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The "Boekentoren" (Library Tower) of the Ghent University, designed by Henry Van de Velde
- 680: death of Saint Ghislain, confessor and anchorite in the current village Saint-Ghislain
- 1212: death of Philip I of Namur, margrave of Namur
- 1623: birth of Ferdinand Verbiest, Jesuit missionary in China, famous as astronomer, scientist and inventor
- 1817: foundation of the Ghent University
- 1914: World War I: Siege of Antwerp - Antwerp falls to German troops
- 1937: death of August de Boeck, impressionist composer
- 1939: birth of Pierre Mertens, writer
- 1957: birth of Herman Brusselmans, writer
- 1977: death of Placide Tempels, missionary, author of Bantu Philosophy
- 1978: death of Jacques Brel, songwriter and actor, on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
- 1985: death of Ludo Coeck, soccer player, played 46 times for the Belgium national football team
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