1872
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits
Founds a company operating sleeping cars across European railways.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Liege in Belgium. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Founds a company operating sleeping cars across European railways.
Develops luxury overnight rail travel through standardized international services.
Germany invades Belgium & is stopped at Liege
Germany invades Belgium & is stopped at Liege
German troops cross the Belgian frontier and attack Liege
German troops cross the Belgian frontier and attack Liege
Germany captures Liege
Scores the opening goal as Belgium defeat Hungary 2-1 to finish third at the European Championship.
Scores Belgium's second goal in the 2-1 third-place victory over Hungary.
Provenance
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