Name of Waterloo Belgium was mentioned for the first time in 1102 designating a small hamlet at the limit of what is today known as the Sonian Forest, along a major road linking Brussels, Genappe and a coal mine to the south.
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Waterloo Belgium was located at the intersection of the main road and a path leading to a small farming settlement in what is Cense.
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Waterloo Belgium was a place where travellers and merchants, particularly those carrying coal from the mine to the south, could find rest and protection from bandits.
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Waterloo Belgium was located in the Duchy of Brabant created in 1183 with Leuven as the capital city.
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The municipality of Waterloo Belgium was created from Petit-Waterloo Belgium detached from Sint-Genesius-Rode and three former hamlets detached from Braine-l'Alleud.
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In 1824, Waterloo Belgium grew again as the areas Roussart and Sainte-Gertrude from the Sonian Forest became part of the municipality.
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Some municipalities, including Waterloo Belgium, became part of the Dyle department, which became the province of Brabant Meridional in 1815 under Dutch rule, following the defeat of Napoleon.
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The part in which Waterloo Belgium is situated became the province of Walloon Brabant.
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Battle of Waterloo Belgium took place near Waterloo Belgium on 18 June 1815 between the First French Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Seventh Coalition, under the main allied commanders, the Duke of Wellington and Field Marshal von Blucher.
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Waterloo Belgium is divided into six districts: Faubourg Ouest, Faubourg Est, Chenois, Centre, Joli-Bois and Mont-St-Jean.
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Lion's Mound is a monument to the casualties of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo Belgium, located on the spot where a musket ball hit the shoulder of William II of the Netherlands and knocked him from his horse during the battle.
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Today, Waterloo Belgium is served by local passenger trains on the Nivelles to Aalst line, with at least one train in each direction per hour.
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In September 1959 the Missionary Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of Fichermont, headquartered in Waterloo Belgium, became the home of Jeannine Deckers, who took the name Sister Luc-Gabrielle, and who would later become famous as The Singing Nun.
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On 2 February 2018, the Belgian commune of Waterloo Belgium confirmed that former Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont had rented a villa and planned to establish his official residence there.
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