On 25 August 1830 , riots erupted Process_start in Brussels and shops were looted Robbery .

The States-General in Brussels voted Choosing in favour of secession and declared Expressing_publicly independence .

The 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash occurred Coming_to_be on 19 December 1962 when a Vickers Viscount 804 , operated Being_in_operation by LOT Polish Airlines on a flight from Brussels to Warsaw , crashed Catastrophe on landing .

The plane was returning Arriving from Brussels , had a mid-way landing in Berlin from where it took off Departing at 5:55 pm .

TAROM Flight 371 ( RO371/ROT371 ) was a scheduled international passenger flight , flying Self_motion with an Airbus A310 from Otopeni International Airport in Romania 's capital Bucharest to Brussels Airport in Brussels , Belgium .

TAROM Flight 371 ( RO371/ROT371 ) was a scheduled international passenger flight , flying Self_motion with an Airbus A310 from Otopeni International Airport in Romania 's capital Bucharest to Brussels Airport in Brussels , Belgium .

Outside Greece , solidarity demonstrations Social_event , riots Violence and , in some cases , clashes Violence with local police also took place Process_start in more than 70 cities around the world , in Europe including Amsterdam , Barcelona , Berlin , Bordeaux , Brussels , Cologne , Copenhagen , Dublin , Frankfurt , the Hague , London , Madrid , Nicosia , Paphos , Paris , Rome and Seville and globally from São Paulo , San Francisco and Wellington to Buenos Aires and Siberia .

The accident Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be in snowy conditions at 08:28 CET ( 07:28 UTC ) , during rush hour , on railway line 96 ( Brussels–Quévy ) about 12 kilometers ( 7.5 miles ) from Brussels between `` P-train '' E3678 from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte ( a local rush hour train ) and `` IC-train '' E1707 from Quiévrain to Liège ( an intercity train ) .

The Siege of Brussels took place Process_start between January and February 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession .

A French army under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe , in a bold and innovative winter campaign besieged Besieging and captured Conquering the city of Brussels , which was then the capital of the Austrian Netherlands , from its Austrian garrison .

After the French made two breaches in the walls of Brussels , the Austrian defenders were compelled Convincing to surrender Surrendering on 22 February in a siege that lasted just three weeks .

The siege severely damaged Damaging his view of Austria 's allies , principally Britain and the Dutch Republic , who he considered had done virtually nothing to protect Defending Brussels from the French .

The French followed Motion up the capture of Brussels by taking Conquering other key cities and fortresses in the Austrian Netherlands including Mons and Namur .

The fear that NATO is evolving into a worldwide coalition of the willing , as such increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale polarisation and militarization in international affairs , sparked Causation protests at NATO 's HQ in Brussels two weeks before the summit , and in Bucharest .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Buggenhout ( 25–29 September 1914 ) was fought Hostile_encounter at the beginning of the First World War Hostile_encounter in Belgium at Buggenhout a municipality between Antwerp , Ghent and Brussels .

King Albert I the Belgian Commander in Chief , saw Self_motion that the Germans had strengthened Cause_change_of_strength most of their positions south of Antwerp and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the attack Attack to an operation Military_operation against , which had advanced Self_motion from Brussels towards Dendermonde .

The last Miss Universe event of this pre-World War II era was held Hold in Brussels , Belgium .

The government abandoned GiveUp the capital , Brussels , on 17 August and after fighting Hostile_encounter on the Gete river , the Belgian field army withdrew Escaping westwards to the National Redoubt at Antwerp on 19 August .

Brussels was occupied Control the following day and the Siege Besieging of Namur began Process_start on 21 August .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of Mons and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Charleroi , the bulk of the German armies marched Self_motion south into France , leaving Departing small forces to garrison Brussels and the Belgian railways .

The III Reserve Corps advanced Cause_to_make_progress to the fortified Cause_change_of_strength zone around Antwerp and a division of the IV Reserve Corps took over Military_operation in Brussels .

Belgium was divided into administrative zones , the General Government of Brussels and its hinterland ; a second zone , under the 4th Army , including Ghent and Antwerp and a third zone under the German Navy along the coastline .

Prior to the summit Social_event , Bush had travelled Traveling to Brussels and met with Come_together several European leaders and councils of the European Union and NATO , including Tony Blair , Silvio Berlusconi , Jacques Chirac , and Javier Solana .

British European Airways Flight 548 was a scheduled Hold passenger flight from London Heathrow to Brussels that crashed Catastrophe near the town of Staines , England , soon after take-off Motion on 18 June 1972 , killing Killing all 118 people on board .

The festival Social_event attracts Influence a very international and mixed Cause_to_amalgamate crowd , at the 2009 event 40 % of attendees Participation were from Wallonia or Brussels , 32 % Flanders , 16 % France , 5 % the Netherlands , 5 % the United Kingdom and 2 % elsewhere .