Belgian History

Historical Events

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• 1057-08-02 Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium Pope Stephen IX [X]
• 1302-07-11 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium. Flemish coalition defeat French army
• 1357-06-03 Peace of Ath signed (in modern Belgium), settles Brabant succession
• 1370-05-22 Jews are expelled and massacred in Brussels, Belgium
• 1488-02-05 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
• 1549-07-17 Jews are expelled from Ghent, Belgium
• 1566-08-20 Iconoclasm reaches Antwerp, Belgium
• 1567-08-08 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels, Belgium
• 1574-05-30 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
• 1584-07-10 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquers Liefkenshoek, Belgium
• 1786-09-05 Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
• 1790-01-11 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
• 1795-10-01 Belgium is conquered by France.
• 1814-08-01 Belgian King Willem I accepts blame in Southern defeat
• 1814-08-08 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
• 1815-03-16 Willem I proclaimed King of the Netherlands, including Belgium


• 1830-08-25 Belgium revolts against Netherlands and begins the Belgian Revolution
• 1830-10-04 Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands
• 1830-10-26 Belgian rebels occupy Antwerp
• 1830-10-27 Major-General Baron D Chasse bombs Antwerp (Belgium revolution)
• 1830-12-20 Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium
• 1831-02-07 Belgium adopts its Constitution
• 1831-06-04 National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
• 1831-07-21 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
• 1831-08-02 Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium
• 1831-08-08 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgians
• 1831-08-12 Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty
• 1832-11-23 French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium
• 1833-11-18 Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
• 1834-05-01 Belgian parliament accepts railway laws
• 1834-05-08 Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
• 1839-04-19 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
• 1842-11-08 Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
• 1846-06-14 Belgian Liberal Party forms
• 1865-07-26 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st African American awarded PhD (from University of Leuven, Belgium)
• 1870-07-02 Jules Joseph d'Anethan is elected the tenth Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1871-01-01 Belgium disbands salt tax
• 1876-09-26 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux)
• 1882-09-12 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza
• 1884-04-10 US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
• 1885-02-05 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession


• 1885-02-26 Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain
• 1885-05-02 Congo Free State formed by King Leopold II of Belgium
• 1888-09-19 One of first known modern beauty contests held in Spa, Belgium
• 1888-12-30 Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star
• 1889-12-13 Belgium rules on women and child labor law
• 1890-07-03 King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium
• 1892-11-23 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
• 1894-04-12 British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central Africa
• 1894-12-09 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
• 1895-08-30 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
• 1896-11-11 Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War
• 1897-10-15 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown
• 1898-07-22 Crew of Belgium RV Belgica see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs - 1st expedition to endure Antarctic winter
• 1899-01-24 Belgium government of Vandenpeereboom forms
• 1900-05-28 In China, rioters provoked by Boxers burn the Fengtai Railway Station, where many Belgians work
• 1901-10-18 Belgium's Louise of den Plas begins activities towards women rights
• 1902-04-08 Demonstration organised by socialists in Belgium as people demand better education, living conditions, the right to strike and universal male suffrage result in a riot and some deaths
• 1902-11-15 Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
• 1903-05-20 Britain's House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill treatment of natives in Belgium's colony in the Congo Free State
• 1903-06-29 British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo
• 1903-09-19 King Leopold II denies Belgian cruelty in Congo
• 1903-12-12 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
• 1904-04-26 Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
• 1904-07-05 British Isles beats Belgium 5-0 at Wimbledon to win the International Lawn Tennis Challenge (later Davis Cup)
• 1905-04-30 First official soccer game between neighbouring countries Belgium-Netherlands; Dutch win, 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
• 1906-04-19 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
• 1906-06-03 Belgian King Leopold II claims Congo as his private possession
• 1906-10-28 Belgian-British "Union Minière du Haut Katanga" mining company created in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo
• 1906-12-09 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo
• 1907-04-12 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer resigns
• 1907-05-01 Belgium government of De Trooz forms
• 1907-05-02 Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government
• 1908-01-09 Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium
• 1908-05-24 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
• 1908-05-31 Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
• 1908-08-20 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
• 1908-10-18 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
• 1908-10-20 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
• 1909-05-01 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
• 1909-06-27 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Neth (Belgium count De Lambert)
• 1909-12-17 Leopold II, king of Belgium, died in Laeken after a reign of exactly 44 years
• 1909-12-23 Albert I becomes the third King of the Belgians
• 1910-04-27 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights
• 1911-01-01 Belgian Mining law introduces 9½ hour work day
• 1911-06-08 Belgium government of Schollaert falls
• 1911-06-17 Belgium government of De Broqueville forms
• 1912-07-28 10th Tour de France won by Odile Defraye of Belgium
• 1913-04-14 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
• 1913-07-27 11th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
• 1914-01-26 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
• 1914-07-26 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
• 1914-08-02 Belgian government receives German ultimatum
• 1914-08-03 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German Army leading to their invasion hours later
• 1914-08-03 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, beginning World War I
• 1914-08-04 WWI: German army shoots Belgian priests and burns down village of Battice
• 1914-08-04 WWI: Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
• 1914-08-04 WWI: King Albert I becomes Supreme Commander of Belgian army after German declaration of war

• 1914-08-05 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium

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Famous Birthdays

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• 0686-08-23 Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne, born in Herstal, Belgium (d. 741)
• 1340-07-18 Philip van Artevelde, Flemish leader and wine salesman, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1382)
• 1480-01-10 Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, born in City of Brussels, Belgium (d. 1530)
• 1495-12-05 Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian, born in Diest, Belgium (d. 1542)
• 1507-11-25 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1581)
• 1512-03-05 Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
• 1513-07-09 John van Hembyze, Flemish Calvinist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1584)
• 1514-12-31 Andreas Vesalius [Andries van Wesel], Flemish-Netherlandish physician and anatomist (De humani corporis fabrica), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1564)
• 1527-04-14 Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities (Theatrum orbis terrarum), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1598)
• 1550-06-28 Johannes van den Driesche, Flemish Hebraist, born in Oudenarde, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1616)
• 1561-08-25 Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1632)
• 1571-07-16 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1633)
• 1573-10-03 Entonius Walaeus, Dutch Calvinist theologist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1639)
• 1573-10-11 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman and lawyer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1655)
• 1574-01-23 Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Belgian painter, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1643)
• 1577-05-01 François de Kinschot, Dutch jurist and chancellor of Brabant, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1654)
• 1580-06-06 Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer, the crater Vendelinus on the Moon is named after him, born in Herk-de-Stad, Belgium (d. 1667)
• 1596-09-28 Vredius [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian and mayor of Brugge, born in Brugge, Belgium (d. 1652)
• 1597-03-01 Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
• 1602-05-26 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1674)
• 1612-06-23 André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
• 1615-03-06 Jan Zoet, Dutch actor, author, playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), born in Flanders, Belgium (d. 1674)
• 1619-08-15 Hubertus Quellinus, Flemish cartoonist and painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1687)
• 1623-03-14 Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1668)
• 1626-01-16 Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter (Wooded Landscape), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1699)
• 1638-07-10 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1685)
• 1660-02-15 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
• 1674-06-22 Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, born in Brussels (d. 1732)
• 1679-11-13 Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, Cardinal- Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1759)
• 1690-09-12 Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1775)
• 1694-11-10 Jean-Laurent Krafft, composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1768)
• 1700-06-04 Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1759)
• 1705-09-19 Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1786)
• 1710-04-15 Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French dancer, born in Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1770)
• 1711-07-18 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, born in Soignies, Belgium (d. 1765)
• 1720-12-04 Jean-Jacques Robson, Flemish composer, born in Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1785)
• 1722-07-22 Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian
• 1727-04-03 Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter and engraver, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1801)
• 1733-10-03 François Krafft, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium
• 1734-01-17 Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza)
• 1735-05-23 Charles Joseph, 7th Prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal and author, born in Brussels (d. 1814)
• 1736-06-05 Corneille-François de Nélis, Flemish scholar and bishop of Antwerp, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1798)
• 1737-07-15 Louise of Orléans, Daughter of King Louis XV and Queen of Belgium, born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1787)
• 1748-04-20 Guillaume Albert Teniers, Flemish composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1820)
• 1755-10-31 Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist, born in Zottergem, Belgium (d. 1846)
• 1758-11-07 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker and politician, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1837)
• 1760-11-09 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1848)
• 1762-09-16 Charles de Merode, Earl of Merode, Mayor of Brussels and French senator, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1830)
• 1767-12-29 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, Belgian-born French composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1866)
• 1768-08-27 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Maastricht), born in Corbeil-Essonnes, France (d. 1852)
• 1772-10-25 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer; (d. 1849)
• 1775-05-01 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, Flemish composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1836)
• 1776-05-13 Charles Ots, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1845)
• 1777-05-04 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1852)
• 1779-10-10 Antoine Philippe Vischer, comte de Celles, Belgian-French politician, born in Brussels (d. 1841)
• 1780-01-14 Francois-Joseph Dizi, Belgian composer, born in Namur, Belgium (d. 1840)
• 1782-08-15 Henri de Mérode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) (d. 1847)
• 1787-08-24 James Weddell, British sailor and Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 1834)
• 1789-10-14 Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium (d. 1865)
• 1790-04-30 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), born in Haslingden, Lancs, England (d. 1840)
• 1790-12-16 Leopold I, King of Belgium (1831-65), born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
• 1791-02-01 Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
• 1791-04-13 Félix de Mérode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, born in Maastricht, Belgium (d. 1857)
• 1792-02-12 Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter
• 1792-06-09 Frederic de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary, born in Maastricht (d. 1830)
• 1793-07-30 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1861)
• 1794-04-12 Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), born in Paris (d. 1847)
• 1795-02-15 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
• 1795-08-28 Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, born in Bree, Belgium (d. 1886)
• 1796-02-22 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), born in Ghent, French Republic (d. 1874)
• 1797-04-17 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)
• 1800-03-12 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
• 1801-10-14 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1883)
• 1802-01-19 [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgium min of Foreign affairs (1831)
• 1802-02-20 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
• 1802-07-12 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)
• 1803-04-23 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1888)
• 1803-10-25 Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Daisies, Avondlamp), born in Diksmuide, Belgium (d. 1884)
• 1804-04-23 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)
• 1804-05-05 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1886)
• 1804-07-04 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, born in Ypres, Belgium (d. 1890)
• 1804-10-28 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve)
• 1806-01-05 André Henri Constant van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium), born in Maastricht, Meuse-Inférieure (d. 1874)
• 1807-01-12 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert
• 1807-06-06 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1866)
• 1808-01-11 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist
• 1809-02-15 André Dumont, Belgian geologist, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1857)
• 1810-01-05 Auguste Mermet, French opera composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1889)
• 1810-07-11 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1882)
• 1811-09-06 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot), born in Auderghem, Belgium (d. 1890)
• 1811-11-10 Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (d. 1882)
• 1812-03-10 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice
• 1812-04-03 Louisa Maria, Queen of Belgium (1832-50), Wife of Leopold I), born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1850)
• 1813-08-21 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1891)
• 1813-12-29 Etienne-Joseph Soubre, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1871)
• 1814-01-30 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)
• 1814-05-30 Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1894)
• 1814-11-06 Adolphe Sax, Belgium musician and inventor (saxophone), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1894)
• 1816-07-11 French-Andries Durlet, Belgian sculptor and architect, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1867)
• 1817-02-19 Willem III, last male King of the Netherlands (1849-90), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1890)

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Famous Weddings

• 1477-08-16 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, weds Mary of Burgundy, the heiress to the Duchy of Burgundy in Ghent, Belgium
• 1816-05-02 Léopold (Léopold I)of Saxe-Coburg, 1st King of Belgium following independence from the Netherlands marries British Princess Charlotte Augusta
• 1832-08-09 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria

• 1875-02-04 Princess Louise of Belgium marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belgium
• 1894-05-28 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
• 1900-10-02 Belgium crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern

• 1926-11-10 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
• 1930-01-08 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
• 1941-09-11 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
• 1941-12-06 King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
• 1959-07-02 Belgian Albert, Prince of Liège marries Dona Paola, Princess Ruffo di Calabria in Brussels
• 1960-12-15 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon

• 1999-12-04 Philippe, Duke of Brabant and heir apparent to Belgium throne marries the honourable Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

• 2003-04-12 Prince Laurent of Belgium (39) weds land surveyor Claire Coombs (29) in Brussels, Belgium
• 2006-11-07 NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon (38) weds Belgian model and actress Ingrid Vandebosch (36) at the Hacienda de San Antonio Resort in Colima, Mexico
• 2012-10-19 Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg Prince Guillaume (30) weds Countess of Belgium Stephanie de Lannoy (28) in a civil ceremony at the Hotel De Ville in Luxembourg
• 2016-06-18 Daughter of the Prince Michel de Ligne, Princess Alix de Ligne of Belgium (31) weds Earl Guillaume de Dampierre (31) at St Peter's Church in Belgium

Famous Deaths

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• 0659-03-17 Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess, patron saint of travellers, dies at about 32
• 1058-03-29 Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belgium Pope (1057-58), dies
• 1192-11-24 Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
• 1260-02-19 Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies
• 1472-04-06 Pieter Bladelin, Belgian land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
• 1544-05-29 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
• 1567-05-31 Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
• 1589-07-01 Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
• 1643-09-16 Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Belgian painter, dies at 69
• 1648-04-22 Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69
• 1719-09-19 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
• 1732-09-12 Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58
• 1759-01-05 Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, Cardinal- Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium, dies at 79
• 1770-04-28 Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French dancer, dies at 60
• 1781-10-27 Herman-Francois Delange, Belgian composer, dies at 66
• 1803-06-08 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80
• 1812-04-02 Louise of Orléans, Daughter of King Louis XV and Queen of Belgium, dies at 38
• 1814-12-13 Charles Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgium fieldmarshal and author, dies at 79
• 1820-09-17 Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76
• 1828-09-04 Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80
• 1830-11-04 Frederic de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37
• 1840-06-19 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), dies at 50
• 1841-11-01 Antoine Philippe Vischer, comte de Celles, Belgian-French politician, dies at 61
• 1847-02-15 Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), dies at 52
• 1847-09-23 Henri de Mérode, Belgium revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)
• 1848-04-24 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69
• 1848-09-11 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, dies at 87
• 1849-02-15 Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
• 1850-10-11 Louisa Maria, Queen of Belgium (1832-50), Wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
• 1852-05-06 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Belgian composer, dies at 75
• 1852-07-19 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
• 1857-02-07 Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
• 1857-02-28 André Dumont, Belgian geologist, dies at 48
• 1859-01-08 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
• 1861-03-10 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, dies at 67
• 1865-04-26 Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
• 1865-12-10 Leopold I, King of Belgium (1831-65), dies at 74
• 1866-11-26 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, dies at 59
• 1867-03-02 French-Andries Durlet, Belgian sculptor and architect, dies at 50
• 1869-03-19 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), dies at 64
• 1869-10-23 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer, dies at 72
• 1870-04-08 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68
• 1871-02-26 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
• 1871-04-08 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, dies at 68
• 1873-03-20 Adolphe Fétis, Belgian-French pianist and composer, dies at 52
• 1874-02-17 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), dies at 77
• 1874-07-11 Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
• 1876-01-10 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
• 1880-05-20 Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76
• 1881-06-06 Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61
• 1882-03-02 Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, dies at 70
• 1882-07-11 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
• 1883-09-15 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), dies at 81
• 1884-03-31 Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
• 1885-12-24 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
• 1886-06-18 Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
• 1887-11-20 Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
• 1888-10-08 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies at 85
• 1889-04-15 Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)
• 1889-10-03 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), dies at 66
• 1890-03-22 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, dies at 85
• 1890-06-28 Edouard Gregoir, Belgian composer, dies at 67
• 1890-11-08 Caesar Franck, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonic Variations), dies at 67
• 1890-11-16 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
• 1891-01-23 Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Count of Flaanders, dies at 21
• 1891-07-31 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, dies at 77
• 1891-12-17 Msiri, ruler of the Garanganze Kingdom, Congo (Katanga), dies in battle against Belgian funded expedition
• 1891-12-17 Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle against Msiri, ruler of Garanganze Kingdom in the Congo
• 1892-06-16 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
• 1892-10-04 Guillaume Van Kerckhoven, Belgian captain, dies at 39
• 1892-12-01 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
• 1894-02-04 Adolphe Sax, Belgium musician and inventor (saxophone), dies at 79
• 1894-02-14 Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), dies at 79
• 1895-05-24 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter (landscape paintings), dies at 73
• 1895-09-17 Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies
• 1895-11-25 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68
• 1896-06-26 Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81
• 1897-07-12 Félix Godefroid, Belgian harpist and composer, dies at 78
• 1898-05-01 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels), dies at 81
• 1898-09-11 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, Belgian composer, dies at 74
• 1899-11-19 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55
• 1900-08-19 Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, dies at 67
• 1901-01-20 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (Gramme dynamo), dies at 74
• 1901-05-30 Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)
• 1902-01-09 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
• 1902-09-19 Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
• 1902-10-31 Jean-Baptist Colyns, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 67
• 1903-07-09 Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist, dies at 60
• 1904-06-12 Camille de Renesse, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur, dies at 67
• 1905-02-18 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75
• 1905-04-04 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, dies at 73
• 1906-01-25 Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal Primate of Belgium, dies at 78
• 1906-08-24 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies
• 1906-11-09 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64
• 1907-06-14 A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
• 1907-12-31 Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63
• 1908-12-24 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), dies at 80
• 1909-07-23 Ernest F Cambier, Belgian colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65
• 1909-12-14 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
• 1909-12-17 Leopold II, King of Belgium (1865-1909), dies at 74

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