1938 in Belgium

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1938
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Belgium
Decades:
See also: Other events of 1938
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1938 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch Leopold III
Prime Minister Paul-Émile Janson (to 15 May); Paul-Henri Spaak (from 15 May)

Events

Publications

Art and architecture

Flagey Building in Brussels Ancien Institut national de Radiodiffusion - vue d'ensemble.JPG
Flagey Building in Brussels
Buildings
Paintings

Births

Deaths

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Events in the year 1840 in Belgium.

Events in the year 1899 in Belgium.

Events in the year 1872 in Belgium.

Events in the year 1873 in Belgium.

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The following lists events that happened during 1878 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Events of the year 1939 in Belgium.

Events from the year 1949 in Belgium

Events in the year 1937 in Belgium.

References

  1. "Marius Valkhoff: Philologie et littérature wallonnes - Vade-mecum". April 3, 1938 via Internet Archive.