Historical country records
Luxembourg historical timeline
Luxembourg
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jul 1083 | title of Count of Luxembourg adopted (Graf von Lützelburg) | Leaders |
| 13 Mar 1354 | Duchy of Luxembourg | Leaders |
| 26 Feb 1388 | the duchy is pledged by Wenceslas II to Josse (Jobst), and from this date to 23 Nov 1457 there are side by side the hereditary duke (duc héréditaire) and the actually governing "duke by pledge" (duc par engagère) | Leaders |
| 23 Nov 1457 | upon the death of hereditary duke Ladislas Postumus of Austria, the ducal lines are reunited in the Burgundy branch of the house of Valois and its heirs the kings of the Spanish kingdoms | Leaders |
| 8 May 1713 | as a consequence of the War of the Spanish Succession, Luxembourg becomes part of the Austrian Netherlands | Leaders |
| 15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793 | annexation by France | Leaders |
| 1 Oct 1795 - 1 Feb 1814 | annexation by France; becomes Département des Forêts | Leaders |
| 15 Feb 1814 - 9 Mar 1814 | under Gouvernement-général de la Belgique (see Belgium) | Leaders |
| 10 Mar 1814 - 12 May 1815 | under Gouvernement-général du Rhin Moyen (from 10 Jun 1814 Bas-Rhin et Rhin Moyen) | Leaders |
| 16 Mar 1815 | style of duke restored for Willem I of the Netherlands | Leaders |
| 9 Jun 1815 | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | Leaders |
| 1831 | upon separation of Belgium from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the already diminished territory of Luxembourg is divided into the (larger) Belgian province of Luxembourg and the (smaller) surviving Grand Duchy; division acquiesced by the king/grand-duke in 1839 | Leaders |
| 2 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 | German occupation | Leaders |
| 10 May 1940 - 11 Sep 1944 | German occupation | Leaders |
| 16 Nov 1700 - 25 May 1711 | Philippe | Bourbon dynasty |
| 25 May 1711 - 8 May 1713 | Maximilien | Wittelsbach dynasty |
| 8 May 1713 - 1 Oct 1795 | the archdukes of Austria | Wittelsbach dynasty |
| 10 Mar 1814 - 12 May 1815 | Johann August Sack | Wittelsbach dynasty |
| 16 Mar 1815 - 9 Jun 1815 | Guillaume I | Orange-Nassau dynasty |
| 9 Jun 1815 - 7 Oct 1840 | Guillaume I | Orange-Nassau dynasty |
| 7 Oct 1840 - 17 Mar 1849 | Guillaume II | Orange-Nassau dynasty |
| 17 Mar 1849 - 23 Nov 1890 | Guillaume III | Orange-Nassau dynasty |
| 5 Feb 1850 - 13 Jan 1879 | Henri (regent) | Orange-Nassau dynasty |
| 23 Nov 1890 - 17 Nov 1905 | Adolphe | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 4 Apr 1902 - 17 Nov 1905 | Guillaume (regent) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 17 Nov 1905 - 25 Feb 1912 | Guillaume IV | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 19 Mar 1908 - 25 Feb 1912 | Marie Anne de Bragance (f) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 25 Feb 1912 - 15 Jan 1919 | Marie-Adélaïde (f) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 15 Jan 1919 - 12 Nov 1964 | Charlotte (f) 1940, London; from 4 Oct 1940, New York; from Nov 1940, Montreal]) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 7 Aug 1940 - 11 Sep 1944 | Gustav Simon | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 4 May 1961 - 12 Nov 1964 | Jean (regent) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 12 Nov 1964 - 7 Oct 2000 | Jean | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 3 Mar 1998 - 7 Oct 2000 | Henri (regent) | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 7 Oct 2000 - | Henri | Nassau-Weilburg dynasty |
| 21 Dec 1841 - 1 Aug 1848 | Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine | Governor |
| 1 Aug 1848 - 2 Dec 1848 | Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine | Prime ministers |
| 2 Dec 1848 - 23 Sep 1853 | Jean-Jacques Madelaine Willmar | Prime ministers |
| 23 Sep 1853 - 26 Sep 1860 | Mathias Simons | Prime ministers |
| 26 Sep 1860 - 3 Dec 1867 | Baron Victor de Tornaco | Prime ministers |
| 3 Dec 1867 - 26 Dec 1874 | Emmanuel Servais | Prime ministers |
| 26 Dec 1874 - 20 Feb 1885 | Félix de Blochausen | Prime ministers |
| 20 Feb 1885 - 22 Sep 1888 | Édouard Thilges | Prime ministers |
| 22 Sep 1888 - 12 Oct 1915 | Paul Eyschen | Prime ministers |
| 12 Oct 1915 - 6 Nov 1915 | Mathias Mongenast (acting) | Prime ministers |
| 6 Nov 1915 - 24 Feb 1916 | Hubert Loutsch | Prime ministers |
| 24 Feb 1916 - 19 Jun 1917 | Victor Thorn | Prime ministers |
| 19 Jun 1917 - 28 Sep 1918 | Léon Kauffman | Prime ministers |
| 28 Sep 1918 - 20 Mar 1925 | Émile Reuter | Prime ministers |
| 20 Mar 1925 - 16 Jul 1926 | Pierre Prüm | Prime ministers |
| 16 Jul 1926 - 5 Nov 1937 | Joseph Bech (1st time) | Prime ministers |
| 5 Nov 1937 - 22 Dec 1953 | Pierre Dupong | Prime ministers |
| 10 May 1940 - 22 Oct 1940 | Albert Wehrer | Prime ministers |
| 29 Dec 1953 - 29 Mar 1958 | Joseph Bech (2nd time) | Prime ministers |
| 29 Mar 1958 - 23 Feb 1959 | Pierre Frieden | Prime ministers |
| 2 Mar 1959 - 15 Jun 1974 | Pierre Werner (1st time) | Prime ministers |
| 15 Jun 1974 - 16 Jul 1979 | Gaston Thorn | Prime ministers |
| 16 Jul 1979 - 20 Jul 1984 | Pierre Werner (2nd time) | Prime ministers |
| 20 Jul 1984 - 20 Jan 1995 | Jacques Santer | Prime ministers |
| 20 Jan 1995 - | Jean-Claude Juncker | Prime ministers |