Founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_University_of_Brussels_(1834–1969)" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)">Free University of Brussels</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Théodore_Verhaegen" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen">Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen</a>.<sup about="#mwt24" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_5#cite_note-3" id="mwVA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVQ">[3]</span></a></sup>
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