Belgian journalist Jo Gérard has claimed that a family manuscript dated 1781 recounts that potatoes were deep-fried prior to 1680 in what was then the Spanish Netherlands and is now present-day Belgium, in the Meuse valley: " The inhabitants of Namur, Andenne, and Dinant, had the custom of fishing in the Meuse for small fish and frying, especially among the poor, but when the river was frozen and fishing became hazardous, they cut potatoes in the form of small fish and put them in a fryer like those here ".

When the London Conference compelled Dutch forces to evacuate Belgian territory, Sébastiani indicated that the French troops under General Gérard were to remain in the area until " all reasons why the French Army has maneuvered would be dealt with resolutely, and no danger would threaten us ".

The all-inclusive model originated in the Club Med resorts which were founded by the Belgian Gérard Blitz.

The Club was started in 1950 by former Belgian water polo champion, Gérard Blitz.

Gérard Blitz ( 28 February 1912 – 3 March 1990 ) was a Belgian water polo player and Yogi.

Born in Antwerp, he was the son of Maurice Blitz and nephew of Gérard Blitz, both members of the Belgian water polo national team who won Olympic medals.

Gérard Blitz ( 1 August 1901 – 8 March 1979 ) was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player during 1920s.

Maurice Blitz and his brother Gérard were both member of the Belgian water polo national team who won silver in two consecutive olympic events, in 1920 and 1924.

* Gérard Leman ( 1851 – 1920 ), Belgian general

Quoting Gérard de Nerval Art Historian Jean-Yves Heurtebise has further proposed that Dutch mannerism would typically use an otherwise general principle of Art History consisting of " the ability to capture what is different and to become different itself in this process "

Étienne Maurice Gérard, comte Gérard ( 4 April 177317 April 1852 ) was a French general and statesman.

In 1832 ( by now a full general ) he commanded a garrison of 5, 000 Dutch troops that was besieged by a French army under Marshal Gérard ten times that number.

* April 17 – Riots of Mons during the Belgian general strike of 1893, The day after, Belgian parliament approved Universal suffrage.

** Under the pressure of a general strike, the Belgian Federal Parliament accepts a proposal to accept general multiple suffrage.

In the 1999 Belgian general election, the government parties suffered an historical defeat due to the so-called " dioxin affair " and Jean-Luc Dehaene's reign of eight years ended.

Following the Belgian general election held on 13 June 2010, a process of cabinet formation started in Belgium.

In 1893 ( 17 April ), between Mons and Jemappes, seven strikers were killed by the civic guard at the end of the Belgian general strike of 1893.

Belgian colonists viewed Africans in general as children who needed to be guided, but noted the Tutsi to be the ruling culture in Rwanda-Burundi.

East and West agreed to nominate the Belgian Marcel Nicolet as secretary general of the associated international organization.

The final strike was the Belgian general strike of 1893.

In his book about Rosa Luxemburg, Paul Frölich quotes several experiences of general strikes, including the Belgian general strike for the universal suffrage in 1893.

Rosa Luxemburg had a different view, criticizing the Belgian Labour Party for perceived tactical incompetence: A general strike forged in advance within the fetters of legality is like a war demonstration with cannons dumped into a river within the very sight of the enemy.

In German Social Democratic circles, the general strike suffered from the hereditary taint of its anarchist origins (...) Rosa Luxemburg, who studied the Belgian strike, was particularly impressed with its success in activating the political consciousness of the backward portions of the population.

For several historians, it seemed that Wallonia sprang from these strikes and likely from the last Belgian general strike the 1960-1961 Winter General Strike.

Depiction of the Belgian general strike of 1893.

The sedan chair belonging to the elderly Spanish infantry general Fontaines ( a Belgian, known to the Spanish as Fuentes ) was taken as a trophy by the French and may be seen in Les Invalides museum in Paris.

In the general election of 1965 Eyskens was elected to the Belgian Senate ( reelected in 1968 and 1971 ).

In the Belgian general election of 2007 CD & V / N-VA won a major victory again, with a campaign focusing on good governance, state reform and the division of the electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.

: Belgian general election, 2010

Though the MR's original ideology emphasised classical liberalism and free market economics, it has of late joined the general trend of Belgian liberals to social liberalism under the influence of Dirk Verhofstadt, whose brother Guy Verhofstadt led the MR's Flemish counterpart, the Open VLD.

Following the 2010 Belgian general election, in which the PS emerged as the largest of the Francophone parties and the second largest political party in Belgium, speculation emerged as to whether Di Rupo could be the Prime Minister in a new government.

The 18 May 2003 Belgian general elections were the first Belgian elections to be held under a new electoral code.