Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/May/May 3
- 1294: death of John I, Duke of Brabant, father-in-law of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1742: birth of Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
- 1809: birth of Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck, palentologist and chemist
- 1915: In Flanders Fields, the famous poem about World War I (Remembrance Poppies pictured), is written by Canadian John McCrae
- 1929: birth of Berck, comics author
- 1938: birth of Louis Tobback, former minister in the Belgian federal government and as of 2006 mayor of Leuven
- 1986: Sandra Kim wins the Eurovision Song Contest held in Bergen, Norway