11) Charleroi. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sambre River and on the Charleroi-Brussels Canal. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include steel, glass, machinery, processed...
12) Fleurus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Fleurus, (florus´) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 22,507), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It is a coal-mining and manufacturing center; domestic appliances, furniture, and machinery...
13) Enghien. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Flemish Edingen, town (1991 pop. 10,258), Hainaut prov., W central Belgium. It is a tourist center and has industries that manufacture linen and lace. Enghien was...
14) Louviere, La. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Louvière, La, (la loovyar´) (KEY) , commune (1991 pop. 76,432), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. It was an industrial center of the Bassin du Centre coal-mining region but...
15) Josquin Desprez. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Luther spoke highly of Desprez, who may have instructed Erasmus in music. He was in Milan from 1459 to 1479, and he sang in the papal choir intermittently from 1486...
16) Perrers, Alice. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...She entered the service of Edward's queen, Philippa of Hainaut, and married a courtier, Sir William de Windsor. Becoming the king's mistress possibly as early as...
17) Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium). He held high military and diplomatic posts, was an adviser of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, and won the favor of Catherine II...
18) Walloons. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Belgium who traditionally spoke a dialect of French called Walloon, but who today for the most part speak standard French. The Walloons, numbering some 3.5 million,...
19) Valenciennes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Escaut (Scheldt) River. An old-line industry center in a former coal-mining region, its manufactures include railroad rolling stock, motor vehicles, paint, pharmaceuticals,...
20) Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Austrian and Spanish, that part of the Low Countries that, from 1482 until 1794, remained under the control of the imperial house of Hapsburg. The area corresponds...
|
