Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 12

• 1555: death of Joanna of Castile, mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1794: birth of Germinal Pierre Dandelin, French-Dutch-Belgian mathematician and engineer
• 1831: birth of Constantin Meunier, sculptor
• 1893: a massive general strike breaks out in Belgium over the issue of restricted voting rights
• 2003: marriage of Prince Laurent of Belgium to Claire Coombs
• 2006: Joe Van Holsbeeck is murdered in broad daylight at the Central Station in Brussels for his iPod