1914 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 1914 List of years in Belgium |
Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Albert I[1]
- Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville
Events
- May
- 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914
- July
- 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war.
- August
- 4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in World War I.
- 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège.
- 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914)
- 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914)
- 21 August – Battle of Charleroi
- 23 August – Massacre at Dinant.
- 25 August – Burning of Leuven University Library.
- September
- 28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins
- October
- 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser
- 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins
- November
- German occupation of Belgium begins to take shape
- 22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends
Publications
- Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, The Brussels Gallery of Old Masters (Brussels, G. van Oest)[2]
- Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative (London, T. Werner Laurie)[3]
Births
- 17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965 (died 1973)
- 23 January – Antonina Grégoire, communist partisan (died 1952)
- 12 April – Jan van Cauwelaert, bishop (died 2016)
- 3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)
- 17 June
- Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (died 2005)
- John Van Alphen, footballer (died 1961)
Deaths
- January 16 - Alfred de Vinck de Winnezeele, Catholic politician
- April 21 - Abel de Kerchove d'Exaerde, politician
- July 6 - Albert de Beauffort, politician
- August 4 - Antoine Fonck, first Belgian soldier killed in World War I
- August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24 (killed in action)
- November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician (b.1855)
- December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
- December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician (b.1843)
See also
- Western Front (World War I)
- World War I
References
- ^ "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "The Brussels Gallery of old masters : Reproductions of 174 pictures of various schools : Preceded by an historical and critical summary". 1914.
- ^ "The Siege of Liège, a personal narrative, with a plan of the forts". 1914.
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