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- 1550: birth of Johannes van den Driesche, Orientalist and exegete
- 1577: birth of Peter Paul Rubens, the most popular and prolific Flemish and European painter of the 17th century, proponent of an exuberant Baroque style which emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality
- 1598: death of Abraham Ortelius, cartographer and creator of the first modern atlas
- 1919: Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt-Vith are annexed from Germany by Belgium after World War I, due to the Treaty of Versailles
- 1954: birth of Benoît Sokal, video game designer and comics artist, best known for Canardo
- 1994: death of Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
