Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/March/March 16


 * 1815: Prince Willem (pictured) of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
 * 1878: birth of Émile Cammaerts, poet, translator and professor
 * 1881: birth of Pierre Paulus, painter, designer of the rooster on the Walloon flag
 * 1911: birth of Pierre Harmel, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1965 and 1966