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Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Albert I[1]
 - Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville
 
Events
- May
 
- 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914
 
- July
 
- 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war.
 
- August
 
- 4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in World War I.
 - 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège.
 - 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914)
 - 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914)
 - 21 August – Battle of Charleroi
 - 23 August – Massacre at Dinant.
 - 25 August – Burning of Leuven University Library.
 
- September
 
- 28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins
 
- October
 
- 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser
 - 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins
 
- November
 
- German occupation of Belgium begins to take shape
 - 22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends
 
Publications
- Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, The Brussels Gallery of Old Masters (Brussels, G. van Oest)[2]
 - Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative (London, T. Werner Laurie)[3]
 
Births
- 17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965 (died 1973)
 - 23 January – Antonina Grégoire, communist partisan (died 1952)
 - 12 April – Jan van Cauwelaert, bishop (died 2016)
 - 3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)
 - 17 June
- Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (died 2005)
 - John Van Alphen, footballer (died 1961)
 
 
Deaths
- January 16 - Alfred de Vinck de Winnezeele, Catholic politician
 - April 21 - Abel de Kerchove d'Exaerde, politician
 - July 6 - Albert de Beauffort, politician
 - August 4 - Antoine Fonck, first Belgian soldier killed in World War I
 - August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24 (killed in action)
 - November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician (b.1855)
 - December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
 - December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician (b.1843)
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
 - ↑ "The Brussels Gallery of old masters : Reproductions of 174 pictures of various schools : Preceded by an historical and critical summary". 1914.
 - ↑ "The Siege of Liège, a personal narrative, with a plan of the forts". 1914.
 
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