1903 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- 30 July-6 August â 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in Brussels.[3]
- 15 August â German-Belgian railway convention signed.[4]
Publications
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 17.
- Henri Pirenne, Histoire de Belgique, vol. 2[5]
- Max Rooses, Rubens' leven en werken
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 3.[6]
- Emile Vandervelde, L'Exode rural et le retour aux champs
Art and architecture
- Théo van Rysselberghe, The Reading
Births
- 8 June â Marguerite Yourcenar, French novelist (died 1987)
- 14 July â Henricus Cockuyt, Olympic sprinter (died 1993)
- 19 August - Gérard Devos, footballer[7] (died 1972)
Deaths
- 19 June â Fernande de Cartier de Marchienne (born 1872)
- 21 July â Henri Alexis Brialmont (born 1821), military architect
