1988 Event KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II 1961 Death Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal and archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 1944 Event Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz 1942 Event 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium 1942 Event 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz 1827 Birthday Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal 1579 Event Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma 1572 Event Spanish army under Alva's son Don Frederik plunders Mechelen 1572 Event Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen 1301 Death Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle
