Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 16
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- 714: death of Pippin of Herstal, Duke of the Franks, father of Charles Martel
- 1744: death of Maria Anna of Habsburg, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1790: birth of Leopold I of Belgium, the first king of the independent Belgium, as Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1876: birth of Rodolphe Seeldrayers, athlete, president of the FIFA from 1954 to 1955
- 1944: start of the Battle of the Bulge
