Portal : Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 5
877 : death of Charles the Bald , King of West Francia 1111 : death of Robert II, Count of Flanders 1112 : death of Sigebert of Gembloux , monk and historian1524 : death of Joachim Patinir , landscape painter1564 : death of Pierre de Manchicourt , Renaissance composer1911 : birth of Robert Triffin , economist1914 : during the Siege of Antwerp , German troops broke through the Belgian defences in Lier and reached Dendermonde , almost blocking the retreat of the Belgian troops to the West1948 : birth of Marcel Otte , professor of Prehistory 1965 : death of Georges Vantongerloo , sculptor and painter, founding member of De Stijl 1994 : death by suicide of Luc Jouret , cult leader of the Order of the Solar Temple , followed by mass suicide of his followers
