Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 15
- 1342: birth of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, the first to join Flanders to the Duchy of Burgundy by his marriage to Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (pictured)
- 1836: birth of Jean Baptiste Abbeloos, orientalist
- 1875: death of Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy, geologist
- 1904: death of Eduard Lassen, composer