Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/March/March 23


 * 1606: death of Justus Lipsius, philologist and humanist (pictured)
 * 1865: birth of Paul Hymans, politician, first president of the League of Nations
 * 1959: birth of Philippe Volter, actor in Three Colors and The Double Life of Veronique
 * 1972: birth of Erwin Vervecken, cyclo-cross racer, World Champion in 2001 and 2006
 * 1995: the Belgian Holocaust denial law is passed.
 * 2002: death of Marcel Kint, cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and the 1938 World Cycling Championship