1912 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- Date uncertain â Jean Neuhaus II begins producing soft-centre pralines to be sold in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
- 5 May-22 July â Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm
- 2 June â 1912 Belgian general election returns the Catholic Party to power with an increased majority.
- 9 June â Provincial elections
- 15 August â Revue de Belgique publishes Jules Destrée's open letter to the King calling for the separation of the Belgian state.[2]
- 28 October â Léonie de Waha and Marguerite Delchef found the Union des femmes de Wallonie
- 3 November â Frenchman René Thomas wins the Coupe d'Ostende
- December â Antwerp Engineering Co. completes work on the Hispania
Publications
- Thomas Braun, Fumée d'Ardenne, with cover art by Georges Lemmen (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, Les Primitifs Flamands, volume 2 (Brussels, G. Van Oest)
- Ãmile Verhaeren, Les Blés mouvants
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Prince Leopold of Belgium
- Buildings
- Louis Cloquet, Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station
Births
- 12 January â Charles Moeller, theologian and literary critic (died 1986)
- 15 March â Louis Paul Boon, novelist (died 1979)
- 27 April â Franz Weyergans, writer and translator (died 1974)
- 3 May â May Sarton, writer (died 1995)
- 31 May â Jean de Selys Longchamps, RAF fighter pilot (died 1943)
- 4 July â Edward Vissers, cyclist (died 1994)
- 8 July â Jacques Stehman, composer (died 1975)
- 10 August â Romain Maes, cyclist (died 1983)
- 22 September â Ãloi Meulenberg, cyclist (died 1989)
- 24 September â Pierre Fallon, missionary (died 1985)
- 6 October â Adolf Braeckeveldt, cyclist (died 1985)
- 24 November â François Neuville, cyclist (died 1986)
Deaths
- 28 January â Gustave de Molinari (born 1819), economist
- 31 March â Gustave Boël (born 1837), industrialist and politician
- 10 May â Arthur Gaillard (born 1847), archivist
- 25 June â Louis-Joseph Antoine (born 1846), faith healer
- 6 October â Auguste Beernaert (born 1829), politician
- 23 November â Charles Bourseul (born 1829), telegraph engineer
- 26 November â Princess Marie of Belgium (born 1845)
