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Saint Nicholas Eve


 * 1355: death of John III, Duke of Brabant
 * 1495: birth of Nicolas Cleynaerts, grammarian
 * 1671: birth of Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
 * 1907: death of Charles Leickert, landscape painter
 * 1951: birth of Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, artist
 * 1966: death of Sylvère Maes, cyclist, winner of the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939