Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 17


 * 693: death of Begga, saint, daughter of Pippin of Landen and mother of Pippin of Herstal
 * 1195: death of Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
 * 1554: birth of Ernest of Bavaria, prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
 * 1909: death of King Leopold II of Belgium
 * 1919: foundation of Girl Guides of Belgium
 * 1937: birth of Franz De Mulder, cyclist, winner of the 1960 Vuelta a España
 * 1944: the Malmedy massacre: German Waffen-SS troops allegedly kill more than 70 American prisoners of war
 * 1987; death of Marguerite Yourcenar, author