Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 18


 * 1586: death of Margaret of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
 * 1886: Vincent van Gogh enrolls in the Antwerp Academy of Art
 * 1970: birth of Peter Van Petegem, cyclist, winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix
 * 1974: birth of Claire Coombs, wife of Prince Laurent of Belgium
 * 1981: birth of Olivier Rochus, tennis player, winner of the 2004 Roland-Garros Grand Slam tournament in doubles