Famous Belgians in History

1567-01-04 Franciscus Aguilon, Belgian Jesuit physicist, mathematician and architect (book on Optics "Opticorum Libri Sex), born in Brussels (d. 1617)

1574-01-23 Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Belgian painter, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1643)

1589-07-02 Guillaume van Messaus, Belgian composer, born in Antwerp, Dutch Republic (d. 1640)

1597-03-01 Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)

1617-08-08 Joris van Geel, Belgian missionary in Africa (Bantu Dictionary) (d. 1652)

1660-02-15 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant (Dean of Brussels Guild accessed of involvement in uprising) (d. 1719)

1674-06-22 Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, born in Brussels (d. 1732)

1715-06-02 Herman-François Delange, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Dutch Republic (d. 1781)

1717-04-30 Guillaume-Gommaire Kennis, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1789)

1722-07-22 Jean-Noel Paquot, Belgian theologian and historian, born in Florennes (d. 1803)

1733-10-03 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1795)

1734-01-17 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs; Mirza), born in Vergnies, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1829)

1735-05-23 Charles Joseph, 7th Prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal and author, born in Brussels (d. 1814)

1742-01-15 Eugene Godecharle, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1798)

1744-07-20 Henri Hamal, Belgian organist and composer, born in Liège, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1820)

1753-02-12 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, Belgian composer and singer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1819)

1755-03-02 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1799)

1756-04-08 Joseph Gehot, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1820)

1760-11-09 Henri-Philippe Gerard, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1848)

1762-01-20 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, Belgian French composer, born in Philippeville, Belgium (d. 1842)

1767-12-29 Aimé Ambroise Simon Leborne, Belgian-born French composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1866)

1768-08-27 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Maastricht), born in Corbeil-Essonnes, France (d. 1852)

1772-10-25 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Bruxelles, Belgium (d. 1849)

1773-02-22 Matthijs Ignatius van Bree, Belgian painter of historical subjects, born in Antwerp (d. 1839)

1776-05-13 Charles Ots, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1845)

1777-05-04 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1852)

1779-10-10 Antoine Philippe Vischer, comte de Celles, Belgian-French politician, born in Brussels (d. 1841)

1780-01-14 François Joseph Dizi, Belgian composer, born in Namur, Belgium (d. 1840)

1782-08-15 Henri de Mérode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1847)

1784-01-27 Martin-Joseph Mengal, Belgian composer, conductor, and educator (Director of the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, 1835-51), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1851)

1790-04-30 John Cockerill, English-Belgian industrialist (founded iron, steel, and manufacturing company - John Cockerill & Company), born in Haslingden, Lancs, England (d. 1840)

1791-02-01 Charles-Joseph Sax, Belgian music instrument builder of wind and brass instruments whose son invented the saxophone, born in Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium (d. 1865)

1791-04-13 Félix de Mérode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, born in Maastricht, Belgium (d. 1857)

1792-02-12 Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder, Belgian painter of genre scenes, born in Antwerp (d. 1883)

1792-06-09 Frederic de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary, born in Maastricht (d. 1830)

1793-03-12 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, Belgian military officer, painter, composer, and librettist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1876)

1793-07-30 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1861)

1794-04-12 Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), born in Paris (d. 1847)

1795-02-15 Charles Niellon, Belgian general (Liberation of Antwerp during Belgian Revolution), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1871)

1795-08-28 Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, born in Bree, Belgium (d. 1886)

1796-02-22 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), born in Ghent, French Republic (d. 1874)

1797-04-17 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)

1800-03-12 Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian (National Archives of Belgium), born in Paris, France (d. 1885)

1801-10-14 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1883)

1802-01-19 Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian foreign minister to Britain, born in Louvain, Belgium (d. 1874)

1802-01-31 Jan van Speyk, Dutch naval hero (blew up own gunboat to avoid capture during Belgian Revolution), born in Amsterdam (d. 1831)

1802-02-20 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1870)

1802-07-12 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)

1803-04-23 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1888)

1804-04-23 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)

1804-07-04 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, born in Ypres, Belgium (d. 1890)

1804-10-28 Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1849)

1806-01-05 André Henri Constant van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium), born in Maastricht, Meuse-Inférieure (d. 1874)

1806-04-21 Peter van Schendel, Dutch-Belgian painter (Monsieur Chandelle), born in Terheijden, Netherlands (d. 1870)

1807-01-12 Jan Theodoor Beelen, Dutch-Belgian bible scholar, born in Amsterdam (d. 1884)

1807-06-06 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, born in Halle, Belgium (d. 1866)

1808-01-11 Antoine Schayes, Belgian historian and archaeologist (d. 1808)

1808-12-26 Albert Grisar, Belgian composer, born in Antwerp (d. 1869)

1809-02-15 André Dumont, Belgian geologist, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1857)

1809-12-19 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belgian paleontologist (life cycle of tapeworms), born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1894)

1810-05-09 Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter (Egmont & Receiver), born in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium (d. 1887)

1810-07-11 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1882)

1811-11-10 Louis Kufferath, German-Belgian composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (d. 1882)

1812-03-10 Victor Tesch, Belgian industrialist and politician, born in Messancy, Belgium (d. 1892)

1813-08-21 Jean Stas, Belgian chemist, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1891)

1813-08-26 Nicaise de Keyser, Belgian painter (Battle of Guilder Tracks), born in Zandvliet, Belgium (d. 1887)

1813-12-29 Etienne-Joseph Soubre, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1871)

1814-01-30 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1891)

1814-05-30 Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1894)

1814-11-06 Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician and instrument inventor (saxophone, saxtromba, saxtuba), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1894)

1815-02-18 Jan August Hendrik Leys, Belgian Romantic painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1869)

1816-07-11 French-Andries Durlet, Belgian sculptor and architect, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1867)

1817-01-18 Jacques Gregoir, Belgian pianist and composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1876)

1817-04-13 Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1898)

1817-08-17 Joseph Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian politician and literary figure, born in Sint-Michiels, Belgium (d. 1891)

1818-07-24 Félix Godefroid, Belgian harpist and composer, born in Namur, Belgium (d. 1897)

1819-04-06 Johann Scheler, Belgian librarian and man of letters (d. 1890)

1819-04-07 Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist, and pedagogue (Brussels Conservatoire, 1848-67), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1890)

1820-02-17 Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1881)

1820-03-25 Xavier de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope in Rome (d. 1874)

1820-08-20 Adolphe Fétis, Belgian-French pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1873)

1822-03-29 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter (landscape paintings), born in Namen, Belgium (d. 1895)

1822-11-07 Edouard Gregoir, Belgian composer, born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 1890)

1822-12-10 César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (Symphonic Variations), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1890)

1823-05-11 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1906)

1823-08-14 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1889)

1824-07-11 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1898)

1826-04-04 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian electrical engineer (Gramme dynamo), born in Jehay-Bodegnée, Belgium (d. 1901)

1826-12-03 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer and musicologist, born in Oudenaarde, Belgium (d. 1895)

1827-07-18 Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal Primate of Belgium, born in Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Belgium (d. 1906)

1828-07-31 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), born in Huise, Belgium (d. 1908)

1829-01-18 Louis van Haecke, Belgian chaplain and author (Blood to Bridge) (d. 1912)

1830-03-30 Auguste Tolbecque, French-Belgian cellist instrument maker, and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1919)

1830-04-13 Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1904)

1830-05-25 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), born in Lede, Belgium (d. 1905)

1830-10-16 Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Belgian librarian and bibliographer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1913)

1831-04-12 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1905)

1833-04-17 Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1900)

1834-11-25 Jean-Baptist Colyns, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1902)

1835-01-13 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist and Minister of the Interior (d. 1902)

1835-01-18 Jan Ferguut [Jan van Droogenbroeck], Belgian poet, born in Sint-Amands, Belgium (d. 1902)

1835-04-09 Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909), sole owner of the Congo Free State (1885-1908), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1909)

1835-11-09 Jean-Theodore Radoux, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1911)

1836-07-09 Camille de Renesse, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1904)

1836-08-23 Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians, born in Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary (d. 1902)

1836-12-15 Edmond Picard, French-Belgian lawyer and writer (La forge Roussel), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1924)

1837-02-26 Charles Woeste, Belgian count, Minister of Justice, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1922)

1837-09-15 Leo van Gheluwe, Belgian composer, born in Wannegem-Lede, East Flanders (d. 1914)

1838-03-18 Jan Stobbaerts, Belgian painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1914)

1840-01-03 Saint Damien, [Joseph de Veuster], Belgian priest and missionary who helped lepers in Hawaii, born in Tremelo, Belgium (d. 1889)

1840-06-24 Louis Brassin, Belgian composer and pianist, born in Aix-la-Chapelle (d. 1884)

1841-04-07 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist (d. 1916)

1841-11-20 Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1901)

1842-02-22 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian and mayor (Ukkel), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (d. 1906)

1842-05-07 Isla van Diest, Belgian physician, 1st female doctor and 1st female university graduate in Belgium, born in Louvain, Belgiun (d. 1916)

1842-09-27 Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist, born in Ronse, Belgium (d. 1903)

1843-03-18 Jules Vandenpeereboom, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1899), born in Kortrijk, Belgium (d. 1917)

1843-04-14 Gustave Leon Huberti, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1910)

1843-05-13 Paul Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician and count (Prime Minister of Belgium 1896-99, 1899-1907), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1913)

1843-08-04 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer and musicologist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1910)

1844-05-09 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 1899)

1844-06-21 Ernest F. Cambier, Belgian colonial official (built railway in the Congo), born in Ath, Belgium (d. 1909)

1844-10-18 Émile Mathieu, Belgian composer, born in Lille, France (d. 1932)

1845-03-05 Alphonse Hasselmans, Belgian-French harpist, composer (La Source), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1884-1912), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1912)

1845-08-09 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter and illustrator, born in Laken, Belgium (d. 1921)

1845-11-18 John Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde) (d. 1925)

1846-11-19 Emile Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes in the Red Monastery), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1933)

1847-05-25 Alphonse Goovaerts, Belgian composer and musicologist (Histoire et Bibliographie de la Typographie Musicale dans les Pays-Bas), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1922)

1847-08-31 Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker's union leader, born in Brussels (d. 1917)

1847-10-09 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1920)

1848-03-09 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège, Belgium (d. 1924)

1850-02-12 Amaat Vyncke, Belgian missionary to the Upper Congo (Flemish Flag), born in Zedelgem, Belgium (d. 1888)

1851-01-25 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Sea Bride, Princess of Herberg), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1912)

1851-08-19 Frans Schollaert, Belgian Catholic Party politician and 19th Prime Minister of Belgium (1908-11), born in Wilsele, Belgium (d. 1917)

1851-11-21 Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian philosopher and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (d. 1926)

1852-08-31 Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1925)

1852-09-20 Édouard Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro), born in Belœil, Belgium (d. 1929)

1853-05-02 Marie Verstraete, Belgian actress (Mooi Juultje van Volendam, Frou Frou), born in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (d. 1928)

1854-02-24 Franz Courtens, Belgian landscape painter (Golden Rain) (d. 1943)

1854-04-22 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer (1st Socialist to win Nobel Peace Prize 1913), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1943)

1854-05-27 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1927)

1854-11-16 Jules van den Heuvel, Belgian lawyer, politician (Minister of Justice, 1899-1907), and diplomat (Ambassador to the Vatican, 1915-18), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1926)

1855-05-21 Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer (Les Flammes Hautes), born in Sint-Amands, Belgium (d. 1916)

1856-03-01 Florimond Fonteyne, Belgian priest and politician (Volkseeuw), born in Houtem (d. 1923)

1856-07-06 Edward Anseele, Belgian socialist politician, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1938)

1856-10-09 Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, and music educator (Le Chant de la Création), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1931)

1857-08-18 Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate and the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1926)

1858-01-27 Neel Doff, Dutch born Belgian writer (Days of Hunger and Distress)and artist's model, born in Buggenum, Netherlands (d. 1842)

1858-07-16 Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violin virtuoso (Caesar Franck's sonata), composer (Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 27), educator (Brussels Conservatoire, 1881-98), and conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1918-22), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1931)

1858-09-12 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1921)

1858-10-15 Frank Valentine der Stucken, American-Belgian composer, born in Fredericksburg, Texas (d. 1929)

1858-10-19 George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. 1937)

1861-05-12 Ivan Caryll [Félix Tilkin], Belgian composer of operetta and musical comedy (The Shop Girl; The Spring Chicken; The Pink Lady), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1921)

1861-11-30 Franz Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1932)

1862-03-17 Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. 1930)

1862-05-05 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1931)

1862-08-29 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, poet and author (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1949)

1862-10-10 Arthur De Greef, Belgian composer, born in Louvain, Belgium (d. 1940)

1862-11-23 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1926)

1862-12-03 Jules Renkin, Belgian politician (28th Prime Minister of Belgium 1931-32), born in Ixelles, Belgium (d. 1934)

1862-12-16 Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la robe), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1919)

1862-12-23 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium) (d. 1935)

1863-02-05 Armand Parent, Belgian violinist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1934)

1863-06-25 Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1935)

1863-11-03 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1942)

1863-11-14 Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and inventor (bakelite plastics), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1944)

1864-06-11 Jean de Merode, Belgian lieutenant colonel, Grand Marshal of the Court of Belgium, and Prince de Merode, born in Paris, France (d. 1933)

1865-02-03 Martinus Ballings, Belgian Jesuit author (Will Power) (d. 1958)

1865-03-02 Théophile "Théo" Ysaÿe, Belgian composer and pianist, born in Verviers, Belgium (d. 1918)

1865-06-15 Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1942)

1865-12-16 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor (d. 1954)

1866-01-25 Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments (d. 1938)

1866-02-24 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (6 x Olympic gold, 3 x silver 1900, 20), born in Elewijt, Belgium (d. 1961)

1866-08-14 Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (Prime number theorem), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1962)

1866-08-30 Georges Minne, Belgian sculptor, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1941)

1867-04-25 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician and physiologist, born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1941)

1867-05-21 Désiré Pâque, Belgian organist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1939)

1868-01-03 Franz Cumont, Belgian religious historian and archaeologist (cult of Mithra), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1947)

1868-02-05 Lodewijk Mortelmans, Belgian composer (Morgenstemming - Morning Mood), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1952)

1868-03-05 Prosper Poullet, Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium 1925-26), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1937)

1868-08-23 Paul Otlet, Belgian author, lawyer and peace activist (created the Universal Decimal Classification scheme), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1944)

1868-10-24 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and writer, born in Saint-Mandé, France (d. 1969)

1869-01-31 Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian count and politician (Prime Minister of Belgian 1920-21), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1951)

1869-05-06 Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian and general archivist, born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1947)

1869-06-10 Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), born in Brussels (d. 1955)

1869-12-30 Adolphe Max, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels - escaped German captivity WWI), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1939)

1870-01-20 Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (Épithalame), born in Heusy, Belguim (d. 1894)

1870-02-17 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish People's Party, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1914)

1870-04-07 Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer (Christus Rex - Christ the King), born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1965)

1870-06-13 Jules Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919), born in Soignies, Belgium (d. 1961)

1871-04-16 Martin Lunssens, Belgian composer, born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (d. 1944)

1871-05-26 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1968)

1872-10-18 Joséphine Caroline, Belgian royal princess, and later (1935) Benedictine nun, taking the name of Sister Marie-Josephine, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1958)

1873-01-17 Francois Rasse, Belgian composer, born in Helchin, Belgium (d. 1955)

1873-08-03 Albert Marie Leon Adolphe de Bassompierre, Belgian ambassador to Tokyo (1921-39) (d. 1956)

1873-12-09 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, born in Brussels (d. 1980)

1873-12-14 Joseph Jongen, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonie concertante, Op. 81), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1953)

1874-01-13 Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Belgian cardinal (opposed Nazism as archbishop of Mechlin), born in Vorselaar (d. 1961)

1874-04-30 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest and writer (Maria Magdalena - 1928), born in Ardooie, West Flanders, Belgium (d. 1949)

1874-08-03 Eugène Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1963)

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