Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 1

• 659 or 660: death of Saint Eligius, bishop of Noyon-Tournai and chief counsellor of King Dagobert I
• 1530: death of Margarete of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, at Mechelen
• 1633: death of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces, at Brussels
• 1865: death of Constant van Crombrugghe, canon and founder of several orders
• 1874: death of André Henri Constant van Hasselt, poet
• 1922: birth of Ernest Sterckx, cyclist, winner of the Tour of Belgium, three times winner of the Omloop Het Volk
• 1923: birth of Morris, comics artist, creator of Lucky Luke
• 1923: death of Virginie Loveling, writer
• 1954: birth of François Van Der Elst, soccer player, active with R.S.C. Anderlecht, New York Cosmos and West Ham United F.C., played 44 times for the Belgium national football team