Brussels

Country

Duchy of Brabant

Coordinates

50.8467, 4.3525

History

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

Composers

• Peter Philips (1560–1628), died in Brussels
• Peeter Cornet (1570–1633), was born and died in Brussels
• Nicolaus à Kempis (1600–1676), died in Brussels
• Nicolas Hotman (1610–1663), was born in Brussels
• Abraham van den Kerckhoven (1618–1701), died in Brussels
• Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682), was born and died in Brussels
• Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–1711), was born in Brussels
• Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714), died in Brussels
• Francesco Venturini (1675–1745), was born in Brussels
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746), was born and died in Brussels
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779), died in Brussels
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741), was born and died in Brussels
• Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705–1786), died in Brussels
• François-Auguste Gevaert (1828–1908), died in Brussels
• Francis Chassaigne (1847–1922), was born in Brussels
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), died in Brussels
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), died in Brussels
• Arthur De Greef (1862–1940), died in Brussels
• Paul Gilson (1865–1942), was born and died in Brussels
• Albert Dupuis (1877–1967), died in Brussels
• Lányi Viktor Géza (1889–1962), died in Brussels
• Albert Huybrechts (1899–1938), died in Brussels
• Daniel Sternefeld (1905–1986), died in Brussels
• Arie Van de Moortel (1918–1976), died in Brussels
• Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (1924–), was born in Brussels
• Frédéric Devreese (1929–2020), died in Brussels
• Henri Pousseur (1929–2009), died in Brussels
• Jacques Calonne (1930–2022), died in Brussels
• Philippe Boesmans (1936–2022), died in Brussels
• Michel Herr (1949–), was born in Brussels
• Brice Catherin (1981–), was born in Brussels