Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 28

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• 1261: death of Henry III, Duke of Brabant
• 1857: death of André Dumont, geologist
• 1898: the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in the RV Belgica, headed by Adrien de Gerlache (pictured) gets stuck in the Antarctic ice for 13 months, and are the first to stay for the winter in Antarctica
• 1954: birth of Jean Bourgain, mathematician
• 1957: birth of Jan Ceulemans, soccer player, with 96 caps the most often selected player of the Belgium national football team
• 1961: birth of Eric Bachelart, race car driver and team owner, 1991 Indy Lights champion