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856: marriage of Judith Martel and Ethelwulf, King of Wessex
1189: death of Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1184 on
1532: death of Jan Mabuse, painter
1570: death of Frans Floris, painter
1578: death of John of Austria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1638: death of Jan Snellinck, painter and art collector
1875: birth of Eugeen Van Mieghem, painter, social artist, best known for depicting the harbour and scenes from World War I
1943: birth of Raymond Langendries, politician, Minister of State
1945: first German language broadcast of the Belgian "National Institute for Radio", which would in 1977 lead to the creation of the Belgischer Rundfunk, aimed at the German speaking minority in the East of Belgium
1956: death of Stan Ockers, cyclist, World Champion in 1955, finished sescond in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952