Siege of Brussels (1746)
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The Siege of Brussels (1746) was a French capture of the Austrian Netherlands’ capital during the War of the Austrian Succession, marking a major setback for Maria Theresa’s forces on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
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| Siege of Brussels (1746) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14857324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Brussels (1746) Context triple: [Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession, hasPart, Siege of Brussels (1746)]
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A.
Siege of Namur (1692)
The Siege of Namur (1692) was a major French victory under Louis XIV and Vauban, in which French forces captured the strategic fortress city of Namur from the Grand Alliance during the Nine Years' War.
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B.
Bombardment of Brussels (1695)
The Bombardment of Brussels (1695) was a devastating French artillery attack during the Nine Years' War that destroyed much of the city’s Grand Place and surrounding buildings.
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C.
Siege of Namur (1695)
The Siege of Namur (1695) was a major Allied operation during the Nine Years' War in which forces of the Grand Alliance recaptured the strategically vital fortress city of Namur from French control.
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D.
Siege of Dendermonde (1745)
The Siege of Dendermonde (1745) was a French operation during the War of the Austrian Succession in which French forces captured the fortified town of Dendermonde in the Austrian Netherlands.
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E.
Siege of Namur (1702)
The Siege of Namur (1702) was an early War of the Spanish Succession operation in which Allied forces under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, captured the strategically important fortress city of Namur in the Spanish Netherlands from French and Bavarian control.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Brussels (1746) Target entity description: The Siege of Brussels (1746) was a French capture of the Austrian Netherlands’ capital during the War of the Austrian Succession, marking a major setback for Maria Theresa’s forces on the Western Front.
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A.
Siege of Namur (1692)
The Siege of Namur (1692) was a major French victory under Louis XIV and Vauban, in which French forces captured the strategic fortress city of Namur from the Grand Alliance during the Nine Years' War.
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B.
Bombardment of Brussels (1695)
The Bombardment of Brussels (1695) was a devastating French artillery attack during the Nine Years' War that destroyed much of the city’s Grand Place and surrounding buildings.
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C.
Siege of Namur (1695)
The Siege of Namur (1695) was a major Allied operation during the Nine Years' War in which forces of the Grand Alliance recaptured the strategically vital fortress city of Namur from French control.
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D.
Siege of Dendermonde (1745)
The Siege of Dendermonde (1745) was a French operation during the War of the Austrian Succession in which French forces captured the fortified town of Dendermonde in the Austrian Netherlands.
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E.
Siege of Namur (1702)
The Siege of Namur (1702) was an early War of the Spanish Succession operation in which Allied forces under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, captured the strategically important fortress city of Namur in the Spanish Netherlands from French and Bavarian control.
- F. None of above. chosen
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