Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/September/September 5


 * 1235: death of Henry I, Duke of Brabant, father-in-law of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
 * 1659: death of Pieter de Carpentier (pictured), born in Antwerp, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies between 1623 and 1627
 * 1771: birth of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, last Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
 * 1940: death of Charles de Broqueville, Prime Minister of Belgium during World War I
 * 1977: death of Marcel Thiry, poet