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 * 1812: birth of Louise-Marie of France, first Queen of the Belgians, wife of Leopold I
 * 1818: birth of Jean-François Portaels, orientalist painter
 * 1863: birth of Henry van de Velde, architect and interior designer, pioneer of the Art Nouveau
 * 1891: death of Constantine Bruno, Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, historian and minister in the Belgian federal government in 1870
 * 1953: birth of Pieter Aspe, writer of detective stories
 * 1979: Wilfried Martens becomes Prime Minister of Belgium
 * 2005: cyclist Tom Boonen wins the 89th edition of the Tour of Flanders