Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 16


 * 1783: birth of Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy, geologist
 * 1829: death of François Joseph Gossec
 * 1922: birth of Jef Mermans, soccer player, seven times champion with R.S.C. Anderlecht, played 56 matches for the Belgium national football team, scoring 27 goals
 * 1944: birth of Sigiswald Kuijken, violinist and conductor
 * 1961: birth of Joëlle Milquet, politician, as of 2006 president of the CDH