1914 in Belgium
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Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Albert I
- 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 the First World War.
- 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
- 22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends
Births
- January 17 - Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965
- June 3 - Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)[1]
- June 17 - John Van Alphen, footballer
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-Adolphe Fonck, 1st 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
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References
- ↑ The Bicycle, UK, 25 December 1946, p15
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