1907 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II[1]
- Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer (to 2 May); Jules de Trooz (2 Mayâ31 December); Frans Schollaert (from 31 December)
Events
- Royal Belgian Hockey Association founded.
- 24 March â Football season 1906-1907 ends with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the top of the Belgian First Division.
- 14 April â Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Antwerp.
- 21 April â Belgium national football team plays France national football team in Brussels.
- 9 May â Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Haarlem.
- 16 May-14 June â Ostend 1907 chess tournament.
- 8 July â Scheldeprijs cycling race first organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation
- 23 July â Port of Zeebrugge formally opened.
- 16 October â Copyright convention with Germany agreed in Brussels;[2] ratified May 1908.[3]
- 18 October â Belgium a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1907
- 26 October â Ratification of the German-Belgian railway convention of 1903.[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- La Belgique Artistique et Littéraire, vols. 6 (JanuaryâMarch),[5] 7 (AprilâJune),[6] 8 (JulyâSeptember),[7] 9 (OctoberâDecember).[8]
- Books
- Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Le rideau cramoisi, illustrated by Armand Rassenfosse (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Félix Magnette, Les émigrés français aux Pays-Bas, 1789-1794 (Brussels, Hayez)
- Henri Pirenne, Histoire de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, Henri Lamertin)[9]
- Stijn Streuvels, De vlaschaard
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 7.[10]
Art and architecture
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- Henry De Groux, Portrait of James Ensor
- Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait
- Louis Tytgadt, After Mass in the Church of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ter Hoye Beguinage in Ghent
Births
- 3 February â Charles Verlinden, historian (died 1996)
- 17 March â Jean Van Houtte, prime minister (died 1991)
- 19 March â Charles-Emmanuel Janssen, politician (died 1985)
- 28 April â Raymond Braine, footballer (died 1978)
- 22 May â Hergé, comics author (died 1983)
- 24 May â Jules François, ophthalmologist (died 1984)
- 11 June â Raoul Henkart, fencer (died 1955)
- 2 July â Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers, politician (died 1991)
- 11 December â Pol Duwez, scientist (died 1984)
Deaths
- 8 January â Theodoor Verstraete (born 1850), painter
- 21 January â Louis Willems (born 1822), immunologist
- 7 February â Jean-Charles Jacobs (born 1821), entomologist
- 19 June â Léon Herbo (born 1850), painter
- 8 November â Marie Sasse (born 1834), soprano
- 5 December â Charles Leickert (born 1816), painter
- 31 December â Jules de Trooz (born 1857), prime minister
