Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/November/November 20

1518: death of Pierre de La Rue, composer
1662: death of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, governor of the Spanish Netherlands
1834: inauguration of the Free University of Belgium, later renamed to Université Libre de Bruxelles, and in 1970 divided into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1841: birth of Victor D'Hondt (pictured), mathematician
1887: death of Louis Gallait, painter