1927 in Belgium
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Albert I
- Prime Minister â Henri Jaspar[1]
Events
- 22 January â Funeral of Charlotte of Belgium (former Empress of Mexico) in Laken (Brussels).[2]
- 10 February â League against Imperialism founded at a Congress of Oppressed Peoples in the Egmont Palace, Brussels
- 1 March â Committee for Public Works established.[3]:â820â
- 15 September â Belgium loses its seat on the permanent council of the League of Nations.[3]:â820â
- October â Fifth International Solvay Conference
- 21 November â Government falls after Socialists question policy on military service.[3]:â820â
Publications
- Hendrik de Man, Au-delà du marxisme / Zur Psychologie des Sozialismus
- Willem Elsschot, Lijmen
- Stijn Streuvels, De teleurgang van de Waterhoek
Art and architecture
- Buildings
- Le Corbusier, Maison Guiette, Antwerp
- Paintings
Births
- 26 January â Victor Mees, footballer (died 2012)
- 30 January â Jef Nys, comics writer (died 2009)
- 28 February â Joseph Noiret, artist (died 2012)
- 9 March â Will Ferdy, singer (died 2022)
- 1 May â Roland Verhavert, film-maker (died 2014)
- 7 May â Luc de Heusch, anthropologist (died 2012)
- 7 July â Henri Dirickx, international footballer (died 2018)
- 8 July â Willy De Clercq, politician (died 2011)
- 1 August â André Cools, politician (died 1991)
- 11 September â Luc Versteylen, Jesuit (died 2021)
- 11 October â Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, grand duchess of Luxembourg (died 2005)
Deaths
- 19 January â Charlotte of Belgium (born 1840)
- 6 March â Joseph Bascourt (born 1863), architect
- 4 April
- Albert Van Coile (born 1900), footballer
- Auguste Goffinet (born 1857), courtier
- 17 May â Emilius Seghers (born 1855), bishop of Ghent
- 28 May â Théophile Lybaert (born 1848), artist
- 29 May â Georges Eekhoud (born 1854), novelist
- 11 July â Fernand Feyaerts (born 1880), Olympic swimmer
- 30 August â Ãmile Braun (born 1849), engineer
- 28 October â Oscar Van Den Bossche (born 1893), rower
- 2 November â Rodolphe Wytsman (died 1860), painter
