1916 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- 2â14 June â Battle of Mont Sorrel[3]
- 19 September â Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
- 19 October â Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.[4]
Publications
- Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)[5]
- Felix Timmermans, Pallieter
Births
- 21 January â Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
- 9 February â Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
- 7 March â Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
- 1 June â Jean Jérôme Hamer, cardinal (died 1996)
- 16 April â Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
- 27 August â Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
- 7 September â Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
- 7 October â Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
- 10 October â Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
- 18 October â Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
- 28 November â Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
- 30 November â Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)
- 30 December â Robert-Joseph Mathen, bishop (died 1997)
Deaths
- 4 January â Godefroid Kurth (born 1847), historian
- 12 March â Julien Davignon (born 1854), Catholic politician[6]
- 1 April â Gabrielle Petit (born 1893), patriot
- 16 May â Ãmile Royer (born 1866), politician
- 1 June â François Stroobant (born 1819), lithographer
- 11 July â Rik Wouters (born 1882), painter
- 5 November â Antoon Stillemans (born 1832), bishop of Ghent
- 27 November â Ãmile Verhaeren (born 1855), poet
