Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 18
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< Portal:Belgium | Anniversaries | February
- 1689: death of Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1815: birth of Jan August Hendrik Leys, painter
- 1906: birth of Placide Tempels, missionary, author of Bantu Philosophy
- 1943: birth of Wilfried Puis, soccer player, selected 49 times for the Belgium national football team
- 1967: birth of Harry Van Barneveld, judoka, winner of the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
- 1974: death of Bernard Voorhoof, soccer player, record goal scorer for the Belgium national football team with 30 goals in 61 appearances
- 1992: death of Sylvain Julien Victor Arend, astronomer, discovered a number of comets and asteroids
