Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/November/November 28


 * 1640: birth of Willem de Vlamingh, sea captain, explorer of the southwest coast of Australia
 * 1849: birth of Albert Thys, businessman in Congo Free State
 * 1886: death of Charles John Seghers, archbishop of Portland, founder of the Alaska missions
 * 1916: birth of Lilian Baels (pictured), second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium
 * 1944: death of Lode Zielens, writer and journalist
 * 1965: birth of Erwin Mortier, author