Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 15

1352: death of Gilles Li Muisis, chronicler and poet
1564: death of Vesalius, anatomist
1690: death of Antony Francis van der Meulen, painter
1945: birth of Luc Van den Brande, politician, Minister-President of Flanders between 1992 and 1999
1946: birth of Georges Pintens, cyclist, winner of the Tour de Suisse and Liège-Bastogne-Liège
1950: death of Clément Doucet, pianist
1957: death of Henry van de Velde, architect and interior designer, pioneer of the Art Nouveau
1972: birth of Sandra Kim, singer, winner of the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest
1980: birth of Tom Boonen (pictured), cyclist, World Champion 2005, winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 2005 and 2006, and winner of Paris-Roubaix in 2005