Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 27


 * 1312: death of John II, Duke of Brabant
 * 1466: birth of Desiderius Erasmus in Rotterdam in the Netherlands
 * 1719: death of François Baert, Bollandist, collaborator to the Acta Sanctorum
 * 1789: the Battle of Turnhout where the rebel forces of the Southern Netherlands defeated the Austrian army
 * 1856: birth of Albrecht Rodenbach, poet and inspiration for the Flemish movement
 * 1927: birth of Hugo Schiltz, former president of the Volksunie between 1975 and 1979
 * 1942: birth of Philip Catherine, jazz guitarist, has played with Charlie Mingus and Chet Baker
 * 1966: birth of Nathalie Loriers, jazz pianist and composer
 * 2005: Luk Van Parijs is fired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research misconduct