1794. The battle of Esneux: a final end to the Ancien Régime.

The battle of Sprimont, battle of Esneux or battle of the Ourthe was a battle between French Republican and Austrian troops on the plateau between the valleys of the Vesdre, the Ourthe and the Amblève, 20 km to the south of Liège. It occurred on 17 and 18 September 1794 and was a French Republican victory put a final end to the Ancien Régime in what is now Belgium.

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1810. Marks the beginning of the war of independence of Chile.

Marks the beginning of the war of independence of Chile, when a group of Creole takes advantage the Napoleonic invasion in Spain to begin a process of self-determination and establish a junta.

1978. The first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO.

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1944. The city became liberated from German occupation, fascism, racism and exploitation by British and American troops.