Historical place archive

Acheres in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Acheres in Belgium. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1899–1899

Historical events in Acheres

1899

29 April 1899
First Car Above 100 Kilometres Per Hour
Camille Jenatzy · Technology

Sets a landmark land-speed record using a streamlined battery-powered vehicle.

29 April 1899
La Jamais Contente
Camille Jenatzy · Technology

Drives an electric car beyond one hundred kilometres per hour.

Provenance

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