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Luxembourg Historic Events

  • Christianity
    Nov 1, 600

    Christianity

    Around 600-700, St. Willibrord,was a missionary that came from Ireland, spread Christianity in the region.
  • Nov 20, 1354

    Left the German Empire

    The country of Luxmbourg was once part of the German Empire, but they mostly relied on themselves anyway, so they left.
  • Luxembourg’s acquisition by Philip the Good of Burgundy
    Nov 19, 1443

    Luxembourg’s acquisition by Philip the Good of Burgundy

    Phillip the Good of Burgandy concered Luxembourg from Italy and put it intermediary between the kingdom of France
    and the German Empire.
  • Independence gained.

    Independence gained.

    The 1839 Treaty of London marked the starting point of Luxembourg’s history as an independent country.
  • National Anthem

    National Anthem

    National anthem of Luxembourg , "Ons Heemecht", lyrics were written by Michel Lentz in 1859.
  • BLEU

    BLEU

    The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg combined with Beligium economic union and used the same Belgian franc currency. They called it the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU). Signed by Pierre Werner and Eugène Schaus. It was revised in the year
  • UNO

    UNO

    In the year 1945, after losing 2% of Luxembourgs population, they becamse one of the founding memebers of the UNO. (United Nations Organization) Then in 1949, they baecame part of NATO.
  • Founding Member of European Steel and Coal

    Founding Member of European Steel and Coal

    Thanks to the Steel and Coal Community, Founded in PAris on July 23, 1952, Luxembourgs helped raise the steel production by 150% and coal by 20%.
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    Stock market crash

    Steel company contribution declined from 1974 21% to 1.8% over 20 years. Many Steel workers around, 14,800,left the business.
  • Founded

    Count Siegford founded Luxembourg in 963. It was all because of a barter for one rock. He won the rock, built a castle, lucilinburhuc castle, and soon, others built homes and stores around it.