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• David, Jacques Louis [Body minus heart]    b. August 30, 1748  d. December 29, 1825
  Artist. He was a central figure of the French Neoclassicism art movement. His major works include "Oath of Horatii" (Louvre, 1784), "Death of Marat" (Brussels, 1793) and "Coronation of Napoleon" (Louvre, 1805).
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• de Gerlache de Gomery, Adrien    b. 1866  d. 1934
  Explorer. Born in in Hasselt, Belgium, he was an engineer officer in the Belgian Royal Navy with a passion to explore the Antarctic. In 1896, he purchased a whaling ship and after an extensive refit, named it the Belgica. On August 16, 1897, he set sail from Antwerp, with the first multinational crew which included notable explores Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook and Emil Racovita on an expedition to the Antarctic. He was also the first to spend 380 days there during winter, charting and naming...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Goldschmidt, Robert   b. 1877  d. 1935
  Air balloon pioneer, launching the dirigible 'Belgique' in 1907. Also a pioneer of radio, starting the first regular radio broadcasts of concerts in 1914. Later one of the pioneers of microfilm.
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Max, Adolphe    b. 1869  d. 1939
  Mayor of Brussels, later a Minister. He is the man behind many of Brussels's institutions (e.g. the Palais de Beaux Arts and the 1935 international exhibition at Heysel).
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Unknown vicitms of department store fire   d. May 22, 1967
  To the 325 unknown victims of the most murderous fire of the history of Belgium. The 22nd May 1967, a big department store in the centre of Brussels burned.
  Cause of death: Fire
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Van Campenhout, François    b. 1779  d. 1848
  Composer. A violinist, he was the composerr of "La Brabaneonne", the National Anthem for Belgium.
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Verhaegen, Theodore    b. 1796  d. 1862
  One of the founders of the non-religious university of Brussels (UniversitŽ Libre de Bruxelles).
  Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   

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