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| 1906 |
| | | Belgian physiologists Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou identify Bacillus pertussis, the bacterium causing whooping cough | |
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| 1908 |
| | | International outrage at Congo atrocities forces Belgium to annexe King Leopold's private colony | |
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| 1911 |
| | | Austrian artist Gustav Klimt completes his designs for mosaics in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels | |
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| 1914 August 2 |
| | | German troops move into Luxembourg and demand passage through neutral Belgium | |
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| 1914 August 4 |
| | | German troops invade Belgium, violating her guaranteed neutrality | |
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| 1914 August 4 |
| | | Bound by treaty to defend Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany | |
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| 1914 August 20 |
| | | A Germany army reaches and enters the Belgian capital, Brussels | |
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| 1914 August 23 |
| | | The British Expeditionary Force fights a rearguard action to escape encirclement by the Germans at Mons | |
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| 1914 |
| | | from September - the German and French armies, attempting to outflank each other, engage in a race to the sea | |
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| 1914 |
| | | from October - there are heavy casualties on both sides, and a small advantage to the Allies, in the fighting round Ypres during the 'race to the sea' | |
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