Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 12
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- 1712: birth of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1797: birth of Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, entomologist
- 1843: death of William I of the Netherlands, king of Belgium from 1815 until its independence in 1830
- 1922: birth of Christian Dotremont, painter and poet, member of COBRA
- 1951: birth of Stefaan De Clerck, politician, former chairman of the CD&V, one of the main Flemish parties