1916 in Belgium

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List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Albert I[1]
* Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville[2]

## Events

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* 2–14 June – Battle of Mont Sorrel[3]
* 19 September – Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
* 19 October – Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.[4]

## Publications

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* Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)[5]
* Felix Timmermans, Pallieter

## Births

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* 21 January – Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
* 9 February – Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
* 7 March – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
* 1 June – Jean Jérôme Hamer, cardinal (died 1996)
* 16 April – Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
* 27 August – Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
* 7 September – Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
* 7 October – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
* 10 October – Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
* 18 October – Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
* 28 November – Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
* 30 November – Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)
* 30 December – Robert-Joseph Mathen, bishop (died 1997)

## Deaths

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* 4 January – Godefroid Kurth (born 1847), historian
* 12 March – Julien Davignon (born 1854), Catholic politician[6]
* 1 April – Gabrielle Petit (born 1893), patriot
* 16 May – Émile Royer (born 1866), politician
* 1 June – François Stroobant (born 1819), lithographer
* 11 July – Rik Wouters (born 1882), painter
* 5 November – Antoon Stillemans (born 1832), bishop of Ghent
* 27 November – Émile Verhaeren (born 1855), poet

## References

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1. ^ "Albert I - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. ^ "Baron Charles de Broqueville". www.firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
3. ^ "Land Battles - Mount Sorrel". Canada and the First World War. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
4. ^ Fernand Passelecq, Les déportation belges à la lumière des documents allemands (Berger-Levrault, 1917), p. 324.
5. ^ "A signal of distress from the Belgian bishops to public opinion.The story of the Belgian deportations".
6. ^ "Julien Davignon (1854-1916)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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