Luxembourg History

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  • Jul 13, 1346

    Charles IV elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

  • Sep 29, 1582

    Gregorian calendar adopted in Luxembourg

  • Thirty Years War

  • French ruled Luxembourg

  • Treaty of Ryswick returned Luxembourg to Spanish rule

  • French ruled Luxembourg

  • Willem II became King of The Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg gained independence

  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg separated from The Netherlands

  • World War I; Luxembourg under German occupation

  • Luxembourg joined League of Nations; Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opened

  • Luxembourg entered economic union with Belgium; the use of Belgium currency in Luxembourg permitted

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    Luxembourg occupied by Germany during most of World War II

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    Battle of the Bulge; American army under Patton drove Germans out of Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg joined NATO

  • Luxembourg became one of six founding members of European Economic Community

  • Pierre Werner served as prime minister

  • Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Grand Duke Jean

  • Jacques Santer became prime minister

  • Luxembourg adopted Maastricht Treaty which created the European Union

  • Jean-Claude Juncker became prime minister; Jacques Santer appointed president of the European Commission

  • Luxembourg, along with 10 other European Union states, made transition to the new Euro monetary system; Jean-Claude Juncker re-elected prime minister

  • Crown Prince Henri became Grand Duke of Luxembourg on the abdication of his father, Jean

  • Euro introduced as national currency

  • Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, asked citizens to pass referendum in favor of the EU Constitution; Luxembourg voters ratified the EU's proposed constitution referendum

  • Governments of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg took partial control of struggling bank Fortis NV; Grand Duke Henri's threat to block a bill legalizing euthanasia sparked a constitutional arrangement

  • Luxembourg was added to a "grey list" of countries with questionable banking arrangements; Luxembourg commended by OECD for signing agreements on the exchange of tax information with a dozen countries

  • 106 children from earthquake-ravaged Haiti airlifted to The Netherlands and Luxembourg to adoptive parents

  • Luxembourg, Belgium and France agreed to rescue plan for Dexia SA, the Franco-Belgian bank

  • Luxembourg founded by Belgium