1917 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 May â Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent
- 7â14 June â Battle of Messines (1917)
- 31 July â 10 November â Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres)
- 31 July â 2 August â Battle of Pilckem Ridge
- 16â18 August â Battle of Langemarck (1917)
- 20â26 September â Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
- 26 September â 3 October â Battle of Polygon Wood
- 4 October â Battle of Broodseinde
- 9 October â Battle of Poelcappelle
- 12 October â First Battle of Passchendaele
- 26 October â 10 November â Second Battle of Passchendaele
Publications
- Ãmile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane).[2]
- Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917).[3]
- Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin)[4]
- Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin).[5]
Births
- 30 January â Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020)
- 6 March â Adelin Hartveld, lawyer and resister (died 1942)
- 1 April â Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013)
- 16 May â Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005)
- 21 May â Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988)
- 15 June â Jean Alexandre, cyclist
- 28 June â Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990)
- 25 July â Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003)
- 7 August â Catherine Stevens, athlete
- 23 August â André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005)
- 2 October â Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013)
- 22 October â Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977)
Deaths
- 5 January â Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff
- 30 January â Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint
- 2 March â Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer
- 6 March â Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician
- 25â26 March â Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers
- 13 May â Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter
- 28 May â Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist
- 7 June â Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist
- 29 June â Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician
- 4 July â Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer
- 12 July â Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace
- 31 July â Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet
- 10 August â James Brannick (born 1889), footballer
- 11 August â Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician
- 16 August â Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit
- 21 August â Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse
- 5 September â Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician
- 19 September â Ãmile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat
- 21 September â Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier
- 28 September
- Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier
- Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace
- 9 November â Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist
