1936 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- January â Remains of Father Damien shipped to Belgium for reburial
- 24 May â Legislative elections
- 7 June â Provincial elections
- September â Sixth Catholic Congress in Mechelen
- DeVlag (Deutsch-Vlämische Arbeitsgemeinschaft) founded to facilitate cultural exchange with Nazi Germany
Publications
- Emmanuel d'Hooghvorst, Jâaccuse Léon Degrelle
- Maurice Grevisse, Le Bon Usage
- Hergé, Le Lotus bleu (serialised 1934â35) published as an album
- Charles Plisnier, Mariages
- Georges Simenon, 45° à l'ombre, Les Demoiselles de Concarneau, L'Ãvadé, Long Cours
- Felix Timmermans, Het Vlaamsche volksleven volgens Pieter Breughel
Art
- Paul Delvaux, Le Miroir, Femme dans une grotte, La Fenêtre, La Rose, Les Belles de nuit, Le Cortège des dentelles
- René Magritte's first solo exhibition in the United States (Julien Levy Gallery, New York)
Births
- 10 January â Lucienne Stassaert, poet
- 19 April â Wilfried Martens, prime minister (died 2013)
- 24 May â Patrick Nothomb, diplomat (died 2020)
- 6 July â Grand Jojo, singer-songwriter (died 2021)
- 7 November â Roger Vangheluwe, sexual abuser
- 25 December â Marnix Vincent, literary translator (died 2016)
Deaths
- 3 January â Jules Destrée (born 1863), socialist
- 25 February â Anna Boch (born 1848), painter
- 5 March â Georges Hobé (born 1854), architect
- 8 May â Paul Spaak (born 1871), poet
- 16 September â Pol Demade (born 1863), writer
- 4 October â Privat Livemont (born 1861), artist
- 11 October â Joseph Jacquemotte (born 1883), anarcho-syndicalist
