Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/May/May 3

• 1294: death of John I, Duke of Brabant, father-in-law of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1742: birth of Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1809: birth of Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck, palentologist and chemist
• 1915: In Flanders Fields, the famous poem about World War I (Remembrance Poppies pictured), is written by Canadian John McCrae
• 1929: birth of Berck, comics author
• 1938: birth of Louis Tobback, former minister in the Belgian federal government and as of 2006 mayor of Leuven
• 1986: Sandra Kim wins the Eurovision Song Contest held in Bergen, Norway