Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/July/July 30

• 1591: death of Andreas Pevernage, Renaissance composer
• 1889: birth of Franz Masereel, painter and woodcut artist
• 1907: death of Thomas Joseph Lamy, Biblical scholar and orientalist
• 2004: a gas explosion in Ghislenghien kills 18 and wounds 132 people, in the days following the catastrophe 6 more people die as a result of the explosion