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/* Belgian history
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* submitted by Nicolas Évrard <nicoe@wanadoo.be>
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*/
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#ifndef _calendar_belgium_
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#define _calendar_belgium_
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LANG=utf-8
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01 Jan Regionalisation of Belgium, 1970
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11 Jan Independance of the Belgian United States, 1790
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21 Jan Austrian troops invade the Belgian United States, 1790
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06 Jan Belgium becomes a federal state, 1993
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27 Feb Belgian congressmen reveal the horrors in Congo, 1906
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01 Mar France annexes the 'Province belgiques unies', 1793
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12 Mar Referendum on the return of Leopold III (yes wins with 57.68%).
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Huge differences between the Flemish (72% of yes) and the
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Walloon (42% of yes), 1950
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29 Mar The parliament vote the law legalizing abortion, 1990
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Apr World fair in Bruxelles : 45,000,000 of visitors, 1958
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21 Apr Women can vote for the first time, 1921
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07 May Leopold III liberated in Austria, then transfered to Switzerland, 1945
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10 May Nazi Germany invades Belgium, 1940
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10 May A delegation tells Leopold III his return would be illtimed, 1945
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13 May Baudouin abdicates. He does not want to sign the law on abortion, 1990
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22 May Fire in the store "L'inno", 325 deaths, 1967
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25 May The belgian government moves to France, 1940
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29 May English hooligans in Heysel cause 39 deaths, 1985
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30 May Belgian government moves to London, Leopold III stays in Laeken, 1940
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03 May Letter from J. Destrée to the King : 'Sire, there is no belgian. There
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is only Flemish and Walloon', 1912
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05 Jun The parliament restores Baudouin, 1990
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07 Jun Leopold III taken in Germany by Hitler's forces, 1944
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30 Jun Congo gets its independence from Belgium, 1960
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03 Jul Abolition of conscription, 1993
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16 Jul Leopold III abdicates, 1951
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21 Jul Oath of Leopold I, 1831
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21 Jul Eddy Merckx wins his 5th 'Tour de France', 1974
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22 Jul Return of Leopold III, 1950
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30 Jul 3 deaths in a demonstration against Leopold III, 1950
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30 Jul Law transfering some power from the belgian states to the regions, 1988
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02 Aug Belgium refuses the German ultimatum, 1914
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04 Aug Germany violates the neutrality of Belgium, 1914
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08 Aug Fire in the mine 'Le bois du Casier', 263 deaths, 1956
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11 Aug Oath of Baudouin, son of Leopold III, 1950
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13 Aug Dutroux Marc arrested (paedophiliac), 1996
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25 Aug The opera "La muette de Portici" starts the belgian revolution, 1830
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03 Aug Bruxelles liberated from Nazi forces, 1944
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08 Aug Belgian parliament in exile comes back to Bruxelles, 1944
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09 Aug Leopold III meets Hitler which grants freedom to the flemish POW, 1940
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22 Aug Regency of the Prince Charles, 1944
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04 Oct Belgium's declaration of independance, 1830
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10 Oct Demonstrators against paedophilia are 300,000 in Bruxelles, 1996
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15 Nov Congo becomes a property of Leopold II, 1884
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18 Nov Leopold II leaves the Congo to Belgium, 1907
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#endif /* _calendar_belgium_ */
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