History of Luxembourg

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History of Luxembourg
Early history Celtic Luxembourg ~51 BC  • Treveri   Gallic Wars 58–50 BC Roman rule 90 AD–c.500 AD
Middle Ages Franks   Merovingians 481–751  • Austrasia   Carolingians 751–987 Duchy of Lorraine 959~  • House of Luxembourg   Duchy of Luxembourg 1352-1482 Habsburg rule 1482–1556
Early Modern Spanish rule 1556–1714 Louis XIV's siege 1684 Austrian rule 1714–95 Revolutionary siege 1794–95 French rule 1795–1815  • Peasants' War 1798
19th century Congress of Vienna 1815  • Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 1815– Dutch rule 1815–30  • Reign of Guillaume I 1815-40  • Belgian Revolution 1830–31 Personal union 1839–90  • Treaty of London 1839  • Reign of Guillaume II 1840–49  • Reign of Guillaume III 1849-90  • Luxembourg Crisis 1867 Full independence 1890-
20th and 21st centuries Reign of Adolphe 1890-1905 Reign of Guillaume IV 1905-12 Reign of Marie-Adélaïde 1912-19 World War I:    • German occupation 1914-18 Reign of Charlotte 1919-1964 World War II:    • German invasion 1940  • German occupation 1940-45  • Government in exile 1940-45  • Holocaust 1941 Reign of Jean 1964-2000 Reign of Henri 2000-
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The history of Luxembourg consists of the history of the country of Luxembourg and its geographical area.

Although its recorded history can be traced back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963. Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged, but its extinction put an end to the country's independence. After a brief period of Burgundian rule, the country passed to the Habsburgs in 1477.

After the Eighty Years' War, Luxembourg became a part of the Southern Netherlands, which passed to the Austrian line of the Habsburg dynasty in 1713. After occupation by Revolutionary France, the 1815 Vienna Congress transformed Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy in personal union with the Netherlands. The treaty also resulted in the second partitioning of Luxembourg, the first being in 1658 and a third in 1839. Although these treaties greatly reduced Luxembourg's territory, the latter established its formal independence, which was confirmed after the Luxembourg Crisis of 1867.

In the following decades, Luxembourg fell further into Germany's sphere of influence, particularly after the creation of a separate ruling house in 1890. It was occupied by Germany from 1914 until 1918 and again from 1940 until 1944. Since the end of the Second World War, Luxembourg has become one of the world's richest countries, buoyed by political stability and European integration.