Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 15


 * 1388: death of William I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Hainaut
 * 1889: death of Father Damien, priest, missionary who dedicated his life to the service of the lepers in Molokai
 * 1916: death of Alfred Cogniaux, botanist
 * 1943: an Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, leaving 936 dead civilians in its wake
 * 1960: birth of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, oldest son of King Albert II of Belgium and heir apparent to the Belgian throne