Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/August/August 15

Assumption of Mary, public holiday
 * 1369: death of Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of King Edward III of England
 * 1967: death of René Magritte (pictured), surrealist painter
 * 1987: death of Louis Scutenaire, surrealist poet
 * 1996: liberation of Sabine Dardenne and Laetitia Delhez, kidnapped two months earlier by Marc Dutroux