LGBT history in Belgium
16th Century[]
Jan Matsys, Lot and His Daughters, 1565.
- 1565 -- Jan Matsys paints Lot (biblical person) and His Daughters from the Book of Genesis. Genesis 18 and 19 describes Lot and his family's escape from fire and brimstone against Sodom and Gomorrah as punishment for homosexuality.
- June 28, 1578 -- Homosexual Monks are purged through execution in Ghent.[1]
17th Century[]
- 1620 -- Jacob Jordaens paints "The Flight of Lot (biblical person) and his family from Sodom."
18th Century[]
- Homosexuality in Belgium was decriminalised in 1795.[2]
References[]
- ^ Baudartius, Willem (1616). Afbeeldinghe, ende beschrijvinghe van alle de veld-slagen, belegeringen, en̄ and're notable geschiedenissen, ghevallen in de Nederlanden, geduerende d'oorloghe teghens den coningh van Spaengien. Michiel Colijn.
- ^ "Where is it illegal to be gay?". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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