1913 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- April
- 14 April â Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform.[2]
- 22 April â General strike ends
- 26 April â King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.[3]
- November
- 3 November â Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends.[3]
- December
- 10 December â Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.[4]
Publications
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21.
- G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).[5]
- Demetrius Charles Boulger, Belgium (Detroit, Bay View Reading Club)[6]
Births
- 17 January â Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003)
- 10 March â J. A. van Houtte, historian (died 2002)
- 21 August â François Devries, footballer (died 1972)
- 15 November â Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005)
- 3 December â Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994)
Deaths
- 29 January â Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian
- 13 June â Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer
- 13 August â Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot
- 9 September â Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister
