1927 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1927 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar ^[1]

Events

• 22 January – Funeral of Charlotte of Belgium (former Empress of Mexico) in Laken (Brussels). ^[2]
• 10 February – League against Imperialism founded at a Congress of Oppressed Peoples in the Egmont Palace, Brussels
• 1 March – Committee for Public Works established. ^{[3] : 820}
• 15 September – Belgium loses its seat on the permanent council of the League of Nations. ^{[3] : 820}
• October – Fifth International Solvay Conference
• 21 November – Government falls after Socialists question policy on military service. ^{[3] : 820}

Publications

• Hendrik de Man, Au-delà du marxisme / Zur Psychologie des Sozialismus
• Willem Elsschot, Lijmen
• Stijn Streuvels, De teleurgang van de Waterhoek

Art and architecture

Maison Guiette in Antwerp, designed by Le Corbusier

Buildings

• Le Corbusier, Maison Guiette, Antwerp

Paintings

• René Magritte, The Enchanted Pose ; The Meaning of Night ; The Menaced Assassin

Births

• 26 January – Victor Mees, footballer (died 2012)
• 30 January – Jef Nys, comics writer (died 2009)
• 28 February – Joseph Noiret, artist (died 2012)
• 9 March — Will Ferdy, singer (died 2022)
• 1 May – Roland Verhavert, film-maker (died 2014)
• 7 May – Luc de Heusch, anthropologist (died 2012)
• 7 July – Henri Dirickx, international footballer (died 2018)
• 8 July – Willy De Clercq, politician (died 2011)
• 1 August – André Cools, politician (died 1991)
• 11 September – Luc Versteylen, Jesuit (died 2021)
• 11 October – Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, grand duchess of Luxembourg (died 2005)

Deaths

• 19 January – Charlotte of Belgium (born 1840)
• 6 March – Joseph Bascourt (born 1863), architect
• 4 April
  • Albert Van Coile (born 1900), footballer
  • Auguste Goffinet (born 1857), courtier
• 17 May – Emilius Seghers (born 1855), bishop of Ghent
• 28 May – Théophile Lybaert (born 1848), artist
• 29 May – Georges Eekhoud (born 1854), novelist
• 11 July – Fernand Feyaerts (born 1880), Olympic swimmer
• 30 August – Émile Braun (born 1849), engineer
• 28 October – Oscar Van Den Bossche (born 1893), rower
• 2 November – Rodolphe Wytsman (died 1860), painter

References

1. J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
2. "Belgium: Empress' Funeral". Time . 31 January 1927.
3. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).