liège (in French) circa 1626-1792
* Les Délices du Pays de Liège [fr] (in French). Liège.+[fr]&rft.place=Liège&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Liège" class="Z3988"> 1738-1744
* X. De Theux, ed. (1867). Bibliographie liégeoise (in French). Brussels: Fr.-J. Olivier.
* "Liège". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
* Jacques Stiennon [in French], ed. (1991). Histoire de Liège (in French). Toulouse.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2015). Liège. Petit Futé (in French). ISBN 978-2-7469-8238-3.

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