Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 10
Appearance
- 1477: signing of the "Great Privilege" between Mary of Burgundy (pictured) and the cities of Flanders
- 1822: death of Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1848: birth of Anna Boch, neo-impressionist painter
- 1900: death of Paul Jean Clays, painter
- 1910: birth of Georges Pire, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958
- 1915: death of Albert Thys, businessman in Congo Free State
- 2003: France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.