Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 15

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• 1388: death of William I, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Hainaut
• 1889: death of Father Damien, priest, missionary who dedicated his life to the service of the lepers in Molokai
• 1916: death of Alfred Cogniaux, botanist
• 1943: An Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, leaving 936 dead civilians in its wake
• 1960: birth of Philippe, Duke of Brabant, oldest son of King Albert II of Belgium and heir apparent to the Belgian throne