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Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

Timeline of Events

1127

3.2.1127

Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.

1147

10.25.1147

The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.

1302

5.18.1302

Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.

7.11.1302

Battle of the Golden Spurs (''Guldensporenslag'' in Dutch) – a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.

1305

6.23.1305

A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.

1576

11.4.1576

Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed).