Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 5
1477
: death of
Charles I, Duke of Burgundy
, ruler over most of the current Belgian territory
1614
: birth of
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
,
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1806
: birth of
André Henri Constant van Hasselt
, poet
1949
: birth of
Anne-Marie Lizin
, politician, president of the
Senate
as of 2006
1997
: death of
André Franquin
, comics artist best known for
Spirou et Fantasio
,
Gaston Lagaffe
and the
Marsupilami
2005
:
Libération
journalist Florence Aubenas is taken hostage in
Iraq