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2 unusual facts about Rocourt


Battle of Rocoux

The Battle of Rocoux (11 October 1746) was a French victory over an allied Austrian, British, Hanoveran and Dutch army in Rocourt (or Rocoux), outside Liège during War of the Austrian Succession.

Rocourt, Liège

It is now known for its maternity hospital, one of the biggest in Belgium, where a few famous people were born, such as Justine Henin, Marie Gillain and David Goffin.


Klaus-Jürgen Grünke

A year earlier he won the world title in the same event in Rocourt.


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