1961 Event 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium 1938 Death Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies 1921 Event New rules of language assumed, equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium 1489 Event Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings 1303 Event Flemings conquers Middelburg