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- 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