Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/November/November 20


 * 1518: death of Pierre de La Rue, composer
 * 1662: death of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, governor of the Spanish Netherlands
 * 1834: inauguration of the Free University of Belgium, later renamed to Université Libre de Bruxelles, and in 1970 divided into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
 * 1841: birth of Victor D'Hondt (pictured), mathematician
 * 1887: death of Louis Gallait, painter