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| 1815 |
| | The English and Prussian generals Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon in a closely fought battle at Waterloo | |
| | Sketch map of the positions of the armies at Waterloo National Archives, Kew
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| 1886 |
| | Dutch painter Vincent Willem van Gogh moves from Antwerp to Paris | |
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| 1940 May 10 |
| | German tanks cross the borders into neutral Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium | |
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| 1940 May 10 |
| | After the German invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium, Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as the British prime minister | |
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| 1944 September 25 |
| | 7500 British troops, trapped on the far side of the Rhine at Arnhem, are captured by the Germans | |
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| 1957 |
| | Six founding nations (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) establish the European Economic Community (EEC) | |
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