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    1927 in Belgium

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    Events in the year 1927 in Belgium.

    Incumbents

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    Monarch – Albert I
    Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar[1]

    Events

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    • 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

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

    Art and architecture

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    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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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