Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/October/October 4

• 1276: birth of Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany
• 1798: birth of Constantin Wesmael, entomologist
• 1830: creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands
• 1917: the Allied forces capture the location of the later Tyne Cot Cemetery (pictured) from the Germans during World War I
• 1932: birth of Étienne Davignon, businessman, former Vice President of the European Commission, current chairman of the Bilderberg conference
• 1947: birth of Christian Piot, soccer player, goalkeeper for Standard Liège and the Belgium national football team
• 2002: death of André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter
• 2005: birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, third child of heir apparent Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde
• 2005: death of André Waterkeyn, architect and engineer of the Atomium