Leuven

Country

Belgium

Coordinates

50.8775, 4.7044

History

• Leuven (–1085)
• Leuven (1085–1183), Landgraviate of Brabant
• Leuven (1183–1430), Duchy of Brabant
• Leuven (1430–1482), Burgundian Netherlands
• Leuven (1482–1581), Habsburg Netherlands
• Leuven (1581–1714), Spanish Netherlands
• Leuven (1714–1797), Austrian Netherlands
• Leuven (1797–1815), France
• Leuven (1815–1830), United Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Leuven (1830–), Belgium

Composers

• Matthaeus Pipelare (1450–1515), was born in Leuven
• Antonius Divitis (1470–1530), was born in Leuven
• Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785), died in Leuven
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870), was born in Leuven
• Arthur De Greef (1862–1940), was born in Leuven
• Arthur van Oost (1870–1942), was born in Leuven