1914 in Belgium

Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.

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Decades:

1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s

See also:

Other events of 1914
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch - Albert I[1]
Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville

Events

May

24 May – Belgian general election, 1914

July

25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war.

August

4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in the First World War.
5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège.
12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914)
20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914)
21 August – Battle of Charleroi
23 August – Massacre at Dinant.
25 August – Burning of Leuven University Library.

September

28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins

October

16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser
19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins

November

German occupation of Belgium begins to take shape
22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends

Publications

Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, The Brussels Gallery of Old Masters (Brussels, G. van Oest)[2]
Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative (London, T. Werner Laurie)[3]

Births

17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965 (died 1973)
23 January – Antonina Grégoire, communist partisan (died 1952)
12 April – Jan van Cauwelaert, bishop (died 2016)
3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)
17 June
- Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (died 2005)
- John Van Alphen, footballer (died 1961)

Deaths

January 16 - Alfred de Vinck de Winnezeele, Catholic politician
April 21 - Abel de Kerchove d'Exaerde, politician
July 6 - Albert de Beauffort, politician
August 4 - Antoine-Adolphe Fonck, 1st Belgian soldier killed in World War I
August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24 (killed in action)
November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician (b.1855)
December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician (b.1843)

See also

References

"Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
"The Brussels Gallery of old masters : Reproductions of 174 pictures of various schools : Preceded by an historical and critical summary". 1914.
"The Siege of Liège, a personal narrative, with a plan of the forts". 1914.

Years in Belgium
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1914 in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Austria-Hungary Baden Belgium Bulgaria Denmark France Germany Greece Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Ottoman Empire Portugal Prussia Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

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