/* Belgian history
 * submitted by Nicolas Évrard <nicoe@wanadoo.be>
 */

#ifndef _calendar_belgium_
#define _calendar_belgium_

LANG=utf-8

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

#endif /* _calendar_belgium_ */