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- 814: death of Charlemagne, emperor
- 1651: death of Manuel de Moura y Corte Real, 2nd Marquis of Castel Rodrigo, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1688: death of Ferdinand Verbiest, Jesuit missionary in China, astronomer, and inventor of a miniature steam propelled car
- 1912: death of Gustave de Molinari, economist
- 1924: birth of Marcel Broodthaers, installation artist
- 1958: birth of Renaat Landuyt, politician, Minister of Transport in the federal government
- 1962: birth of Peter Verhelst, novelist, best known for Tongkat
- 1967: birth of Rudy Trouvé, musician and painter, former member of dEUS, founding member of Dead Man Ray
- 1976: death of Marcel Broodthaers, installation artist, on his birthday
- 2002: death of Gustaaf Deloor, cyclist, winner of the first two editions of the Vuelta a España
