1914 in Belgium

Belgian sharpshooters defending a street in Aalst (Alost) Belgium, 1914

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See also:	Other events of 1914 List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

May

• 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914

July

• 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war.

August

• 4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in World War I.
• 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège.
• 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914)
• 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914)
• 21 August – Battle of Charleroi
• 23 August – Massacre at Dinant.
• 25 August – Burning of Leuven University Library.

September

• 28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins

October

• 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser
• 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins

November

• German occupation of Belgium begins to take shape
• 22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends

Publications

• Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, The Brussels Gallery of Old Masters (Brussels, G. van Oest) ^[2]
• Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative (London, T. Werner Laurie) ^[3]

Births

• 17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965 (died 1973)
• 23 January – Antonina Grégoire, communist partisan (died 1952)
• 12 April – Jan van Cauwelaert, bishop (died 2016)
• 3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)
• 17 June
  • Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (died 2005)
  • John Van Alphen, footballer (died 1961)

Deaths

• January 16 - Alfred de Vinck de Winnezeele, Catholic politician
• April 21 - Abel de Kerchove d'Exaerde, politician
• July 6 - Albert de Beauffort, politician
• August 4 - Antoine Fonck, first Belgian soldier killed in World War I
• August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24 (killed in action)
• November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician (b.1855)
• December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
• December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician (b.1843)

See also

• Western Front (World War I)
• World War I

References

1. "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. "The Brussels Gallery of old masters : Reproductions of 174 pictures of various schools : Preceded by an historical and critical summary". 1914.
3. "The Siege of Liège, a personal narrative, with a plan of the forts". 1914.