Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/September/September 25

• 1506: death of Philip I of Castile, ruler over most of current Belgium, father of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1630: death of Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases, Spanish general in Belgium during the Eighty Years' War, victorious at the Siege of Ostend
• 1946: birth of Dirk Sterckx, politician, former journalist for the VRT, former chairman of the VLD in 2004
• 1955: birth of Ludo Coeck, soccer player, played 46 times for the Belgium national football team
• 1983: death of King Leopold III of Belgium, King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951
• 2005: Tom Boonen wins the World Cycling Championship in Madrid