Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 8

• 1514: death of Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg, philanthropist
• 1605: birth of Philip IV of Spain, King of Spain and ruler over most of the current territory of Belgium
• 1816: death of Saint Julie Billiart, founder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
• 1870: death of Charles de Bériot, violinist
• 1875: birth of Albert I of Belgium, third King of Belgium between 1909 and 1934
• 1898: birth of Achille Van Acker, politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1945 and 1946, and between 1954 and 1958