1985 Death Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67 1943 Event German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor 1924 Event Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead 1865 Event Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 1520 Event 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain