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Gent

1996 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal, dies at 64 1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium 1975 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82 1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium 1973 Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70 1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent 1948 Christopher Gent, CEO, Vodafone Group 1932 Melvin Van Peebles, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, Sophisticated Gent 1931 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal 1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control 1914 German troops occupy Gent 1859 Washington Irving, U.S. author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies 1817 University of Gent officially opens 1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent 1644 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent 1584 Gent surrenders to duke of Parma 1576 Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant 1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine, occupied Gent 1540 Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges 1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended 1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent 1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth 1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts 1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers 1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies 993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle

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