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 * 1436: death of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, last ruler of Hainaut and Holland before they became part of the Duchy of Burgundy
 * 1621: birth of Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
 * 1848: birth of Pierre De Geyter, socialist, later communist, and woodcarver, composer of The Internationale
 * 1890: birth of Philippe Thys, cyclist, 3 times winner of the Tour de France
 * 1947: birth of Miel Puttemans, long distance runner, former world record holder at 3000m and 5000m
 * 1960: discovery of the Queen Fabiola Mountains in Antarctica by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
 * 1998: death of Zhang Chongren, friend of Hergé and the model for Tchang in The Blue Lotus and Tintin in Tibet
 * 2006: municipal and provincial elections