1917 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1917 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1917 in Belgium .

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent
• 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917)
• 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres)
• 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge
• 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917)
• 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
• 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood
• 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde
• 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle
• 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele
• 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele

Publications

• Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane). ^[2]
• Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917). ^[3]
• Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin) ^[4]
• Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin). ^[5]

Births

• 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020)
• 6 March – Adelin Hartveld, lawyer and resister (died 1942)
• 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013)
• 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005)
• 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988)
• 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist
• 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990)
• 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003)
• 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete
• 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005)
• 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013)
• 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977)

Deaths

• 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff
• 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint
• 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer
• 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician
• 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers
• 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter
• 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist
• 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist
• 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician
• 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer
• 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace
• 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet
• 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer
• 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician
• 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit
• 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse
• 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician
• 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat
• 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier
• 28 September
  • Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier
  • Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace
• 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist

References

1. "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. "Through the iron bars (Two years of German occupation in Belgium)". 1917.
3. "A diplomatic diary, by Hugh Gibson, secretary of the American legation in Brussels". 1917.
4. "The Belgian deportations". 1917.
5. "The invasion & the war in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict". 1917.