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  • 1113: death of Gertrude of Saxony, wife of Robert I, Count of Flanders, mother of Robert II and mother-in-law of Philip I of France
  • 1900: death of Etienne Lenoir, inventor
  • 1906: birth of Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy
  • 1906: death of Joseph Tilly, mathematician, inventor of non-Euclidean mechanics
  • 1914 - World War I: Germany invaded Belgium, thus violating Belgian neutrality; in response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany
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