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Christmas Eve

• 1069: death of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and margrave of Antwerp
• 1257: death of John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut
• 1281: death of Henry V of Luxembourg, Count of Namur
• 1785: birth of Etienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache, historian and politician
• 1814: signing of the Treaty of Ghent, ending the war between the United States and the United Kingdom
• 1908: death of François-Auguste Gevaert, composer
• 1992: death of Peyo (Pierre Culliford), creator of The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit