Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/June/June 6


 * 1251: death of William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders
 * 1580: birth of Godefroy Wendelin, astronomer
 * 1807: birth of Adrien-François Servais, called "the Paganini of the cello" by Hector Berlioz
 * 1881: death of Henri Vieuxtemps, violinist, teacher of Eugène Ysaÿe
 * 1934: birth of Albert II, King of the Belgians since 1993
 * 1950: birth of Chantal Akerman, film director