1918 in Belgium
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Albert I[1]
- Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville (to 1 June); Gérard Cooreman (1 Juneâ21 November); Leon Delacroix (from 21 November)
Events
- 7 to 29 April â Fourth Battle of Ypres
- 23 April â Zeebrugge Raid
- 28 September to 2 October â Fifth Battle of Ypres
- 14 to 19 October â Battle of Courtrai
- 18 October â Yser Medal struck
- 19 October â Charge of Burkel
- 20 October to 11 November â Battle of the Lys and the Escaut
- 5 to 7 November â Passage of the Grande Honnelle
- 11 November â Armistice of 11 November 1918
Publications
- Newspapers
- Vers l'Avenir begins publication (18 November)
- De Standaard begins publication (4 December)
- Books
- A War Nurse's Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital (New York, Macmillan)[2]
- Henri Grégoire (historian), Les Perles de la poésie slave: Lermontov, Pouchkine, Mickiewicz (Liège, Bénard)[3]
- Emile Vandervelde, Three Aspects of The Russian Revolution, translated by Jean A. H. Findlay (London, George Allen and Unwin)[4]
Births
- 26 January â Albert Sercu, cyclist (died 1978)
- 17 February â Frans Cools cyclist (died 1999)
- 24 February â Louisa Colpeyn, actress (died 2015)
- 3 March â Fernand Buyle, footballer (died 1992)
- 23 April â André Maelbrancke, cyclist (died 1986)
- 2 May â Georges Debunne, trade unionist (died 2008)
- 5 May â Karel Thijs, cyclist (died 1990)
- 17 May â Eugénie De Keyser, art historian (died 2012)
- 26 May â Prosper Depredomme, cyclist (died 1987)
- 28 June â Anton van Wilderode, poet (died 1998)
- 8 September â Robert Senelle, academic (died 2013)
- 19 September â Hubert Chantrenne, scientist (died 2007)
- 24 September â Joseph Trimpont, wrestler
- 1 October â Jan Cools, Olympic wrestler
- 4 October â Raymond Lombard, Olympic equestrian (died 2016)
- 6 October â André Pilette, racing driver (died 1993)
- 28 November â Gustaaf Eeckeman, footballer (died 1975)
Deaths
- 12 January â Ãmile Storms (born 1846), colonial official
- 19 February â Edmond Deman (born 1857), publisher
- 21 February â Théophile de Lantsheere (born 1833), politician
- 14 March â Gennaro Rubino (born 1859), anarchist
- 31 August â Joe English (born 1882), artist
- 17 September â Henry Moeller (born 1852), priest
- 28 December â Géo Bernier (born 1862), painter
