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Anniversaries/July
1601
: start of the
Siege of Ostend
, ending after three years with a Spanish victory, but at a cost of 60,000 dead or wounded Spaniards and 30,000 dead or wounded Dutch
1625
: death of
Cornelis Verdonck
, late
Renaissance
composer
1793
: death of
Peter Anton von Verschaffelt
, sculptor and architect
1886
: birth of
Felix Timmermans
, author
1923
: birth of
Gustaaf Joos
, priest, made cardinal by
John Paul II
with whom he had studied and had become befriended
1929
: birth of
Jacqueline Harpman
, writer
1964
: birth of
Filip De Wilde
, goal keeper with
R.S.C. Anderlecht
, played 33 times for the
Belgium national football team
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