Brussels metropolitan area

Country

Duchy of Brabant

Coordinates

50.8467, 4.3525

History

• Brussels metropolitan area (976–1183), Lower Lotharingia
• Brussels metropolitan area (1183–1576), Duchy of Brabant
• Brussels metropolitan area (1576–1585), Calvinist Republic of Brussels
• Brussels metropolitan area (1585–1795), Duchy of Brabant
• Brussels metropolitan area (1795–1804), French First Republic
• Brussels metropolitan area (1804–1814), First French Empire
• Brussels metropolitan area (1814–1815), Provisional Government of Belgium (1814-1815)
• Brussels metropolitan area (1815–1830), United Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Brussels metropolitan area (1830–), Belgium

Composers

• Peter Philips (1560–1628), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Peeter Cornet (1570–1633), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Nicolaus à Kempis (1600–1676), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Nicolas Hotman (1610–1663), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Abraham van den Kerckhoven (1618–1702), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–1711), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Francesco Venturini (1675–1745), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705–1786), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1850), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Casimir von Blumenthal (1787–1849), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Andre Robberechts (1797–1860), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818–1896), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• François-Auguste Gevaert (1828–1908), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Alphonse Mailly (1833–1918), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Joseph Dupont (1838–1899), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Francis Chassaigne (1847–1922), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Edgar Tinel (1854–1912), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Arthur De Greef (1862–1940), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Paul Gilson (1865–1942), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Arthur van Oost (1870–1942), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Albert Dupuis (1877–1967), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Poldowski (1879–1932), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Lazare Lévy (1882–1964), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Léon Jongen (1884–1969), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Marios Varvoglis (1885–1967), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Lányi Viktor Géza (1889–1962), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Lucie Vellère (1896–1966), was born and died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Albert Huybrechts (1899–1938), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Daniel Sternefeld (1905–1986), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Enrique Jordá (1911–1996), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Arie Van de Moortel (1918–1976), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (1924–), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Frédéric Devreese (1929–2020), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Henri Pousseur (1929–2009), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Jacques Calonne (1930–2022), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Philippe Boesmans (1936–2022), died in Brussels metropolitan area
• Michel Herr (1949–), was born in Brussels metropolitan area
• Brice Catherin (1981–), was born in Brussels metropolitan area