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877: death of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia
1111: death of Robert II, Count of Flanders
1112: death of Sigebert of Gembloux, monk and historian
1524: death of Joachim Patinir, landscape painter
1564: death of Pierre de Manchicourt, Renaissance composer
1911: birth of Robert Triffin, economist
1914: during the Siege of Antwerp, German troops broke through the Belgian defences in Lier and reached Dendermonde, almost blocking the retreat of the Belgian troops to the West
1948: birth of Marcel Otte, professor of Prehistory
1965: death of Georges Vantongerloo, sculptor and painter, founding member of De Stijl
1994: death by suicide of Luc Jouret, cult leader of the Order of the Solar Temple, followed by mass suicide of his followers