A 2005 study by researchers at Ghent University in Belgium showed that subclinical iron deficiency ( anemia ) was a strong predictor of bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women.

In 1858 he was hired as full professor at the University of Ghent, then in 1867 he was called to Bonn, where he remained for the rest of his career.

There are no written records of the Roman period but archaeological research confirms that the region of Ghent was further inhabited.

Until the 13th century Ghent was the biggest city in Europe after Paris ; it was bigger than London, Cologne or Moscow.

In fact, Ghent was, during the Middle Ages, the most important city for cloth.

Ghent was the birthplace of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

At one time Ghent was a Calvinist republic, but eventually the Spanish army reinstated Catholicism.

Ghent was also the site of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent which formally ended the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.

In 1913 there was a World exhibition in Ghent.

The Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel or MIAT displays the industrial strength of Ghent with recreations of workshops and stores from the 1800s and original spinning and weaving machines that remain from the time when the building was a weaving mill.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor | Emperor Charles V was born in Ghent in 1500

* Louis XVIII of France was exiled in Ghent during the Hundred Days in 1815

In 1976, Walter Fiers at the University of Ghent ( Belgium ) was the first to establish the complete nucleotide sequence of a viral RNA-genome ( bacteriophage MS2 ).

" " The sole industrial centre outside the collieries and blast furnaces of Walloon was the old cloth making town of Ghent.

Nineteenth century industrialisation did not affect the traditional urban infrastructure, except in Ghent (...) Also, in Wallonia the traditional urban network was largely unaffected by the industrialisation process, even though the proportion of city-dwellers rose from 17 to 45 per cent between 1831 and 1910.

In 1814, Adams was recalled from Russia to serve as chief negotiator of the U. S. commission for the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.

He was key to the negotiation of several important treaties, such as the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, and the Florida Treaty which resulted in the annexation of Florida.

After U. S. ownership of the region was confirmed in the Treaty of Ghent ( 1814 ), the U. S. built or expanded forts along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, including adding to Fort Bellefontaine, and constructing Fort Armstrong ( 1816 ) and Fort Edwards ( 1816 ) in Illinois, Fort Crawford ( 1816 ) in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, Fort Snelling ( 1819 ) in Minnesota, and Fort Atkinson ( 1819 ) in Nebraska.

Though there were craftsmen in several cities ( such as Antwerp, Brussels, and Ghent ), the major handicraft center for this cordwain was Mechelen, where it was mentioned as early as 1504.

As a clause in the Treaty of Ghent, clear borders needed to be established between the United States and British occupied land.

The Queen's became occupied by a succession of sieges: at Ghent, Bruges, and Lillie.

He treated the relations of church and state in L ' Églisé et l ' État ( Brussels, 3 vols., 1858-1862 ; new and revised edition, 1865 ), and the same subject occupied a large proportion of the eighteen volumes of his chief historical work, Études sur l ' histoire de l ' humanité ( Ghent and Brussels, 1855-1870 ), which aroused considerable interest beyond the boundaries of Belgium.

With 240, 191 inhabitants in the beginning of 2009, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants.

Important museums in Ghent are the Museum voor Schone Kunsten ( Museum of Fine Arts ), with paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Paul Rubens, and many Flemish masters ; the SMAK or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst ( City Museum for Contemporary Art ), with works of the 20th century, including Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol ; and the Design Museum with masterpieces of Victor Horta and Le Corbusier.

* Ghent has an extensive web of public transport lines, operated by De Lijn:

In the Belgian first football division Ghent is represented by K. A. A.

The spread of Methodism in the Canadas was seriously disrupted by the War of 1812 but quickly gained lost ground after the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1815.

Meanwhile the army marched by Cassel, Ypres and Bruges, before laying siege to Ghent.

Signing of the Treaty of Ghent ( 1812 ), by A. Forestier in ca.

They were married in Ghent on 18 August 1477, and the marriage was ended by Mary's death in a riding accident in 1482.

* In Ghent, first recorded instance of emission of life annuities by a town in the Low Countries, this event confirms a trend of consolidation of local public debt in north-western Europe initiated in 1218 by Rheims.

One of Jan's most famous works, the Ghent Altarpiece, is believed to be a collaboration between the two, begun c. 1420 by Hubert and completed by Jan in 1432.

He became court painter to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, settling in Ghent by c. 1420.

The Count of Flanders controlled a number of old Roman cities ( Boulogne, Arras, Cambrai ) as well as some founded by the Carolingians ( Valenciennes, Saint-Omer, Ghent, Bruges ).

In this he was aided by the expansion of the Three Members-a parliament consisting of representatives from the towns of Bruges, Ghent and Ypres-to the Four Members through the addition of the rural area Franc of Bruges

Political dissent was also firmly controlled, most notably in his place of birth, where Charles, assisted by the Duke of Alva, personally suppressed the Revolt of Ghent in mid-February 1540.

Immediately after her wedding, she journeyed with her stepdaughter Mary through Flanders, Brabant and Hainaut, visiting the great towns: Ursel, Ghent, Dendermonde, Asse, Brussels, Oudenaarde and Kortrijk were all impressed by her intelligence and capability.

She strongly advised Mary to accept Maximilian's suit, and marry him immediately ; he arrived in Burgundy on 5 August 1477, and by 17 August had arrived at Ten Waele Castle, in Ghent.

Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda was appointed stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland by Charles of Ghent in the beginning of the 16th century.

Terneuzen is not linked to the rest of the Netherlands by rail-although the Dow Chemical plant is served by a freight only line to Gent / Ghent in Belgium ( Terneuzen's passenger rail service was withdrawn in 1951 ).

The Germans did indeed help out their " Germanic brothers " by setting Dutch as the sole administrative language and by converting Ghent University to the Dutch language.