Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/November/November 8


 * 1171: death of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
 * 1578: Pacification of Ghent of the Netherlands against Spain in the Eighty Years' War
 * 1867: birth of Léon Houa, cyclist, winner of the first three editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 1890: death of César Franck (pictured), composer
 * 1949: death of Cyriel Verschaeve, writer