- 1603: death of Philippe de Monte, late Renaissance composer
- 1780: death of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1928: death of Alfred Lowenstein, businessman, Companion in the Order of the Bath, by falling out of his plane
- 1969: death of Georges Ronsse, cyclist, World Champion in 1928 and 1929
- 1978: birth of Émile Mpenza, soccer player with 51 appearances for the Belgium national football team