Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 31

• 1578: at the Battle of Gembloux, the protestant rebels were defeated by the Spanish army
• 1624: birth of Arnold Geulincx, philosopher and logician, known as Philaretus
• 1869: birth of Henry Carton de Wiart, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1920 and 1921
• 1918: death of Léon Houa, cyclist, winner of the first three editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège
• 2003: death of Werenfried van Straaten, known as the "Spekpater" (Bacon Priest), founder of Aid to the Church in Need