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See also:

Other events of 1940
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1940 in Belgium

Incumbents

Events

10 January – Mechelen incident
10 to 28 May – Battle of Belgium
- 10 to 11 May – Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
- 12 to 14 May – Battle of Hannut
- 14 to 15 May – Battle of Gembloux (1940)
- 22 May – Alexander von Falkenhausen appointed to the head of the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
- 23 to 28 May – Battle of the Lys (1940)
- 25 May – Vinkt Massacre
- 28 May – Leopold III surrenders, contrary to ministerial advice
28 June – Belgian Labour Party dissolved
22 October – Belgian government in exile, having been dispersed in France, Spain and Switzerland, regroups in London

Births

2 January – Florent Bessemans, fencer
4 January – Léon Semmeling, footballer
5 February – Henri Van Herwegen, artist (died 2019)
23 February – Remi Vermeiren, banker
24 May – Hilde Houben-Bertrand, politician
6 June – Nicolas Dumont, Olympic athlete
7 July – Irène Sweyd, Olympic athlete
7 August – Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister 1992-1999
12 October – Yvan Covent, cyclist (died 2011)
27 December – William Cliff, poet

Deaths

10 January – Pierre Imperiali (born 1874), politician
27 January – Léon Frédéric (born 1856), painter
30 January – André Léon Tonnoir (born 1885), entomologist
10 February – Paulin Ladeuze (born 1870), theologian
11 February – Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (born 1856), author
22 February – Eugène Laermans (born 1864), painter
14 March – Flori van Acker (born 1858), painter
19 March – Gustave Sap (born 1886), politician
29 April – Jules Feller (born 1859), academician
12 May – Michel D'Hooghe (born 1912), cyclist
20 May – Joris Van Severen (born 1894), far-right politician
18 June – Robert Feyerick (born 1892), Olympic athlete
24 June – Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (born 1877), missionary
29 August – Arthur De Greef (born 1862), composer
5 September – Charles de Broqueville (born 1860), former Prime Minister
9 September – Albert du Roy de Blicquy (born 1869), general
23 September – Marcel Van Crombrugge (born 1880), Olympic athlete
7 October – Marie de Bièvre (born 1865), painter
17 October – Lucien Linden (born 1851), botanist
3 November – Julien Vervaecke (born 1899), cyclist
8 November – Arthur Vierendeel (born 1852), civil engineer
16 November – Léon Dens (born 1869), politician

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References

"Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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