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Epiphany (Dutch: Driekoningen; French: Épiphanie; German: Erscheinung des Herrn)

• 1566: death of Jan Utenhove, translator of the Psalms and the New Testament into Dutch
• 1668: death of Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1861: birth of Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect
• 1941: birth of Philippe Busquin, politician, member of the European Commission between 1999 and 2004
• 1942: death of Henri de Baillet-Latour, third president of the International Olympic Committee from 1925 until 1942
• 1981: birth of Jérémie Renier, actor