1916 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1916 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert I[1]
• Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville[2]

Events

• 2–14 June – Battle of Mont Sorrel[3]
• 19 September – Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
• 19 October – Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.[4]

Publications

• Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)[5]
• Felix Timmermans, Pallieter

Births

• 21 January – Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
• 9 February – Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
• 7 March – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
• 16 April – Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
• 27 August – Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
• 7 September – Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
• 7 October – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
• 10 October – Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
• 18 October – Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
• 28 November – Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
• 30 November – Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)

Deaths

• 12 March – Julien Davignon, Catholic politician (born 1854)[6]
• 1 April – Gabrielle Petit (born 1893), patriot
• 16 May – Émile Royer (born 1866), politician
• 1 June – François Stroobant (born 1819), lithographer
• 11 July – Rik Wouters (born 1882), painter
• 5 November – Antoon Stillemans (born 1832), bishop of Ghent
• 27 November – Émile Verhaeren (born 1855), poet

References

1. "Albert I - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Baron Charles de Broqueville". www.firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
3. "Land Battles - Mount Sorrel". Canada and the First World War. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
4. Fernand Passelecq, Les déportation belges à la lumière des documents allemands (Berger-Levrault, 1917), p. 324.
5. https://archive.org/details/signalofdistress00merc
6. "Julien Davignon (1854-1916)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2019.