Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 16

• 714: death of Pippin of Herstal, Duke of the Franks, father of Charles Martel
• 1744: death of Maria Anna of Habsburg, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• 1790: birth of Leopold I of Belgium, the first king of the independent Belgium, as Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
• 1876: birth of Rodolphe Seeldrayers, athlete, president of the FIFA from 1954 to 1955
• 1944: start of the Battle of the Bulge
• 1955: birth of Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, the husband of Princess Astrid of Belgium