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September 1

1067: death of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
1855: birth of Eugène Boch, painter and art collector
1920: birth of Hubert Lampo, writer

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September 2

1606: death of Carel van Mander, painter and art historian
1912: birth of Johan Daisne, writer
1942: birth of Eric de Kuyper, writer and film director
1947: birth of Louis Michel, politician, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid
1962: birth of Gilbert Bodart, goal keeper, played 12 times for the Belgium national football team
1968: death of Ernest Claes, author

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September 3

1666: founding of the City of Charleroi, it is named in honour of Charles II of Spain
1931: birth of Guy Spitaels, politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region between 1992 and 1994

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September 4

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1925: birth of Leo Apostel, philosopher
1944 - World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp
1965: birth of Marc Degryse, soccer player with 63 appearances with the Belgium national football team, scoring 23 goals
1976: birth of Bjorn Haneveer, snooker player, European Champion in 2000
1989: death of Georges Simenon (pictured), prolific writer, creator of Maigret, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award
2006: death of Rémy Belvaux, film director, also producer and actor in Man Bites Dog

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September 5

1235: death of Henry I, Duke of Brabant, father-in-law of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1659: death of Pieter de Carpentier (pictured), born in Antwerp, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies between 1623 and 1627
1771: birth of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, last Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1940: death of Charles de Broqueville, Prime Minister of Belgium during World War I
1977: death of Marcel Thiry, poet

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September 6

1535: birth of Emanuel van Meteren, historian
1881: death of Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1841 and 1845
1884: birth of Julien Lahaut, politician, chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, murdered in 1950
1944 - World War II: the city of Ypres is liberated by Allied forces

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September 7

1838: birth of Louis de la Censerie, architect
1930: birth of Baudouin of Belgium (pictured), King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993

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September 8

1907: birth of Jean Aerts, cyclist, World Champion in 1935
1948: birth of Jean-Pierre Monseré, cyclist, 1970 World Champion

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September 9

1569: death of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, painter
1924: birth of Rik Van Steenbergen, cyclist, thrice World Champion and winner of many classics
1947: death of Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect

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September 10

918: death of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
1419: death of John the Fearless, Count of Flanders
1883: death of Hendrik Conscience, writer

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September 11

1892: birth of Lucien Buysse, cyclist, winner of the 1926 Tour de France
1937: birth of Queen Paola of Belgium, wife of Albert II of Belgium
1962: birth of Philip Dewinter, one of the leading members of the extreme right political party Vlaams Belang
1972: birth of Matthew Gilmore, cyclist, silver medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

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September 12

1858: birth of Fernand Khnopff, Symbolist painter
1920: closing ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
1926: birth of Paul Janssen, pharmacologist, founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica
1985: birth of Jonatan Cerrada, singer, winner of the first A La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol

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September 13

1598: death of Philip II of Spain, ruler over most of the territory of current Belgium
1650: death of Ferdinand of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liège
1945: birth of Noël Godin, writer, actor and "entarteur", cream pie flinger
1979: birth of Geike Arnaert, singer of Hooverphonic

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September 14

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September 15

1586: birth of Antonius Sanderus, historian, author of Flandria Illustrata
1883: death of Joseph Plateau, physicist, early experimenter with cinema

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September 16

1604: end of the Siege of Ostend after three years with a Spanish victory, but at a cost of 60,000 dead or wounded Spaniards and 30,000 dead or wounded Dutch
1983: birth of Katerine Avgoustakis, singer, winner of the Belgian Star Academy in 2005, known as Katerine

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September 17

1322: death of Robert III of Flanders, nicknamed "The Lion of Flanders", Count of Flanders
1665: death of Philip IV of Spain, King of Spain and ruler over most of the current territoy of Belgium
1679: death of John of Austria the Younger, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1903: birth of George Koltanowski, holder of the world record for most simultaneous blindfolded chess games
1964: death of Jean Ray, writer, also known as John Flanders, best known for his numerous fantastique works
1999: death of Henri Storck, documentary film director