Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 10

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• 1477: signing of the "Great Privilege" between Mary of Burgundy (pictured) and the cities of Flanders
• 1822: death of Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1848: birth of Anna Boch, neo-impressionist painter
• 1900: death of Paul Jean Clays, painter
• 1910: birth of Georges Pire, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958
• 1915: death of Albert Thys, businessman in Congo Free State
• 2003: France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.