Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 29


 * 1507: birth of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
 * 1878: birth of Alexander von Falkenhausen, governor-general of Belgium during the German occupation in World War II
 * 1946: birth of André Dierickx, cyclist, twice winner of La Flèche Wallonne
 * 1999: death of Michel Regnier, better known as Greg, comics author of Bernard Prince, editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine