Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/September/September 16


 * 1604: end of the Siege of Ostend after three years with a Spanish victory, but at a cost of 60,000 dead or wounded Spaniards and 30,000 dead or wounded Dutch
 * 1983: birth of Katerine Avgoustakis, singer, winner of the Belgian Star Academy in 2005, known as Katerine