Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 28

• 1829: birth of Charles Bourseul, sometimes credited as the inventor of the telephone
• 1907: birth of Raymond Braine, soccer player, the first Belgian professional player from 1930 on, when he played for Sparta Prague; he played 54 times for the Belgium national football team
• 1908: death of Jean-Baptiste Moens, the so-called "Father of Philately"
• 1944: birth of Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region between 2000 and 2005