Ghent

Country

Belgium

Coordinates

51.0536, 3.7253

History

• Ghent (–862)
• Ghent (862–1384), County of Flanders
• Ghent (1384–1482), Burgundian Netherlands
• Ghent (1482–1581), Habsburg Netherlands
• Ghent (1581–1714), Spanish Netherlands
• Ghent (1714–1794), Austrian Netherlands
• Ghent (1794–1815), France
• Ghent (1815–1830), United Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Ghent (1830–), Belgium

Composers

• Alexander Agricola (1445–1506), was born in Ghent
• Jacob Obrecht (1457–1505), was born in Ghent
• Cornelius Canis (1500–1561), was born in Ghent
• Jacques Buus (1500–1565), was born in Ghent
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet ''of London'' (1680–1730), was born in Ghent
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), was born and died in Ghent
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779), was born in Ghent
• Martin-Joseph Mengal (1784–1851), was born and died in Ghent
• Lucien Goethals (1931–2006), was born and died in Ghent
• Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975), was born in Ghent
• Godfried-Willem Raes (1952–), was born in Ghent