Luxembourg

• 963 - Luxembourg was founded. Sigefroid, Count of Ardennes, came to own the ruins of an old Roman fort called "Castellum Lucilinburhuc" ("Little Castle") from the monks of the Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier.
• 1354 - The emperor Charles IV made Luxembourg a duchy.
• 1437 - There were no people in the ruling family alive. The castle was given to the Habsburgs.
• 1443 - Luxembourg was captured by Philip of Burgundy.
• 1482 - Mary of Burgundy died. Luxembourg was ruled by the Habsburgs again.
• 1795 - After the French revolution Luxembourg was taken over by France. It became a département of France.
• 1815 - Luxembourg became a grand duchy. It was ruled by the king of the Netherlands.
• 1815-1866 - Luxembourg became a member of the German Confederation.
• 1890 - After the death of William III, Luxembourg passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
• 1914-1918 - Luxembourg was conquered by Germany during World War I.
• 1940 - The Germans returned during World War II, and in 1942 Luxembourg became part of the Third Reich.
• 1944 - Luxembourg became independent in September because the United States Army arrived.
• 1945 - Luxembourg joined the United Nations
• 1957 - Luxembourg became one of the first six members of the European Economic Community. That is now called the European Union.
• 2020 - Luxembourg became the first country in the world to make all public transport free to use.[4]

Luxembourg is a parliamentary democracy lead by a constitutional monarch. Under the constitution of 1868, executive power is in the hands of the Governor and the cabinet, which consists of several other ministers.

Luxembourg has a continental climate.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Luxembourg was 40.8 °C (105.4 °F), on 25 July 2019 in Steinsel.[5]

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Luxembourg was −24.6 °C (−12.3 °F) on 2 February 1956 in Wiltz.

Luxembourg is divided into 3 districts, which are further divided into 12 cantons and then 102 communes. Twelve of the communes have city status, of which the city of Luxembourg is the largest.

• List of rivers of Luxembourg
• Luxembourg at the Olympics
• Luxembourg national football team

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