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