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- 1352: death of Gilles Li Muisis, chronicler and poet
- 1564: death of Andreas Vesalius, anatomist
- 1690: death of Antony Francis van der Meulen, painter
- 1945: birth of Luc Van den Brande, politician, Minister-President of Flanders between 1992 and 1999
- 1946: birth of Georges Pintens, cyclist, winner of the Tour de Suisse and Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1950: death of Clément Doucet, pianist
- 1957: death of Henry van de Velde, architect and interior designer, pioneer of the Art Nouveau
- 1972: birth of Sandra Kim, singer, winner of the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest
- 1980: birth of Tom Boonen (pictured), cyclist, World Champion 2005, winner of the Tour of Flanders in 2005 and 2006, and winner of Paris–Roubaix in 2005
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