* 1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer

* 1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet ( b. 1836 )

* 1903 – Georges Simenon, Belgian writer ( d. 1989 )

The Belgian writer was promptly “ hissed at ” by the disapproving festival crowd.

Georges Prosper Remi ( 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983 ), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.

* 1964 – Anne Provoost, Belgian writer

* 1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian writer and illustrator ( d. 2006 )

* 1931 – Michel Regnier, Belgian comic-book writer ( d. 1999 )

* 1945 – Noël Godin, Belgian actor and writer

* May 6 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1862 )

* August 13 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer

* August 20 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer ( b. 1922 )

** Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1949 )

** Georges Simenon, Belgian writer ( b. 1903 )

* December 12 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer ( d. 1979 )

In 2000, the Belgian comic book artist and writer Crisse ( Didier Chrispeels ) introduced the first of a series of comic books featuring Atalanta, who is also abandoned by her father but saved by goddesses and nurtured by a bear.

** Charles Malapert, Belgian Jesuit writer ( d. 1630 )

Developed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski and executive produced by Straczynski and Sam Egan, the series is loosely based on Belgian writer Hermann Huppen's comic book series, Jeremiah.

The Belgian writer August Vermeylen published in 1906 a novel called De wandelende Jood (" The Wandering Jew ").

* Pieter Aspe, Belgian writer.

* Willy Deweert, Belgian writer.

* February 13-Georges Simenon, Belgian writer ( died 1989 )

** Charles Malapert, Belgian Jesuit writer ( died 1630 )

In 1955, with the assistance of Belgian writer Yannick Bruynoghe, Broonzy published his autobiography, entitled Big Bill Blues.

Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier ( 24 March 1844 – 13 June 1913 ) was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist.

Writers associated at one point or other with this modernist magazine include Belgian writers Willem Elsschot and Marnix Gijsen and Dutch writers J. Slauerhoff, Simon Vestdijk and Jan Greshoff.

Marnix Vervinck was only the second Belgian to place in the top eight, and the first since 1972.

Hypnoskull is the name of Belgian musical group whose style borrows elements of noise, industrial music, jungle, breakbeat, lo-fi, and techno.

Like many elements in Belgian folklore, this is mainly based on the French " La Marseillaise " which is also both an anthem and the name of a monument-the sculptural group Departure of the Volunteers of 1792, commonly called " La Marseillaise ", at the base of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

It also spawned the Swiss MG 51, SIG MG 710-3, Austrian MG 74, and the Spanish 5. 56mm Ameli light machine gun, and lent many design elements to the American M60 and Belgian MAG.

* Revolutionary elements of the Belgian Labour Party ( who would create the Communist Party of Belgium in 1921 )

The first communist party in Belgium was founded by the more radical elements of the Belgian Labour Party in 1921 and was named the Communist Party of Belgium ( KPB-PCB ).

The last Belgian elements of the field army fled westwards towards the coast on October 8 and the Germans entered the city on October 9 after having established that the defensive positions had been abandoned.

A substantial number of Belgian troops and elements of the Naval Division fled into the neutral Netherlands and ended up being interned for the duration of the war.

Though the new-born country had unifying elements, such as the Catholic religion, a French-speaking bourgeoisie and common economic interests opposed to the Dutch economic ones, the building of a unitary Belgian state posed some serious problems.

During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, the 101st Airborne Division along with elements of other units was trucked to the Belgian town of Bastogne in order to secure and defend the town which contained a major road junction.

European Union legislation and the Belgian constitution form the major elements of the wider institutional environment.

His illustrations for stories like The Count of Monte Cristo ( in the Belgian magazine Bonnes Soirées with René Follet ) mix elements from his comic work and his paintings into one decorative style.

This development meant that the Belgian battalion on the north bank of the river was in danger of being isolated from all other elements of 29th Brigade.

# Politically, it is the name of which both elements are normally capitalized, for one of the three institutional communities of Belgium, established by the Belgian constitution and having legal responsibilities only within the precise geographical boundaries of the Dutch-language area and of the bilingual area of Brussels-Capital.

Political parties with certain Belgian nationalistic elements in their programmes:

Since 1814 ( elements of ) the army have been involved in several military conflicts ( Waterloo campaign 1815, several colonial wars 1825 – 1925, and the Belgian Revolution 1830 – 1832.

It not only introduced a new sound based on " New Beat ", a dance genre developed around the Belgian music scene, but it was also one of the first songs to pioneer the short-lived hip-house genre, a fusion of house music with elements of hip-hop.

His most successful pieces were his fine vocal art songs for solo voice and piano which often used elements of German and Belgian folk music.