Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 10


 * 1477: signing of the "Great Privilege" between Mary of Burgundy (pictured) and the cities of Flanders
 * 1822: death of Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
 * 1848: birth of Anna Boch, neo-impressionist painter
 * 1900: death of Paul Jean Clays, painter
 * 1910: birth of Georges Pire, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958
 * 1915: death of Albert Thys, businessman in Congo Free State
 * 2003: France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.