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2003 Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist

1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes

1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64

1994 Pieter de Cort, Belgian rock guitarist (Betty Goes Green), dies at 25

1994 Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96

1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74

1994 Noel Fore, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61

1993 Carmino Baelen, Belgian sleder, dies at 22

1993 Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26

1993 Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96

1993 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86

1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40

1993 Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns

1992 Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64

1992 Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70

1992 Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78

1992 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42

1992 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55

1992 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest

1991 Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies

1991 Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies

1991 Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63

1991 Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies

1991 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies

1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68

1991 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92

1990 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Neth actress (Pleasant Settled), dies at 79

1990 Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92

1990 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Med), dies at 88

1990 Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies

1989 Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered

1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86

1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed

1989 Stephane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped and murdered

1989 Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped

1988 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87

1987 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf

1987 Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40

1986 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 77

1986 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter, dies at 76

1986 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73

1986 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65

1986 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80

1986 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77

1986 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91

1986 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75

1986 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76

1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80

1986 Willem Pee, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83

1986 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64

1986 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87

1986 August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90

1986 Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian, dies at 56

1986 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53

1985 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83

1985 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67

1985 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53

1985 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83

1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este

1983 Kim Clijsters, Belgian Athlete

1983 Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84

1983 Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies

1983 Herge, [Georges Remi], Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75

1983 Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70

1983 Paul de Man, Belgian Critic

1983 August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79

1982 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41

1982 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73

1982 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies

1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies

1981 Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, dies at 41

1981 Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet, dies at 48

1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism

1981 Daniel Gilles, Belgian writer, dies at 64

1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78

1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83

1980 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer, dies at 43

1980 Belgian constitution revised

1980 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79

1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62

1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106

1979 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician, dies at 76

1979 Alfons Vranckx, Belgian politician, dies at 72

1978 Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49

1978 Johan Daisne, [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66

1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70

1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped

1978 Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68

1978 Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris

1977 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69

1976 Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter (Oly-silver-76), dies at 22

1976 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74

1976 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85

1976 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65

1975 Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77

1975 Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player, MVV

1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82

1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81

1974 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80

1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67

1973 Franca Fehlauer, born in Hamburg, Germany, golfer, Belgian International, Jr. champ 1991

1973 Belgian Emiel Puttemans runs 3000m indoor record 7:39.2

1972 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81

1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73

1972 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82

1972 Brian Molko, Belgian Musician

1971 Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer and conductor (Guerre), dies at 73

1971 Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48

1971 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78

1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66

1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83

1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France)

1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike

1969 Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies

1969 Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open

1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34

1968 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies

1968 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60

1968 Belgian construction workers strike

1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96

1968 Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71

1968 J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56

1968 Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83

1967 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78

1967 Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68

1967 Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered

1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme

1967 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60

1967 Luc Nilis, Belgian soccer player, RSC Anderlecht/PSV

1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87

1966 Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57

1966 Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player, Waregem, Roda JC

1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63

1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82

1966 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70

1966 George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79

1966 Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers

1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine

1964 Belgian para's liberate 1,000 white hostages in Stanleyville

1963 Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79

1963 Laurens BBM, Belgian prince/son of Albert II and Paola

1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State

1963 Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Le siecle of Gueux), dies at 89

1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations

1962 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation

1962 Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II

1962 Charles-Jean baron de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at 96

1962 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83

1961 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies

1961 Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90

1961 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42

1961 Leon Jeunehomme, Belgian teacher (Pedagogie en Cours), dies at 77

1961 Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash

1960 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian, painter/decorator, dies at 67

1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen

1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium

1960 BenoŒt van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist, New York Post

1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed

1960 Philip, Belgian prince/husband of princess Paola

1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

1960 Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor

1959 Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo

1959 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39

1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies

1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence

1958 Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns

1958 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70

1958 Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election

1958 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78

1958 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46

1958 Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52

1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast

1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61

1956 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73

1956 Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36

1956 Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels

1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80

1956 George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71

1956 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72

1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71

1955 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86

1955 Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise Courtenay], Belgian princess, dies at 81

1954 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot, dies at 54

1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government

1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns

1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88

1953 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die

1953 Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79

1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67

1953 Django Reinhardt, Belgian Musician

1953 Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Statesman

1952 August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58

1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82

1952 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75

1952 Belgian Pholien government resigns

1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66

1951 Last Belgian communities get electricity

1951 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65

1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75

1951 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73

1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66

1951 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65

1951 Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III

1951 Gerard Leman, Belgian general

1950 Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants

1950 Julien Lahaut, chairman Belgian Communist Party, murdered

1950 Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier

1950 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier

1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election

1950 Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright (Lesson Tombeaux), dies at 83

1950 Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist, Paris-Brussel '74

1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns

1950 Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist/actor, Brussels by Night

1949 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist

1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains)

1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist

1949 Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer, T C Matic

1949 Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner, 1972 Olympic-silver

1948 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns

1948 Belgian government of Spaak, forms

1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo

1948 Belgian government of Spaak resigns

1947 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78

1947 Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel

1947 Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79

1947 Jean-Franeois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86

1947 Belgian government of Spaak, forms

1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns

1946 Belgian Council of State forms

1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies

1946 Belgian government of Huysmans, forms

1946 Belgian government of Acker, resigns

1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over

1946 Van Acker forms Belgian government (without CVP)

1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms

1946 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns

1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms

1945 BenoŒt Lamy, Belgian director

1945 Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer, Accursed Fathers

1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms

1945 Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

1944 Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced

1944 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian, dies

1944 Iman J Van de Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter, dies

1944 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer/resistance fighter, murdered

1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80

1943 Joel Robert, Belgian motorcyclist

1943 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III

1943 Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed

1943 Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle

1943 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer

1943 Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged

1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged

1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged

1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed

1942 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Neth/French/Belgian painter's model, dies

1941 Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50

1941 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star

1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74

1940 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler

1940 Guido Provoost, Belgian historian

1940 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54

1939 Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69

1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines

1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government

1939 Belgian government of Pierlot falls

1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms

1939 Belgian Spaak government falls

1939 Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor

1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco

1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72

1938 Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands

1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44

1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail, dies at 81

1937 Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies

1937 Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier

1937 Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money

1937 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer

1937 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer, Labia Majora

1937 Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player

1937 Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at 76

1936 Belgian bishops condemn fascism and communism

1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid

1936 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms

1936 Wies Andersen, [Alois de Bois], Belgian actor/producer, Maigret

1934 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers)

1934 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer

1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies

1934 King Albert II, Belgian Royalty

1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor

1933 Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist, world champion, 1961

1933 Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet

1933 Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87

1932 Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter

1932 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended

1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders

1932 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56

1932 Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70

1932 Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host

1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69

1931 Belgian government of Jaspar falls

1931 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet

1930 Raymond Baervoets, Belgian composer, Metamorphoses

1930 Francoise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer, Signs and Wonders

1929 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76

1929 Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian

1928 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/president, l'ASIFA

1927 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director, Cobra

1927 Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik

1927 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies

1927 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty

1927 Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist

1926 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64

1926 Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies

1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes

1926 Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged

1926 Belgian NMBS/SNCFB forms

1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc

1926 Belgian government of Jaspar takes power

1926 Run on Belgian banks

1926 Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74

1926 Belgian chief of staff Gen Maglinse quits

1926 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties

1925 Belgian episcopelian sspeaks against Flemish activism

1925 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg

1925 Belgian and U.S. sign treaty about war debts

1925 Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor

1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election

1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72

1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo

1925 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism

1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer

1924 Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied

1923 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet

1923 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University

1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad

1923 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist

1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent

1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied

1923 French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations

1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent

1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite

1922 Jef Houthuys, chairman Belgian labor union, ACV 1968-87

1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2

1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer

1922 Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

1922 Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor

1922 Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85

1921 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63

1921 Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies

1921 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet

1921 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist

1921 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75

1920 Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician, Numbers Game

1920 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73

1920 Gerard Leman, Belgian general, dies

1920 Marcel Maeyer, [de Maeyer], Belgian sculptor/graphic artist

1920 Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV

1920 Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist, Tour de France 1955, 56

1919 Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies

1919 Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf

1919 Paul de Man, Belgian Critic

1918 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter

1917 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector, University of Leuven

1917 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician

1917 Daniel Gilles, Belgian writer

1917 Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist

1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III

1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61

1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa

1916 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies

1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa

1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast

1916 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75

1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed

1916 Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73

1915 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon

1915 Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-..

1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65

1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed

1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies

1914 Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre

1914 Belgian offensive from Antwerp

1914 Belgian offensive at Antwerp

1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops

1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks

1914 German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp

1914 Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp

1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught

1914 At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary

1914 German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice

1914 King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army

1914 Belgian government receives German ultimatum

1914 Gustave Camus, Belgian painter

1914 Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist

1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index

1914 Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer

1913 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies

1913 Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France

1913 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician

1913 Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist, Suske and Wiske

1912 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83

1912 Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer, magic realism

1912 Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist, Tour de France 1935

1912 Louis Antoine, Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65

1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61

1912 Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary, Les Gens Heureux

1912 Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist, Humanism et saintete

1912 Rene Gabriels, Belgian billiard pro, 7 World/9 European championships

1911 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs

1911 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince

1911 J Borremans, Belgian politician, communist, /MP

1911 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress, Pleasantly Settled

1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day

1910 Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader

1910 Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi

1910 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies

1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies

1910 Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies

1910 Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist

1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights

1909 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter

1909 Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist

1909 French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist

1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, champ sprinter 1932-37,

1908 Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80

1908 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker

1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo

1908 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician

1908 Paul Hardy, Belgian writer, Best of Painted Furniture

1908 Frederic Anspach, Belgian tenor

1907 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher

1907 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies

1907 Herge, [Georges Remi], Belgian cartoonist, Kuifje

1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government

1907 Marion Coulon, Belgian theoriest, Jeunesse la derive

1907 Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor, Charles V

1907 Alfonse Vranckx, Belgian lawyer/politician

1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo

1906 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician

1906 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64

1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies

1906 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ

1906 Francis Walder, [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author

1906 Marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess

1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian

1906 Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession

1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail

1906 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond

1906 Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78

1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer, Mater Dolorosa

1905 Robert Houben, Belgian CVP-minister of Public health, 1958

1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73

1905 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director, Evil Eye

1905 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75

1905 Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses MaŒtres

1904 Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer, Les Biches

1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo

1903 King Leopold II deny Belgian cruelty in Congo

1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state

1903 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician

1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo

1903 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany, dies at 72

1903 Willem Pee, Belgian linguist

1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer

1902 Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic, Temps Humain

1902 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist

1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58

1902 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet, Sorcier Triste

1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66

1901 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer

1901 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer

1901 Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder, Club Mediterranee

1901 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador

1901 Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer, Le burlador

1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist

1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer

1901 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer, L'amour responsable

1900 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot

1899 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55

1898 Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter, This is Not a Pipe

1898 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter

1898 Geo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer, Les oignons

1898 August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP

1898 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81

1898 Achiel H. Acker, born in Belgian premier, 1945-46, 1954-58

1898 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre

1898 George van Derton, Belgian

1898 George van Derton, Belgian racer, won 500 race

1897 Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker

1897 Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright, Le Canari et le Cerise

1897 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer, Little Emperor

1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown

1897 Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter, surrealist

1897 Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet, Statue of Fatigue

1896 Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81

1896 Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer

1895 August De Boodt, Belgian politician

1895 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player

1895 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68

1895 Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies

1895 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73

1895 Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian

1894 Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot, Eagle of Flanders

1894 Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar

1894 Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor, Iron Tower

1894 British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa

1894 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian attorney/minister of colonization

1893 Jean Absil, Belgian composer, Peau d'Ane

1893 August Balthazar, Belgian politician

1893 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor

1893 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor, Sereniteit

1893 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist and decorator

1892 ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered

1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered

1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed

1892 Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39

1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer

1892 Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72

1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot

1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80

1891 Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle

1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77

1891 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian

1891 Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter

1891 Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet, Parfum des Buis

1890 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter

1890 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71

1890 Cesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67

1890 Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85

1890 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory, Orfeo

1889 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor

1888 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies

1888 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi

1887 Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont and Receiver), dies at 77

1887 Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer

1887 George Creten, Belgian sculptor and painter

1886 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright, Le Cocu Magnificent

1886 Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90

1886 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany

1886 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy

1885 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85

1885 Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman, Belgian Workers Party

1885 Ernest Claes, Belgian author, Saints from Zichem

1885 Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union

1885 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic

1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State

1885 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader

1884 Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier, 1950-52, /communist hunter

1884 Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister

1884 George Al Sarton, Belgian/US historian

1884 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist

1884 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, Adriaan Brouwer, or 5/10

1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo

1884 Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77

1884 Herman Courtens, Belgian painter

1883 Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier, 1939-45

1883 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert

1883 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer, Antwerp Devil

1883 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist

1882 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza

1882 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor, Virgin Doll

1882 Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday

1881 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61

1880 Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76

1879 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of N˜verheid/mayor

1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer, Sun

1878 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary, Hadewych

1878 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist

1878 Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian President of IOC, 1925-42

1878 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician

1877 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot

1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet, L'homme Jeune

1876 Albert E Michotte van den Berck, Belgian psychologist

1876 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)

1876 Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist

1876 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70

1875 Georges Rency, Belgian poet

1875 Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo

1875 Jean van den Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter

1875 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author, Un homme si simple

1874 Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra

1874 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer

1873 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect

1873 Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo, 1921-39

1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier, 1946-47

1871 Francois-Joseph Fetis, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87

1871 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76

1870 Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist, syphillis, Nobel 1919

1870 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68

1870 Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron

1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party

1869 Adolphe Max, Belgian Rep, Lib

1869 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72

1869 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette

1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State

1869 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist

1869 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64

1869 Henry graaf Carton de Wiart, Belgian literary/premier, 1920-21

1869 Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian indologist

1868 Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount, jurist and minister

1868 Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian

1867 Valere-Gille, Belgian playwright, La Corbeille d'Octobre

1867 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist

1867 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50

1866 Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party

1865 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor

1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74

1863 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist, bakelite

1862 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium

1862 Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer, Sous la robe

1862 Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier, 1931-32

1862 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter, pointillism

1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist

1862 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet, Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya

1861 French Gailliard, Belgian painter, Zeustempel in Athens

1861 Ursmer Berliere, Belgian historian, Monastican Belgium

1861 Leopold Courouble, Belgian writer, Family Kaekebroeck

1859 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50

1858 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor

1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer

1857 Felix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65

1856 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT

1855 Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian

1855 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer, Les Flammes Hautes

1854 Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician

1854 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer, Jeune Belgium

1854 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer

1852 Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro

1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister

1852 Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83

1851 Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal

1851 Frans Schollaert, Belgian premier, 1908-11

1851 Gerard Leman, Belgian count/general

1849 Albert J-BJ Th˜s, Belgian colonial pioneer, Congo

1849 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44

1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69

1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer, Limburg's coal basin

1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader

1846 Belgian Liberal Party forms

1845 John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde

1845 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator

1844 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer, 1st railway Congo.

1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress, Bad Herders

1843 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician

1842 Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist

1842 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel

1841 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus

1840 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50

1837 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP

1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice

1836 Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer, La forge Roussel

1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized

1835 Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator

1835 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior

1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws

1832 Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer, Bibliotheca Belgian

1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army

1831 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor

1830 Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37

1830 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany

1830 Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp

1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet, International

1829 August Beernaert, Belgian premier, 1884-94, Nobel-1909

1828 Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80

1828 Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer, Le diable au moulin

1826 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist

1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter

1822 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter

1820 Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope, in Rome

1819 Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist

1819 Johann A. H. Scheler, Belgian librarian

1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister, 1870-71

1817 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist, Brussels

1816 French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect

1814 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter

1813 Louis-Alexandre Crette, Belgian porselein painter, dies at about 55

1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice

1810 Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor

1808 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist

1807 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert

1806 Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet, La Belgium

1805 Charles Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian

1804 Desire de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader

1804 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general, Triangulatie of Belgium

1803 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80

1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice

1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer

1800 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian

1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer and conductor

1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology

1795 Joannes A. Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond

1795 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, 10 day campaign

1794 Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician, geometry

1792 Frederic L G, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary

1792 Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter

1791 Felix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance

1791 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder

1790 John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist

1784 Francois-Joseph Fetis, Belgian musicology/composer

1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary, Souvenirs

1779 Frans van Campenhout, Belgian vocalist/composer, Brabanconne

1770 Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60

1768 Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general, Maastricht

1768 Francois de Cuvillies, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies

1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author

1732 Eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58

1722 Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian

1719 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59

1710 Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer

1695 Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern

1674 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo

1674 Charles de Mean, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69

1660 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans

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