- 1514: death of Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg, philanthropist
- 1605: birth of Philip IV of Spain, King of Spain and ruler over most of the current territory of Belgium
- 1816: death of Saint Julie Billiart, founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
- 1870: death of Charles de Bériot, violinist
- 1875: birth of Albert I of Belgium, third King of Belgium between 1909 and 1934
- 1898: birth of Achille Van Acker, politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1945 and 1946, and between 1954 and 1958