Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 3

• 1812: birth of Louise-Marie of France, first Queen of the Belgians, wife of Leopold I
• 1818: birth of Jean-François Portaels, orientalist painter
• 1863: birth of Henry van de Velde, architect and interior designer, pioneer of the Art Nouveau
• 1891: death of Constantine Bruno, Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, historian and minister in the Belgian federal government in 1870
• 1953: birth of Pieter Aspe, writer of detective stories
• 1979: Wilfried Martens becomes Prime Minister of Belgium
• 2005: cyclist Tom Boonen wins the 89th edition of the Tour of Flanders