1907 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

← 1906 1905 1904 1907 in Belgium → 1908 1909 1910
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1907 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Leopold II[1]
• Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer (to 2 May); Jules de Trooz (from 2 May)

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 Dutch national football team in Antwerp.
• 21 April – Belgium national football team plays French national football team in Brussels.
• 9 May – Belgium national football team plays Dutch 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

Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait, 1907

• Henry De Groux, Portrait of James Ensor
• Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait

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

1. "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914 (Paris, 1994), p. 342.
5. At Internet Archive
6. At Internet Archive
7. At Internet Archive
8. At Internet Archive
9. At Internet Archive
10. https://uurl.kbr.be/1427502