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Holiday of the Flemish Community (Dutch: Feest van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap)

• 1302: at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, the Flemish troops defeat the French army, and is the origin of the date of the regional holiday of Flanders
• 1662: birth of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1708: at the Battle of Oudenarde during the War of the Spanish Succession, a combined force of the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire defeated the French army
• 1738: birth of Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1916: death of Rik Wouters, fauvist painter and sculptor