Content by tag : History
On May 23, 2023, Belgian national carrier Sabena would have been 100 years old.
Flanders has released its official "canon", described as an overview of key elements of Flemish history, culture and society.
The distinctive roar of Rolls Royce Merlin engines will be heard over Belgium on 4 May when legendary WW2 bomber, the Avro Lancaster, performs a special flypast.
Construction work on Brussels’ new metro line 3 has turned up some interesting archaeological treasures.
The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) is now home to the National Lottery's historical collection, which includes 11,000 documents and items.
During World War One, a quarter of a million Belgian men, women and children sought sanctuary in Britain. The number remains to this day the largest influx of refugees in UK history.
The tiny village in Hainaut slumbers in the morning sun. Once a great battle was fought in Fontenoy. Thousands of soldiers died here on 11 May 1745.
A new book by Belgian historian Raf Meert shines a new light on the history of Belgium’s famed lambic beer.
The bones of soldiers who died in the Battle of Waterloo were used in 19th-century Belgium’s burgeoning sugar industry, researchers have discovered.
