1912 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1912 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- Date uncertain – Jean Neuhaus II begins producing soft-centre pralines to be sold in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
- 5 May-22 July – Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm
- 2 June – 1912 Belgian general election returns the Catholic Party to power with an increased majority.
- 9 June – Provincial elections
- 15 August – Revue de Belgique publishes Jules Destrée's open letter to the King calling for the separation of the Belgian state.[2]
- 28 October – Léonie de Waha and Marguerite Delchef found the Union des femmes de Wallonie
- 3 November – Frenchman René Thomas wins the Coupe d'Ostende
- December – Antwerp Engineering Co. completes work on the Hispania
Publications
- Thomas Braun, Fumée d'Ardenne, with cover art by Georges Lemmen (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, Les Primitifs Flamands, volume 2 (Brussels, G. Van Oest)
- Émile Verhaeren, Les Blés mouvants
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Prince Leopold of Belgium
- Buildings
- Louis Cloquet, Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station
Births
- 12 January – Charles Moeller, theologian and literary critic (died 1986)
- 15 March – Louis Paul Boon, novelist (died 1979)
- 27 April – Franz Weyergans, writer and translator (died 1974)
- 3 May – May Sarton, writer (died 1995)
- 31 May – Jean de Selys Longchamps, RAF fighter pilot (died 1943)
- 4 July – Edward Vissers, cyclist (died 1994)
- 8 July – Jacques Stehman, composer (died 1975)
- 10 August – Romain Maes, cyclist (died 1983)
- 22 September – Éloi Meulenberg, cyclist (died 1989)
- 24 September – Pierre Fallon, missionary (died 1985)
- 6 October – Adolf Braeckeveldt, cyclist (died 1985)
- 24 November – François Neuville, cyclist (died 1986)
Deaths
- 28 January – Gustave de Molinari (born 1819), economist
- 31 March – Gustave Boël (born 1837), industrialist and politician
- 10 May – Arthur Gaillard (born 1847), archivist
- 25 June – Louis-Joseph Antoine (born 1846), faith healer
- 6 October – Auguste Beernaert (born 1829), politician
- 23 November – Charles Bourseul (born 1829), telegraph engineer
- 26 November – Princess Marie of Belgium (born 1845)
References
- ^ "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Belgium may separate" (PDF). The New York Times. 8 September 1912.
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