Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/May/May 19


 * 1593: birth of Jacob Jordaens (self portrait, with his family, pictured), painter
 * 1946: birth of Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children's Rights
 * 1971: birth of Ilse De Meulemeester, Miss Belgium 1994, TV presenter
 * 1983: death of Jean Rey, politician, President of the European Commission between 1967 and 1970