History of Antwerp

state of the Holy Roman Empire

city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe

building in Antwerp, Belgium

Deux-Nèthes (, ) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands. It was named after two branches of the river Nete (Grote Nete and Kleine Nete). The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present-day Belgian province of Antwerp. It was created on 1 October 1795, when the Austrian Netherlands were officially annexed by the French Republic. Its territory was the northern part of the former duchy of Brabant. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Holland in 1810, the department was expanded with the

thumb|The church of Oorderen prior to the demolition in 1966.

16th-18th century society in Antwerp

thumb|Wilmarsdonk in 1899 thumb|Wilmarsdonk in the Port of Antwerp, 2008 Wilmarsdonk was a village in Belgium, north of Antwerp, which has disappeared under the Port of Antwerp expansion.