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714: death of Pippin of Herstal, Duke of the Franks, father of Charles Martel
1744: death of Maria Anna of Habsburg, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1790: birth of Leopold I of Belgium, the first king of the independent Belgium, as Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1876: birth of Rodolphe Seeldrayers, athlete, president of the FIFA from 1954 to 1955
1944: start of the Battle of the Bulge
1955: birth of Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium

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