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400,000 citizens are ruled by a Grand Duke and speak Letzebuergesch, a German dialect laced with French and claimed to be the language of Charlemagne. The capital is Luxembourg City.
(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)

c600-700   St. Willibrord, an Irish missionary, spread Christianity in the region.
   (SFC, 9/1/96, T3)

1296       Aug 10, John the Blind, King of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg, was born.
   (MC, 8/10/02)

1346       Nov 26, Charles IV of Luxembourg was elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.
   (PC, 1992 ed, p.128)

1429       Jan 23, At the Congress of Luck Emp. Sigismund of Luxembourg offered to crown Vytautas as King of Lithuania.
   (LHC, 1/23/03)

1582       Oct 15, The Gregorian (or New World) calendar was adopted in Italy, France, Luxembourg, Spain, and Portugal; and the preceding ten days were lost to history. This day followed Oct 4 to bring the calendar into sync. by order of the Council of Trent. Oct 5-14 were dropped.
   (K.I.-365D, p.97)(NG, March 1990, J. Boslough)(HN, 10/15/98)(SFEC, 10/3/99, Par p.27)

1867       Sep 9, Luxembourg gained independence.
   (MC, 9/9/01)

1884       Aug 16, Hugo Gernsback (d.1967), sci-fi writer, publisher (1960 Hugo), was born in Luxembourg.
   (MC, 8/16/02)

1890       Nov 23, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg separated from the Netherlands.
   (AP, 11/23/02)

1914       July 27, Germany informed Belgium and Luxembourg of its intention to pass its troops through their countries. German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg reportedly called the 1839 London Treaty, in which all the European powers had guaranteed Belgian neutrality, "a scrap of paper" not worth fighting over. Bethmann-Hollweg was trying to persuade Britain not to declare war based on the treaty. Unsuccessful in his efforts, Britain and Belgium declared war when German troops entered Belgium on August 4.
   (HNQ, 7/24/98)

1914       Aug 2, Germany invaded Luxembourg.
   (HN, 8/2/98)

1920       May 1, Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opened.
   (MC, 5/1/02)

1940       May 10, German forces begin a blitzkrieg of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, skirting France's "impenetrable" Maginot Line. Belgium was invaded by Germany and maintained resistance for 18 days.
   (WSJ, 8/1/95, p.A-8)(WSJ, 4/29/96, p.C-1)(HN, 5/10/02)

1944       Sep 11, American troops entered Luxembourg.
   (HN, 9/11/98)

1944       Dec 26, In the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the embattled U.S. 101st Airborne Division was relieved by units of the 4th Armored Division. The Battle of the Bulge was the final major German counter-offensive of the war and thrust deep into allied territory in N & E Belgium and Luxembourg. US Gen Patton's tanks repulsed the Germans.
   (WUD, 1994, p.195)(SFC, 9/1/96, T3)(AP, 12/26/97)(MC, 12/26/01)

1944-1945   The Battle of the Bulge raged across the country.
   (SFC, 9/1/96, T3)

1948       Mar 18, France, Great Britain and Benelux signed the Treaty of Brussels.
   (MC, 3/18/02)

1949       Perle Mesta, a Washington socialite, was appointed US ambassador. Her flamboyant ways and gala parties inspired the Broadway musical “Call Me Madam.”
   (SFC, 10/22/96, p.A18)

1959-1974   Pierre Werner (d.2002) served as Prime Minister. He served again from 1979-1984.
   (SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)

1964       Grand Duke Jean began his rule.
   (SFC, 12/25/99, p.A14)

1973       Ruth Lewis Farkas (1907-1996), was appointed ambassador to Luxembourg by Pres. Nixon after she and her husband, founder of Alexander’s department stores, contributed $300,000 to Nixon’s re-election campaign.
   (SFC, 10/22/96, p.A18)

1979-1984   Pierre Werner (d.2002) served a 2nd period as Prime Minister.
   (SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)

1980s       Late, Friendly regulation and low taxes spurred a banking boom in the Grand duchy.
   (WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)

1993       Germany passed a 30% withholding tax on investment income. It caused billions of marks to flow out of Germany and into Luxembourg.
   (WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)

1996       Jun 9, The latest unemployment rate was 3%.
   (SFC, 6/9/96, Parade, p.9)

1996       Jun, The nation’s managers ran some $325 billion in assets.
   (WSJ, 6/14/96, p.A10)

1999       Jan 1, Luxembourg along with 10 other European Union nations made the transition to the new Euro monetary system.
   (SFC, 1/1/99, p.A8)

2000       May 31, In Luxembourg Neji Bejaoui, an unemployed Tunisian immigrant, took 37 children and 3 teachers hostage in Wasserbillig. Police posing as journalists shot and wounded the hostage-taker after a 30-hour standoff. No one else was injured.
   (SFC, 6/1/00, p.A17)(SFC, 6/2/00, p.A14)(SFC, 6/3/00, p.A14)

2000       Sep, Grand Duke Jean planned to abdicate in favor of his eldest son Prince Henri.
   (SFC, 12/25/99, p.A14)

2002       Jun 24, Pierre Werner (88), Luxembourg Prime Minister from 1959-1974 and 1979-1984, died. He was hailed as the “father of the euro” for his 1970 plan for a common European currency.
   (SFC, 6/25/02, p.A20)

2002       Nov 6, In Luxembourg a twin-engine Fokker-50 plane crashed in fog as it approached Findel Airport, killing 17 people and seriously injuring five others.
   (AP, 11/6/02)(WSJ, 11/7/02, p.A1)

2003       Apr 29, The leaders of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg, all critics of the U.S.-led war on Iraq, agreed to beef up their military cooperation in an effort to make Europe's defense less reliant on the US.
   (AP, 4/29/03)

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