2012 Event The Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, is won by 32 year-old Jenson Button 2003 Death Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist 1997 Event Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes 1995 Death Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64 1994 Death Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25 1994 Death Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96 1994 Death Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Death Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Death Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74 1994 Death Mitacq, Michel Tacq, Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies 1994 Death Noel Fore, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61 1993 Death Carmino Baelen, Belgian sleder, dies at 22 1993 Death Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26 1993 Death Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96 1993 Death Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86 1993 Death Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40 1993 Event Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns 1992 Death Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64 1992 Death Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70 1992 Death Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78 1992 Death Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42 1992 Death Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 1992 Event 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest 1991 Death Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies 1991 Death Leo Geerts, Marcel van der Linden, Belgian writer/critic, dies 1991 Death Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 1991 Death Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies 1991 Death Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies 1991 Death Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68 1991 Death August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 1990 Death Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Netherlands actress (Pleasant Settled), dies at 79 1990 Death Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 1990 Death Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88 1990 Death Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies 1989 Death Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered 1989 Death Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86 1989 Event Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed 1989 Death Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered 1989 Event Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped 1988 Death Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87 1987 Event 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf 1987 Death Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40 1986 Death Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 77 1986 Death Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76 1986 Death Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73 1986 Death Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65 1986 Death Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61), dies at 81 1986 Death Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80 1986 Death Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 1986 Death Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91 1986 Death Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75 1986 Death Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76 1986 Death Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80 1986 Death Willem Pee, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83 1986 Death Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64 1986 Death Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87 1986 Death August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90 1986 Death Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56 1986 Death Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53 1985 Death Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 1985 Death Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67 1985 Death Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53 1985 Death Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83 1984 Event Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este 1983 Death Paul de Man, Belgian Critic 1983 Death Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 1983 Death Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies 1983 Death Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75 1983 Death Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70 1983 Death August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 1982 Death Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41 1982 Death Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73 1982 Death Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies 1982 Death Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies 1981 Death Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, dies at 41 1981 Death Paul Snoek, Edm Schietekat, Belgian poet, dies at 48 1981 Event Belgian Senate accept laws against racism 1981 Death Daniel Gilles, Belgian writer, dies at 64 1981 Death Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1981 Death Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83 1980 Death Louis Neefs, Belgian singer, dies at 43 1980 Event Belgian constitution revised 1980 Death Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 1980 Death Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 1980 Death Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 1979 Death Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician, dies at 76 1979 Death Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72 1978 Death Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49 1978 Death Johan Daisne, Thiery, Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66 1978 Death Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 1978 Event Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1978 Death Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68 1978 Event Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris 1977 Death Paul Hardy, Belgian designer, Italian Country, dies at 69 1976 Death Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter, 2 Silver Medals 1976 Olympics, dies at 22 1976 Death Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74 1976 Death Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85 1976 Death Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65 1975 Death Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77 1975 Birthday Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player, MVV 1975 Death Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82 1975 Death Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 1974 Death Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80 1973 Death Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1973 Birthday Franca Fehlauer, born in Hamburg, Germany, golfer, Belgian International, Jr. champ 1991 1973 Death Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78 1973 Event Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2 1972 Death Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81 1972 Death Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/secretary-general (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 1972 Death Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82 1971 Death Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics, dies in accident at 48 1971 Death Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer and conductor (Guerre), dies at 73 1971 Death Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Olympic-bronze-48), dies at 48 1971 Death Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78 1971 Death Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 1970 Death Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83 1970 Event Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1970 Event 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike 1969 Death Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies 1969 Birthday Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open 1969 Death Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34 1968 Death Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies 1968 Death Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60 1968 Event Belgian construction workers strike 1968 Death Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96 1968 Death Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71 1968 Death J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56 1968 Death Joseph Pholien, Belgian Prime Minister 1950 - 1952 communist fighter, dies at 83 1967 Death Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 1967 Death Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68 1967 Event Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered 1967 Event Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 1967 Death Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 1967 Birthday Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player, RSC Anderlecht/PSV 1967 Death Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 1966 Death Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 1966 Birthday Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player, Waregem, Roda JC 1966 Death Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 1966 Death Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82 1966 Death Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70 1966 Death George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 1966 Event Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers 1965 Event Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine 1964 Event Belgian para's liberate 1,000 white hostages in Stanleyville 1963 Death Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 1963 Birthday Laurens BBM, Belgian prince/son of Albert II and Paola 1963 Event Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State 1963 Death Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Le siecle of Gueux), dies at 89 1963 Event Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1962 Event 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation 1962 Birthday Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II 1962 Death Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96 1962 Death Willem Paerels, Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 1961 Death Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies 1961 Death Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 1961 Death Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42 1961 Death Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77 1961 Event Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash 1960 Death Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian, painter/decorator, dies at 67 1960 Birthday Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor 1960 Event Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen 1960 Event Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium 1960 Birthday Benoat van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist, New York Post 1960 Event Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed 1960 Event Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo 1959 Event Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo 1959 Death Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39 1959 Death Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies 1959 Event King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence 1958 Event Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns 1958 Death Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70 1958 Event Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election 1958 Death Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78 1958 Death Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46 1958 Death Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52 1957 Event Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast 1956 Death Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 Death Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73 1956 Death Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 1956 Birthday Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels 1956 Death Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 1956 Death George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71 1956 Death Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 1955 Death Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 1955 Death Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 1955 Death Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise Courtenay, Belgian princess, dies at 81 1954 Death Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot, dies at 54 1954 Event Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government 1954 Event Belgian Van Houtte government resigns 1954 Death Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88 1954 Death Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 1953 Event Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die 1953 Death Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1953 Death Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1953 Death Django Reinhardt, Belgian Musician 1952 Death August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58 1952 Death Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 1952 Death Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 1952 Event Belgian Pholien government resigns 1952 Death Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66 1951 Event Last Belgian communities get electricity 1951 Death Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65 1951 Death Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 1951 Death Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73 1951 Death Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1951 Death Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 1951 Birthday Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III 1950 Event Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants 1950 Death Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered 1950 Event Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier 1950 Event Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier 1950 Event CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election 1950 Death Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright (Lesson Tombeaux), dies at 83 1950 Birthday Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist, Paris-Brussel '74 1950 Event Belgian government of Eyskens resigns 1950 Birthday Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist/actor, Brussels by Night 1949 Birthday Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist 1949 Event 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 1949 Death Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1949 Birthday Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer, T C Matic 1949 Death P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86 1949 Death Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies 1949 Birthday Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner, 1972 Olympic-silver 1948 Event Belgian government of Spaak, resigns 1948 Event Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1948 Event Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo 1948 Event Belgian government of Spaak resigns 1947 Death Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78 1947 Birthday Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel 1947 Death Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 1947 Death Jean-Franeois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86 1947 Event Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1947 Event Belgian government of Huysmans resigns 1946 Event Belgian Council of State forms 1946 Death Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies 1946 Event Belgian government of Huysmans, forms 1946 Event Belgian government of Acker, resigns 1946 Event Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over 1946 Event Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP) 1946 Event Belgian government of Acker, forms 1946 Event Belgian government of Spaak, resigns 1946 Event Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1945 Birthday Benoat Lamy, Belgian director 1945 Birthday Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer, Accursed Fathers 1945 Event General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1945 Birthday Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity 1944 Event Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced 1944 Death Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies 1944 Death Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies 1944 Death Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered 1944 Death Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 1943 Birthday Joel Robert, Belgian motorcyclist 1943 Event 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III 1943 Death Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed 1943 Event Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle 1943 Death Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1943 Death Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1943 Death Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1943 Death Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged 1943 Death Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed 1942 Death Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Netherlands/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 1941 Death Camille Melloy, the Paepe, Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 1941 Birthday Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star 1941 Death Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 1940 Event Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler 1940 Birthday Guido Provoost, Belgian historian 1940 Death Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 1939 Death Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69 1939 Birthday Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines 1939 Event Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government 1939 Event Belgian government of Pierlot falls 1939 Event Belgian government of Pierlot forms 1939 Event Belgian Spaak government falls 1939 Birthday Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor 1939 Event Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco 1938 Death Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72 1938 Event Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands 1938 Death Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 1938 Death Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81 1937 Death Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies 1937 Event Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier 1937 Event Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money 1937 Birthday Louis Neefs, Belgian singer 1937 Birthday Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer, Labia Majora 1937 Birthday Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player 1937 Death Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at 76 1936 Event Belgian bishops condemn fascism and communism 1936 Death Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid 1936 Event 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms 1936 Birthday Wies Andersen, Alois de Bois, Belgian actor/producer, Maigret 1934 Event New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers) 1934 Birthday Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer 1934 Death Jules Renkin, Belgian Prime Minister 1931 - 1932, dies 1934 Birthday King Albert II, Belgian Royalty 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 Birthday Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist, world champion, 1961 1933 Birthday Paul Snoek, Belgian poet 1933 Death Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 1932 Birthday Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter 1932 Event Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended 1932 Event Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 1932 Death Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1932 Death Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70 1932 Birthday Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host 1931 Death Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69 1931 Event Belgian government of Jaspar falls 1931 Birthday Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet 1930 Birthday Raymond Baervoets, Belgian composer, Metamorphoses 1930 Birthday Francoise Mallet-Joris, F Lilar, Belgian writer, Signs and Wonders 1929 Death Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76 1929 Birthday Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian 1928 Birthday Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/president, l'ASIFA 1927 Birthday Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director, Cobra 1927 Birthday Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik 1927 Death Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies 1927 Event Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty 1927 Birthday Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist 1926 Death Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64 1926 Death Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies 1926 Event German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes 1926 Event Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged 1926 Event Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms 1926 Event Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc 1926 Event Belgian government of Jaspar takes power 1926 Event Run on Belgian banks 1926 Death Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74 1926 Event Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits 1926 Event Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties 1925 Event Belgian episcopelian sspeaks against Flemish activism 1925 Event Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg 1925 Event Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts 1925 Birthday Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor 1925 Event Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election 1925 Death Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72 1925 Event E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo 1925 Event Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism 1924 Birthday Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer 1924 Event Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied 1923 Birthday Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet 1923 Event Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University 1923 Event Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad 1923 Birthday Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist 1923 Event Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1923 Event Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1923 Event French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1922 Event Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1922 Event Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1922 Birthday Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union, ACV 1968-87 1922 Event Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 1922 Birthday Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/U.S. jazz musician/composer 1922 Birthday Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician 1922 Birthday Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor 1922 Death Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice, dies at 85 1921 Death Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63 1921 Death Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies 1921 Birthday Jean Mogin, Belgian poet 1921 Birthday Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist 1921 Death Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1920 Birthday Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician, Numbers Game 1920 Death Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 1920 Death Gerard Leman, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War, dies 1920 Birthday Marcel Maeyer, de Maeyer, Belgian sculptor/graphic artist 1920 Birthday Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV 1920 Birthday Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist, Tour de France 1955, 56 1919 Birthday Paul de Man, Belgian Critic 1919 Death Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies 1919 Event Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf 1918 Birthday Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter 1917 Birthday Piet De Somer, Belgian rector, University of Leuven 1917 Birthday Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician 1917 Birthday Daniel Gilles, Belgian writer 1917 Birthday Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist 1916 Birthday Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III 1916 Death Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61 1916 Event Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa 1916 Death Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies 1916 Event Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa 1916 Event German-British sea battle off Belgian coast 1916 Death Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75 1916 Death Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed 1916 Death Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 1915 Birthday Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon 1915 Birthday Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. 1915 Death Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 1914 Event Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1914 Death Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1914 Event Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre 1914 Event Belgian offensive from Antwerp 1914 Event Belgian offensive at Antwerp 1914 Event Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops 1914 Death Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks 1914 Event German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp 1914 Event Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp 1914 Event German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught 1914 Event At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary 1914 Event German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice 1914 Event King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army 1914 Event Belgian government receives German ultimatum 1914 Birthday Gustave Camus, Belgian painter 1914 Birthday Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist 1914 Event Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1914 Birthday Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer 1913 Death Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies 1913 Event Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France 1913 Birthday Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician 1913 Birthday Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist, Suske and Wiske 1912 Death August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83 1912 Birthday Johan Daisne, Herman Thiery, Belgian writer, magic realism 1912 Birthday Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist, Tour de France 1935 1912 Death Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65 1912 Death Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1912 Birthday Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary, Les Gens Heureux 1912 Birthday Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist, Humanism et saintete 1912 Birthday Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships 1911 Birthday Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs 1911 Birthday Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince 1911 Birthday J Borremans, Belgian politician, communist, MP 1911 Birthday Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress, Pleasantly Settled 1911 Event Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day 1910 Birthday Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader 1910 Birthday Henri A Cornelis, Governor-General Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi 1910 Death Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies 1910 Death Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 1910 Death Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies 1910 Birthday Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist 1910 Event Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1910 Birthday Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren 1909 Birthday Louis van Lint, Belgian painter 1909 Birthday Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist 1909 Birthday French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist 1909 Birthday Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37, 1908 Death Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80 1908 Birthday Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker 1908 Event Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 1908 Birthday Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician 1908 Birthday Paul Hardy, Belgian writer, Best of Painted Furniture 1908 Birthday Frederic Anspach, Belgian tenor 1907 Birthday Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher 1907 Death A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies 1907 Birthday Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist, Kuifje 1907 Event Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government 1907 Birthday Marion Coulon, Belgian theoriest, Jeunesse la derive 1907 Birthday Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor, Charles V 1907 Birthday Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician 1906 Event NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo 1906 Birthday Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician 1906 Death Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64 1906 Death Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies 1906 Birthday Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ 1906 Birthday Francis Walder, Francois Waldburger, Belgian author 1906 Birthday Marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess 1906 Birthday Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1906 Event Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1906 Birthday Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond 1906 Death Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78 1905 Birthday Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer, Mater Dolorosa 1905 Birthday Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health, 1958 1905 Death Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73 1905 Birthday Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director, Evil Eye 1905 Death Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75 1905 Birthday Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses Maatres 1904 Birthday Akarova, Marguerite Acarin, Belgian dancer, Les Biches 1903 Event Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo 1903 Event King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo 1903 Birthday August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 1903 Birthday Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician 1903 Event British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo 1903 Death Francois Crepin, Belgian botany, dies at 72 1903 Birthday Willem Pee, Belgian linguist 1903 Birthday Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer 1902 Birthday Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic, Temps Humain 1902 Birthday Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist 1902 Birthday Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 1902 Birthday Armand Bernier, Belgian poet, Sorcier Triste 1902 Death Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 1901 Birthday Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer 1901 Birthday Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer 1901 Birthday Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee 1901 Birthday Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador 1901 Birthday Suzanne Lilar, Verbist, France/Belgian writer, Le burlador 1901 Birthday Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist 1901 Birthday Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer 1901 Birthday Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer, L'amour responsable 1900 Birthday Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot 1899 Death [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55 1898 Birthday Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter, This is Not a Pipe 1898 Birthday Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter 1898 Birthday Geo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer, Les oignons 1898 Birthday August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP 1898 Death Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 1898 Birthday Achiel H. Acker, born in Belgian premier, 1945-46, 1954-58 1898 Birthday Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre 1898 Birthday George van Derton, Belgian 1898 Birthday George van Derton, Belgian racer, won 500 race 1897 Birthday Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker 1897 Birthday Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright, Le Canari et le Cerise 1897 Birthday Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer, Little Emperor 1897 Event King Leopold II takes Belgian crown 1897 Birthday Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter, surrealist 1897 Birthday Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet, Statue of Fatigue 1896 Death Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 1896 Birthday Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer 1895 Birthday August De Boodt, Belgian politician 1895 Birthday Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player 1895 Death Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68 1895 Death Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies 1895 Death Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 1895 Birthday Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian 1894 Birthday Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders 1894 Birthday Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar 1894 Birthday Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor, Iron Tower 1894 Event British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa 1894 Birthday Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization 1893 Birthday Jean Absil, Belgian composer, Peau d'Ane 1893 Birthday August Balthazar, Belgian politician 1893 Birthday Franz Andre, Belgian conductor 1893 Birthday Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor, Sereniteit 1893 Birthday Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist and decorator 1892 Death ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered 1892 Death Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered 1892 Event Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1892 Death Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39 1892 Birthday Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer 1892 Death Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72 1892 Birthday Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot 1892 Death Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80 1891 Death Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle 1891 Death Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 1891 Birthday Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian 1891 Birthday Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter 1891 Birthday Camille Melloy, Paepe, Belgian poet, Parfum des Buis 1890 Birthday Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter 1890 Death Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71 1890 Death Cesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67 1890 Death Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85 1890 Birthday Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory, Orfeo 1889 Birthday Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor 1888 Death Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1888 Birthday Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi 1887 Death Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont and Receiver), dies at 77 1887 Birthday Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer 1887 Birthday George Creten, Belgian sculptor and painter 1886 Birthday Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright, Le Cocu Magnificent 1886 Death Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Netherlands bishop of Roermond, dies at 90 1886 Birthday Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany 1886 Birthday Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy 1885 Death Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85 1885 Birthday Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party 1885 Birthday Ernest Claes, Belgian author, Saints from Zichem 1885 Birthday Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union 1885 Birthday Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic 1885 Birthday Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State 1885 Birthday Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader 1884 Birthday Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier, 1950 - 1952, communist hunter 1884 Birthday Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister 1884 Birthday George Al Sarton, Belgian/U.S. historian 1884 Birthday Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist 1884 Birthday Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, Adriaan Brouwer, or 5/10 1884 Event U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1884 Death Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1884 Birthday Herman Courtens, Belgian painter 1883 Birthday Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier, 1939-45 1883 Death Joseph AF Plateau, Belgian physicist (Blue Moon), dies 1883 Birthday Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert 1883 Birthday Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil 1883 Birthday Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist 1882 Event Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza 1882 Birthday Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor, Virgin Doll 1882 Death Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday 1881 Death Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61 1880 Death Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76 1879 Birthday Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Noverheid/mayor 1879 Birthday Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer, Sun 1878 Birthday Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary, Hadewych 1878 Birthday Willem Paerels, Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist 1878 Birthday Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian President of IOC, 1925-42 1878 Birthday Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician 1877 Birthday Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot 1877 Birthday Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet, L'homme Jeune 1876 Birthday Albert E Michotte van den Berck, Belgian psychologist 1876 Event 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux) 1876 Birthday Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist 1876 Death Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70 1875 Birthday Georges Rency, Belgian poet 1875 Birthday Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo 1875 Birthday Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter 1875 Birthday Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author, Un homme si simple 1874 Birthday Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra 1874 Death Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belgian pontifical defense minister, dies at 54 1874 Birthday Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer 1874 Death [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 1873 Birthday Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect 1873 Birthday Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39 1871 Birthday Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier, 1946-47 1871 Death Francois-Joseph Fetis, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87 1871 Death Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 1870 Birthday Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist, syphillis, Nobel 1919 1870 Death Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68 1870 Birthday Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron 1870 Birthday Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1869 Birthday Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep, Lib 1869 Death Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72 1869 Birthday Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette 1869 Birthday Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State 1869 Birthday Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist 1869 Death Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64 1869 Birthday Henry graaf Carton de Wiart, Belgian literary/premier, 1920-21 1869 Birthday Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian indologist 1868 Birthday Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount, jurist and minister 1868 Birthday Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian 1867 Birthday Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright, La Corbeille d'Octobre 1867 Birthday Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist 1867 Death French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50 1866 Birthday Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party 1865 Birthday Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor 1865 Death Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 1863 Birthday Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/U.S. chemist, bakelite 1862 Birthday Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium 1862 Birthday Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer, Sous la robe 1862 Birthday Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier, 1931-32 1862 Birthday Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter, pointillism 1862 Birthday Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist 1862 Birthday Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet, Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya 1861 Birthday French Gailliard, Belgian painter, Zeustempel in Athens 1861 Birthday Ursmer Berliere, Belgian historian, Monastican Belgium 1861 Birthday Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer, Family Kaekebroeck 1859 Death Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 1858 Birthday Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor 1858 Birthday Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer 1857 Death Felix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 1856 Birthday Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT 1855 Birthday Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian 1855 Birthday Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer, Les Flammes Hautes 1854 Birthday Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician 1854 Birthday Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer, Jeune Belgium 1854 Birthday Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1852 Birthday Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro 1852 Birthday Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister 1852 Death Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83 1851 Birthday Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal 1851 Birthday Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier, 1908-11 1851 Birthday Gerard Leman, born in Liege, Belgium, Belgian general, war hero, provided King Albert I of Belgium with his military education, commander of the forts surrounding Liege in World War One, captured as a prisoner of War by the Germans and released at the end of the War 1849 Birthday Albert J-BJ Thos, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo 1849 Death Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44 1848 Death Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 1848 Death Frans van Campenhout, Belgian singer/composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 1847 Birthday Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin 1847 Death Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) 1847 Birthday Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader 1847 Birthday Godefroid Kurth, Belgian historian, La cite de Liege au moyen age 1846 Event Belgian Liberal Party forms 1845 Birthday John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde 1845 Birthday Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator 1844 Birthday Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo. 1844 Birthday [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress, Bad Herders 1843 Birthday Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician 1842 Birthday Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist 1842 Birthday Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel 1841 Birthday Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus 1840 Death John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50 1837 Birthday A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP 1837 Birthday Charles Woeste, Belgian count/Minister of Justice 1836 Birthday Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer, La forge Roussel 1835 Birthday Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized 1835 Birthday Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator 1835 Birthday Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior 1834 Event Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1832 Birthday Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer, Bibliotheca Belgian 1831 Event Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army 1831 Birthday Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor 1830 Death Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37 1830 Birthday Francois Crepin, Belgian botany 1830 Event Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp 1830 Birthday Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet, International 1829 Birthday August Beernaert, Belgian premier, 1884-94, Nobel-1909 1829 Death Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 1828 Death Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80 1828 Birthday Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer, Le diable au moulin 1826 Birthday Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist 1823 Birthday Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter 1822 Birthday Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter 1820 Birthday Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope, in Rome 1819 Birthday Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist 1819 Birthday Johann A. H. Scheler, Belgian librarian 1817 Birthday Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71 1817 Birthday Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist, Brussels 1816 Birthday French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect 1814 Death Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79 1814 Birthday Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter 1813 Death Louis-Alexandre Crette, Belgian porselein painter, dies at about 55 1812 Birthday Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice 1810 Birthday Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor 1808 Birthday Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist 1807 Birthday Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1806 Birthday Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet, La Belgium 1805 Birthday Charles Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian 1804 Birthday Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader 1804 Birthday Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general, Triangulatie of Belgium 1803 Death Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 1803 Birthday Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 1802 Birthday Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer 1802 Birthday [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian Minister of Foreign affairs, 1831 1800 Birthday Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian 1797 Birthday Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer and conductor 1796 Birthday [Lambert] Adolphe J. Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology 1795 Birthday Joannes A. Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond 1795 Birthday Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, 10 day campaign 1794 Birthday Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician, geometry 1792 Birthday Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary 1792 Birthday Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter 1791 Birthday Felix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance 1791 Birthday Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder 1790 Birthday John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist 1784 Birthday Francois-Joseph Fetis, Belgian musicology/composer 1782 Birthday Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary, Souvenirs 1779 Birthday Frans van Campenhout, Belgian vocalist/composer, Brabanconne 1770 Death Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 1768 Birthday Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general, Maastricht 1768 Death Francois de Cuvillies, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies 1735 Birthday Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author 1732 Death Eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58 1722 Birthday Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian 1719 Death Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59 1710 Birthday Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer 1695 Birthday Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern 1674 Birthday Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo 1674 Death Charles de Mean, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 1660 Birthday Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans 1648 Death Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 1589 Death Michael Bajus, Michel de Bay, Belgian theologist, dies at 76? 1589 Death Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies 1580 Birthday Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, found boiling pt temp 1574 Birthday Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter 1544 Death Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 1288 Death Beatrice van Kortrok/Brabant, Belgian wife of king Henry, dies at 63 1260 Death Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies 1192 Death Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27 1058 Death Stephen IX, Frederik van Lotharingen, 1st Belgian Pope (1057-58), dies
