1918 in Belgium

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See also:

Other events of 1918
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1918 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Albert I[1]
Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville (to 1 June); Gérard Cooreman (from 1 June)

Events

7 to 29 April – Fourth Battle of Ypres
23 April – Zeebrugge Raid
28 September to 2 October – Fifth Battle of Ypres
14 to 19 October – Battle of Courtrai
18 October – Yser Medal struck
19 October – Charge of Burkel
20 October to 11 November – Battle of the Lys and the Escaut
5 to 7 November – Passage of the Grande Honnelle
11 November – Armistice of 11 November 1918

Publications

Newspapers

Vers l'Avenir begins publication (18 November)
De Standaard begins publication (4 December)

Books

A War Nurse's Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital (New York, Macmillan)[2]
Henri Grégoire, Les Perles de la poésie slave: Lermontov, Pouchkine, Mickiewicz (Liège, Bénard)[3]
Emile Vandervelde, Three Aspects of The Russian Revolution, translated by Jean A. H. Findlay (London, George Allen and Unwin)[4]

Births

26 January – Albert Sercu, cyclist (died 1978)
17 February – Frans Cools cyclist (died 1999)
24 February – Louisa Colpeyn, actress (died 2015)
3 March – Fernand Buyle, footballer (died 1992)
23 April – André Maelbrancke, cyclist (died 1986)
2 May – Georges Debunne, trade unionist (died 2008)
5 May – Karel Thijs, cyclist (died 1990)
17 May – Eugénie De Keyser, art historian (died 2012)
26 May – Prosper Depredomme, cyclist (died 1987)
28 June – Anton van Wilderode, poet (died 1998)
8 September – Robert Senelle, academic (died 2013)
19 September – Hubert Chantrenne, scientist (died 2007)
24 September – Joseph Trimpont, wrestler
1 October – Jan Cools, Olympic wrestler
4 October – Raymond Lombard, Olympic equestrian
6 October – André Pilette, racing driver (died 1993)
28 November – Gustaaf Eeckeman, footballer (died 1975)

Deaths

12 January – Émile Storms (born 1846), colonial official
19 February – Edmond Deman (born 1857), publisher
21 February – Théophile de Lantsheere (born 1833), politician
14 March – Gennaro Rubino (born 1859), anarchist
31 August – Joe English (born 1882), artist
17 September – Henry Moeller (born 1852), priest
28 December – Géo Bernier (born 1862), painter

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