Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 30

• 1384: death of Louis II, Count of Flanders
• 1801: birth of Pierre-Jean De Smet (pictured), missionary among the Native Americans in the United States
• 1881: death of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, organist and composer
• 1917: birth of Paul Frère, Formula One racing driver and journalist, winner of the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1917: death of Mutien-Marie Wiaux, saint
• 1927: birth of Jef Nys, comics artist, creator of Jommeke
• 1969: death of Georges Pire, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958
• 2003: introduction of same-sex civil marriages, the second country in the world to do so after the Netherlands