- 1651: birth of François Baert, Bollandist, collaborator to the Acta Sanctorum
- 1689: at the Battle of Walcourt, the English and Dutch forces beat the French army
- 1830: start of the Belgian Revolution after a performance of the opera La Muette de Portici in Brussels
- 1842: death of Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny, composer and music theorist
- 1940: birth of José Van Dam, baritone singer
- 1947: death of Franz Cumont, archaeologist