Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 27

• 1312: death of John II, Duke of Brabant
• 1466: birth of Desiderius Erasmus in Rotterdam in the Netherlands
• 1719: death of François Baert, Bollandist, collaborator to the Acta Sanctorum
• 1789: the Battle of Turnhout where the rebel forces of the Southern Netherlands defeated the Austrian army
• 1856: birth of Albrecht Rodenbach, poet and inspiration for the Flemish movement
• 1927: birth of Hugo Schiltz, former president of the Volksunie between 1975 and 1979
• 1942: birth of Philip Catherine, jazz guitarist, has played with Charlie Mingus and Chet Baker
• 1966: birth of Nathalie Loriers, jazz pianist and composer
• 2005: Luk Van Parijs is fired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research misconduct