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• 1347: death of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Count of Hainaut
• 1746: at the Battle of Rocoux, near Liège, the French army defeated the Austrian forces
• 1850: death of Louise-Marie of France, first Queen of the Belgians, wife of Leopold I
• 1918: birth of Gommar DePauw, priest, founder of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement
• 1927: birth of Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• 1978: Prime minister Leo Tindemans announces the demission of the government over the failure of the Egmont pact
• 1995: birth of Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, the fourth child and second daughter of Princess Astrid of Belgium and Prince Lorenz