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Anniversaries/August
1651
: birth of
François Baert
,
Bollandist
, collaborator to the
Acta Sanctorum
1689
: at the
Battle of Walcourt
, the
English
and
Dutch
forces beat the
French
army
1830
: start of the
Belgian Revolution
after a performance of the opera
La Muette de Portici
in
Brussels
1842
: death of
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny
, composer and music theorist
1940
: birth of
José Van Dam
,
baritone
singer
1947
: death of
Franz Cumont
, archaeologist