Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 19


 * 1608: death of Martin Delrio, occultist and theologian
 * 1810: birth of Jules Malou, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1871 and 1878, and in 1884
 * 1858: birth of George Albert Boulenger (pictured), naturalist
 * 1911: birth of Fereidoun Farzaneh, Iranian composer, who studied and lived in Belgium
 * 1914: the First Battle of Ypres begins
 * 1927: birth of Pierre Alechinsky, painter, founding member of the COBRA art movement
 * 1955: death of Eugène Joseph Delporte, astronomer, discovered 66 asteroids including 1221 Amor
 * 1958: last day of the Expo '58, the World's Fair in Brussels, which attracted more than 42 million visitors in 6 months time
 * 1963: birth of Prince Laurent of Belgium, youngest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium
 * 1987: fall of the Belgian government over the linguistic problems in Voeren