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- 1601: start of the Siege of Ostend, ending after three years with a Spanish victory, but at a cost of 60,000 dead or wounded Spaniards and 30,000 dead or wounded Dutch
- 1625: death of Cornelis Verdonck, late Renaissance composer
- 1793: death of Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, sculptor and architect
- 1886: birth of Felix Timmermans, author
- 1923: birth of Gustaaf Joos, priest, made cardinal by John Paul II with whom he had studied and had become befriended
- 1929: birth of Jacqueline Harpman, writer
- 1964: birth of Filip De Wilde, goal keeper with R.S.C. Anderlecht, played 33 times for the Belgium national football team
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