Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 16
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- 1783: birth of Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy, geologist
- 1829: death of François Joseph Gossec
- 1922: birth of Jef Mermans, soccer player, seven times champion with R.S.C. Anderlecht, played 56 matches for the Belgium national football team, scoring 27 goals
- 1944: birth of Sigiswald Kuijken, violinist and conductor
- 1961: birth of Joëlle Milquet, politician, as of 2006 president of the CDH