- 965: death of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
- 1482: death of Mary of Burgundy (pictured), heir of the last ruler from the Duchy of Burgundy
- 1598: death of Johann Theodor de Bry, engraver
- 1854: birth of Edgar Tinel, composer
- 2001: the Pécrot rail crash leaves 8 people dead