1907 in Belgium
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II[1]
- Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer (to 2 May); Jules de Trooz (2 May–31 December); Frans Schollaert (from 31 December)
Events
- Royal Belgian Hockey Association founded.
- 24 March – Football season 1906-1907 ends with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the top of the Belgian First Division.
- 14 April – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Antwerp.
- 21 April – Belgium national football team plays France national football team in Brussels.
- 9 May – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Haarlem.
- 16 May-14 June – Ostend 1907 chess tournament.
- 8 July – Scheldeprijs cycling race first organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation
- 23 July – Port of Zeebrugge formally opened.
- 16 October – Copyright convention with Germany agreed in Brussels;[2] ratified May 1908.[3]
- 18 October – Belgium a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1907
- 26 October – Ratification of the German-Belgian railway convention of 1903.[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- La Belgique Artistique et Littéraire, vols. 6 (January–March),[5] 7 (April–June),[6] 8 (July–September),[7] 9 (October–December).[8]
- Books
- Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Le rideau cramoisi, illustrated by Armand Rassenfosse (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Félix Magnette, Les émigrés français aux Pays-Bas, 1789-1794 (Brussels, Hayez)
- Henri Pirenne, Histoire de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, Henri Lamertin)[9]
- Stijn Streuvels, De vlaschaard
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 7.[10]
Art and architecture
- Henry De Groux, Portrait of James Ensor
- Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait
- Louis Tytgadt, After Mass in the Church of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ter Hoye Beguinage in Ghent
Births
- 3 February – Charles Verlinden, historian (died 1996)
- 17 March – Jean Van Houtte, prime minister (died 1991)
- 19 March – Charles-Emmanuel Janssen, politician (died 1985)
- 28 April – Raymond Braine, footballer (died 1978)
- 22 May – Hergé, comics author (died 1983)
- 24 May – Jules François, ophthalmologist (died 1984)
- 11 June – Raoul Henkart, fencer (died 1955)
- 2 July – Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers, politician (died 1991)
- 11 December – Pol Duwez, scientist (died 1984)
Deaths
- 8 January – Theodoor Verstraete (born 1850), painter
- 21 January – Louis Willems (born 1822), immunologist
- 7 February – Jean-Charles Jacobs (born 1821), entomologist
- 19 June – Léon Herbo (born 1850), painter
- 8 November – Marie Sasse (born 1834), soprano
- 5 December – Charles Leickert (born 1816), painter
- 31 December – Jules de Trooz (born 1857), prime minister
References
- ^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Convention entre la Belgique et l'Allemagne pour la protection réciproque des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques, signée à Bruxelles le 16 octobre 1907". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 16 October 1907.
- ^ "Loi du 25 mai 1908 approuvant la Convention conclue à Bruxelles, le 16 octobre 1907, entre la Belgique et l'Allemagne pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 25 May 1908.
- ^ Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914 (Paris, 1994), p. 342.
- ^ At Internet Archive
- ^ At Internet Archive
- ^ At Internet Archive
- ^ At Internet Archive
- ^ At Internet Archive
- ^ "Digital Viewer by KBR".
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