1904 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1904 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- Institut de Droit International awarded the Nobel Peace Prize[2]
- April
- 17 April â Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy replaces Maurice Joostens as Belgian ambassador to China
- May
- 1 May â Belgium national football team plays its first international, against France
- 21 May â Belgium national football association a founder member of FIFA
- 29 May â 1904 Belgian general election
- June
- 5 June â Provincial elections
- October
- 29 October â Extradition treaty with Cuba concluded.[3]
Art and architecture
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- Buildings
- Hôtel Hannon, an Art Nouveau villa in Saint-Gilles, designed by Jules Brunfaut for Ãdouard Hannon
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annuaire de l'Institut de droit international begins publication
- Bulletin des Sociétés Chimiques Belges begins publication
- Het Missiewerk begins publication
- Reports and studies
- Casement Report
- E. D. Morel, King Leopold's Rule in Africa
- Scholarship
- Jean Capart, Les débuts de l'art en Ãgypte (Brussels, Vromany)[4]
- G. Des Marez, L'organisation du travail a Bruxelles au XVe siècle (Brussels)
- Maurice De Wulf, Introduction à la philosophie néoscolastique.[5]
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 4.[6]
- Guides
- First Michelin Guide for Belgium published
- Touring Club Belgium publishes road map of Belgium[7]
- Literary writing
- Henry Carton de Wiart, La cité ardente
- Ãmile Verhaeren, Les tendresses premières, illustrated by Théo van Rysselberghe (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
Births
- Louis Pevernagie, painter (died 1970)
- 6 January â Aimée Bologne-Lemaire, activist (died 1998)
- 25 January â Albert De Roocker, Olympic fencer
- 9 February â Karel Bossart, engineer (died 1975)
- 10 February â Henri Hébrans, boxer
- 13 February â Lucien Debleyser, boxer
- 21 February â Armand Preud'homme, composer (died 1986)
- 2 March â Jan Mertens, cyclist (died 1964)
- 30 March
- Marguerite Acarin, dance artist (died 1999)
- Edgar P. Jacobs, comic book creator (died 1987)
- 8 April â Piet Vermeylen, politician (died 1991)
- 15 April â René Lagrou, Nazi collaborator (died 1969)
- 9 May â Pol Demeuter, motorcycle racer (died 1934)
- 12 May â Adolphe Groscol, Olympic athlete (died 1985)
- 17 May â Fernand Dineur, cartoonist (died 1956)
- 30 June â Edith Kiel, film maker (died 1993)
- 8 July â Roger Motz, politician (died 1964)
- 10 July â Jules Herremans, Olympic athlete (died 1974)
- 16 July â Leo Joseph Suenens, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel (died 1996)
- 27 July â Omer Taverne, cyclist (died 1981)
- 17 August â Raymond Jeener, biologist (died 1995)
- 18 September â Paul Van den Broeck, sportsman
- 6 October â Victor Larock, politician (died 1977)
- 23 October â Maximilien de Furstenberg, prelate (died 1988)
- 19 November â Louise Janson-Scheidt, writer (died 1997)
- 12 December â Jacques Van Melkebeke, artist and writer (died 1983)
Deaths
- Robert Vinçotte (born 1844), engineer
- 15 January â Eduard Lassen (born 1830), composer
- 23 January â Gédéon Bordiau (born 1832), architect
- 26 March â Ferdinand Pauwels (born 1830), painter
- 21 April â Piatus of Mons (born 1815), theologian
- 10 May â Henry Morton Stanley (born 1841), explorer of Congo
- 9 June â Hendrik Frans Schaefels (born 1827), painter
- 12 June â Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836), entrepreneur
- 15 August â Frans de Potter (born 1834), writer
- 19 November â August Snieders (born 1825), journalist
- 13 December â Henri Van Cutsem (born 1839), patron of the arts
- 24 December â Julien Dillens (born 1849), sculptor
