Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/August/August 23

• 686: birth of Charles Martel, Duke of the Franks, won the Battle of Tours in 732, thereby blocking the Muslim expannsion in Western Europe
• 1328: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers in the Battle of Cassel
• 1478: death of Johannes Pullois, early Renaissance composer
• 1803: birth of Egide Charles Gustave Wappers, painter
• 1868: birth of Paul Otlet, creator of the Universal Decimal Classification and founding father of documentation
• 1898: death of Félicien Rops, artist and engraver
• 1914: the Battle of Mons, the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force during World War I
• 1930: the King Baudouin Stadium, then named the Stade du Jubilé, is inaugurated
• 1945: birth of Eric De Vlaeminck, cyclist, 7 times World Champion cyclo-cross
• 1964: birth of Johan Bruyneel, cyclist and directeur sportif of Lance Armstrong during his seven wins of the Tour de France