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• 1464: death of Roger van der Weyden, painter
• 1815: at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the combined troops of the United Kingdom, the United Netherlands, and Prussia
• 1848: birth of Jacques Bouhy, baritone, one of the main stars in the first performance of Carmen by Georges Bizet
• 1865: death of Antoine Wiertz, Romantic painter and sculptor
• 1930: foundation of the INR, the national broadcasting company, forerunner of the VRT and the RTBF
• 1971: birth of C.J. Bolland, music producer and remixer
• 1975: birth of Marie Gillain, actress and model
• 1997: death of Edmond Leburton, politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1973 and 1974