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Belgium
Everything about Belgium on 360n60: 1 history, 2 dates in history. Each told in 60 words.
History · 1
On this day · 2
- On this day · 29 April 1899
An electric car becomes the first to pass 100 km/h
On 29 April 1899, near Paris, the Belgian driver Camille Jenatzy reached 105.88 km/h in La Jamais Contente, a bullet-shaped electric car. It was the first road vehicle to go faster than 100 km/h, more than a century before today's electric cars.
- On this day · 18 June 1815
The Battle of Waterloo
On 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, British-led and Prussian armies defeated the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. His defeat ended more than two decades of war in Europe. Napoleon was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.