1925 in Belgium
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Albert I
- Prime Minister â Georges Theunis (to 13 May); Aloys Van de Vyvere (13 May to 17 June); Prosper Poullet (from 17 June)
Events
- 6 March â Annexation of Eupen and Malmedy to the Kingdom of Belgium.
- 10 March â Parliament passes a law on the provision of electricity.[1]
- 5 April
- Legislative elections: Belgian Labour Party and Catholic Party each win 78 seats
- Henri de Baillet-Latour elected President of the International Olympic Committee
- 23 April â Monument to the Zeebrugge Raid inaugurated by King Albert I.
- 7 June â 14th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels.
- 28 June â Antonio Ascari wins the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix, the first held on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
- 19 July â Lucien Buysse comes second in the 1925 Tour de France
- 13 October â Gaston-Antoine Rasneur, bishop of Tournai, consecrates the new abbey church of Chimay Abbey.[2]
- 8 November â Provincial elections
- December â Flooding in Charleroi
Publications
- Jean Dominique, Sable sans fleurs
- André Fontaine, L'Art belge
- Frans Masereel, La Ville: cent bois gravés
- Joris Minne, Alphabet
- Marcel Thiry, Plongeantes proues
Art and architecture
- Buildings
- Major Seminary of Ghent relocates to new buildings (now part of Vlerick Business School)
Births
- 7 January â Louis Carré, footballer (died 2002)
- 26 January â Jean-Marie Ghuysen, chemist (died 2004)
- 31 January â Micheline Lannoy, Olympic figure skater (died 2023)
- 25 February â Gilbert Temmerman, politician (died 2012)
- 8 March â Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, aristocrat (died 2005)
- 21 March â Pierre Celis, brewer (died 2011)
- 7 April â Jos De Beukelaere, cyclist (died 1969)
- 9 April â Paula Sémer, broadcaster (died 2021)
- 11 April â Rik Kuypers, film maker (died 2019)
- 8 May
- Dino Attanasio, comics artist (born in Italy; died 2026)
- André-Paul Duchâteau, writer (died 2020)
- 16 May â Bobbejaan Schoepen, entertainer (died 2010)
- 25 July â Yolande Uyttenhove, pianist (died 2000)
- 4 September â Leo Apostel, philosopher (died 1995)
- 5 September
- Robert Schoonjans, runner (died 2011)
- Jos Vandeloo, writer (died 2015)
- 16 September â José Desmarets, politician (died 2019)
- 25 September â Janine de Greef, Resister (died 2020)
- 6 October â Jean Mathonet, footballer (died 2004)
- 16 October â Karel Dillen, politician (died 2007)
- 25 October â Joseph Michel, politician (died 2016)
- 3 December â Paula Marckx, pilot (died 2020)
- 20 December â Bob de Moor, comics artist (died 1992)
Deaths
- 17 January â Hendrik Geeraert (born 1863), sluice-keeper
- 23 February â Joris Helleputte (born 1852), architect and politician
- 1 March â Philogène Wytsman (born 1866), biologist
- 8 March â Juliette Wytsman (born 1866), painter
- 25 March â Thomas Vinçotte (born 1850), sculptor
- 9 July â Flavie Van den Hende (born 1865), cellist
- 16 August â Jean Massart (born 1865), botanist
- 9 September â Eugène Goblet d'Alviella (born 1846), politician
