Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/June

These are the selected anniversaries for June that appear on the Belgium portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

June 1

• 1963: birth of Vital Borkelmans, footballer, played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups
• 1965: death of Curly Lambeau, son of Belgian immigrants in the US who became the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional football team
• 1973: birth of Frederik Deburghgraeve, swimmer, winner of the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
• 1982: birth of Justine Henin-Hardenne, tennis player, winner of five Grand Slam singles titles and the gold medal in women's singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• 1983: death of Prince Charles of Belgium (pictured), Prince Regent of Belgium from 1944 till 1950

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June 2

• 1958: birth of Jo Vandeurzen, politician, as of 2006 chairman of Christian Democratic and Flemish, one of the main Flemish political parties
• 1971: death of Charles Dekeukeleire, film director

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June 3

• 1688: death of Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
• 1963: birth of Rudy Demotte, politician

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June 4

• 1749: death of Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1831: Leopold I is elected as the first King of the Belgians by the National Congress
• 1933: birth of Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
• 1940: birth of John Massis, teeth acrobat
• 1981: birth of Christophe Soumillon, jockey

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June 5

• 1568: death by decapitation of Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, statesmen
• 1947: birth of Maurice Martens, soccer player, selected 26 times for the Belgium national football team
• 1962: birth of Princess Astrid of Belgium
• 1973: birth of Gella Vandecaveye, judoka, winner of the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
• 2002: death of Gaston Geens, politician, Minister-president of Flanders between 1981 and 1992
• 2004: Olivier Rochus and Xavier Malisse win the men's doubles at the Roland Garros Tournament

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June 6

• 1251: death of William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders
• 1580: birth of Godefroy Wendelin, astronomer
• 1807: birth of Adrien-François Servais, called "the Paganini of the cello" by Hector Berlioz
• 1881: death of Henri Vieuxtemps, violinist, teacher of Eugène Ysaÿe
• 1934: birth of Albert II, King of the Belgians since 1993
• 1950: birth of Chantal Akerman, film director

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June 7

• 1337: death of William I, Count of Hainaut
• 1607: death of Johannes Matelart, Renaissance composer
• 1840: birth of Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico
• 1917: start of the Battle of Messines with the explosion of 455 tons of ammonal, killing about 10,000 German troops and creating what was possibly the loudest man-made noise made up to that date
• 1931: the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is unveiled
• 1944: King Leopold III of Belgium is deported with his family to Germany
• 2002: death of Mary Lilian Baels, Princess de Réthy, controversial second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium

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June 8

• 1696: birth of Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1849: birth of Julien Dillens, sculptor
• 1903: birth of Marguerite Yourcenar, writer
• 1923: birth of Karel Goeyvaerts, composer
• 1964: birth of Fabrizio Cassol, jazz saxophone player and composer
• 1983: birth of Kim Clijsters, tennis player; former world number 1 ranked

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June 9

• 1580: birth of Daniel Heinsius, Renaissance scholar, working in Holland
• 1971: birth of Gilles De Bilde, footballer, played with the Belgian national team and was in the team for Euro 2000, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1994

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June 10

• 1742: death of François Roettiers, late Baroque painter
• 1931: birth of Gaston Geens, politician, Minister-president of Flanders between 1981 and 1992
• 2006: abduction of Nathalie Mahy and Stacy Lemmens, aged 10 and 7; their murdered bodies were discovered on June 28, 2006

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June 11

• 888: death of Rimbert, saint
• 1403: birth of John IV, Duke of Brabant, founder of the Catholic University of Leuven
• 1928: birth of Queen Fabiola of Belgium, consort of King Baudouin of Belgium
• 2005: Libération journalist Florence Aubenas is released in Iraq after being held hostage for over five months

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June 12

• 1968: Cyclist Eddy Merckx becomes the first Belgian ever to win the Giro d'Italia
• 1990: Belgium wins its first match in the 1990 FIFA World Cup against South Korea with 2-0

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June 13

• 823: birth of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia
• 1142: death of Godfrey II of Leuven, Count of Leuven, landgrave of Brabant and margrave of Antwerp
• 1870: birth of Jules Bordet, immunologist and microbiologist, received the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1901: birth of Lode Zielens, writer and journalist
• 1913: death of Camille Lemonnier, writer and poet
• 1914: birth of Constant Vanden Stock, brewer, former president and player with R.S.C. Anderlecht, former coach of the Belgium national football team between 1958 and 1968
• 1952: birth of Jean-Marie Dedecker, judo coach and politician

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June 14

• 1594: death of Orlandus Lassus, one of the main Renaissance composers
• 1769: birth of Lieven Bauwens, early industrial spy
• 1907: death of Adolf Daens, priest, one of the originators of Christian Socialism in Flanders
• 1952: birth of Madani Bouhouche, convicted for two murders and suspected of connections with the Nijvel gang
• 1985: the Schengen Agreement is signed by Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
• 2006: death of Jean Roba, comics artist, best known for Boule et Bill

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June 15

• 1467: death of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Flanders and margrave of Antwerp, joined most of the current territory of Belgium into the Duchy of Burgundy
• 1906: birth of Léon Degrelle, founder of Rex, Nazi, and Holocaust denier
• 1943: birth of Johnny Hallyday, singer, of Belgian descent but as of 2006 still with the French nationality
• 1948: birth of Paul Michiels, singer of Soulsister
• 1965: birth of Annelies Bredael, rower, silver medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
• 1992: death of Jean Aerts, cyclist, World Champion in 1935

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June 16

• 1815: Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before Waterloo
• 1884: Jules Malou becomes the Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1982: birth of Stein Huysegems, footballer

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June 17

• 1944: birth of Annemie Neyts, politician, as of 2006 president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
• 1945: birth of Eddy Merckx, cyclist, five times winner of the Tour de France, three times winner of the World Cycling Championship
• 1976: birth of Sven Nys, cyclo-cross racer, World Champion in 2005

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June 18

• 1464: death of Roger van der Weyden, painter
• 1815: at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the combined troops of the United Kingdom, the United Netherlands, and Prussia
• 1848: birth of Jacques Bouhy, baritone, one of the main stars in the first performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet
• 1865: death of Antoine Wiertz, Romantic painter and sculptor
• 1930: foundation of the INR, the national broadcasting company, forerunner of the VRT and the RTBF
• 1971: birth of C.J. Bolland, music producer and remixer
• 1975: birth of Marie Gillain, actress and model
• 1997: death of Edmond Leburton, politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1973 and 1974

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June 19

• 1369: marriage of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (pictured) and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, thereby joining Flanders to the Duchy of Burgundy
• 1862: birth of Paul Saintenoy, architect
• 1967: birth of Emilio Ferrera, soccer player and coach, as of 2006 coach of Club Brugge

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June 20

• 840: death of Louis the Pious, emperor, King of the Franks
• 1638: at the Battle of Kallo, the Austrian forces defeated the Dutch troops near Antwerp during the Eighty Years' War
• 1966: death of Georges Lemaître, astronomer, originator of the Big Bang theory
• 1980: death of Jijé, comics artist of Spirou et Fantasio, father of the Marcinelle school

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June 21

• 1903: death of Henri Alexis Brialmont, fortification engineer
• 1908: death of Luiz Cruls, astronomer
• 1951: birth of Tony Van Parys, former minister in the Belgian Federal Government between 1998 and 1999

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June 22

• 1927: birth of Ann Petersen, actress
• 1980: West Germany wins the European Football Championship by defeating Belgium in the final with 2-1
• 1982: birth of Kristof Vliegen, tennis player

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June 23

• 1305: the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge grants independence to Flanders, but gives the cities of Lille, Douai and Béthune to France
• 1356: death of Margaret, Countess of Hainaut
• 1576: death of Levina Teerlinc, court painter in England
• 1612: birth of André Tacquet, mathematician
• 1880: death of Albrecht Rodenbach, poet and inspiration for the Flemish movement

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June 24

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• 1340: birth in Ghent of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, ancestor of the English kings of the house of Lancaster
• 1587: birth of Hans van Steenwinckel, architect, mostly active in Denmark
• 1798: death of Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1846: death of Jan Frans Willems, writer
• 1913: birth of Gustaaf Deloor, cyclist, winner of the first two editions of the Vuelta a España
• 1927: birth of Alfons Van Brandt, soccer player, selected 38 times for the Belgium national football team

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June 25

• 1679: death of Nikolaus van Hoy, Baroque painter
• 1928: birth of Peyo (Pierre Culliford), creator of The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit
• 1953: death of Jules Van Nuffel, musicologist and composer

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June 26

• 1794: at the Battle of Fleurus, where the French beat the Austrians, for the first time a balloon was used for military purposes
• 1961: death of Hélène Dutrieu (pictured), first woman aviator of Belgium, beating the women's world nonstop flight record in 1911
• 1969: birth of Ingrid Lempereur, swimmer, winner of the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

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June 27

• 1694: birth of John Michael Rysbrack, sculptor
• 1944: birth of Patrick Sercu, cyclist, gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and twice World Champion sprinting

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June 28

• 1550: birth of Johannes van den Driesche, Orientalist and exegete
• 1577: birth of Peter Paul Rubens, the most popular and prolific Flemish and European painter of the 17th century, proponent of an exuberant Baroque style which emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality
• 1598: death of Abraham Ortelius, cartographer and creator of the first modern atlas
• 1919: Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt-Vith are annexed from Germany by Belgium after World War I, due to the Treaty of Versailles
• 1954: birth of Benoît Sokal, video game designer and comics artist, best known for Canardo
• 1994: death of Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor

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June 29

• 1517: birth of Rembert Dodoens, botanist and physician
• 1905: birth of Louis Scutenaire, surrealist poet

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June 30

• 1898: death of Ernest Candèze, entomologist
• 1925: birth of Micheline Lannoy, figure skater, winner of the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
• 1931: birth of Bert Eriksson, neo-Nazi
• 1960: independence of the former Belgian colony the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the Congo Crisis

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