Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 30


 * 1384: death of Louis II, Count of Flanders
 * 1801: birth of Pierre-Jean De Smet (pictured), missionary among the Native Americans in the United States
 * 1881: death of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, organist and composer
 * 1917: birth of Paul Frère, Formula One racing driver and journalist, winner of the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans
 * 1917: death of Mutien-Marie Wiaux, saint
 * 1927: birth of Jef Nys, comics artist, creator of Jommeke
 * 1969: death of Georges Pire, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958
 * 2003: introduction of same-sex civil marriages, the second country in the world to do so after the Netherlands