1914 in Belgium

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Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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
November

Publications

Births

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

References

  1. ^ "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Brussels Gallery of old masters : Reproductions of 174 pictures of various schools : Preceded by an historical and critical summary". 1914.
  3. ^ "The Siege of Liège, a personal narrative, with a plan of the forts". 1914.
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