Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/September/September 26

1345: death of William II, Count of Hainaut
1820: birth of Alfred Belpaire, locomotive engineer and inventor of the Belpaire firebox
1938: birth of Raoul Cauvin, prolific youth comics author of e.g. Les Tuniques Bleues and Agent 212
1946: the first issue of the weekly Tintin magazine is published by Le Lombard