1910 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1910 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 April to 1 November – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (world's fair) held in Brussels.[1]
- 22 May – Belgian general election, 1910
- 1-6 August – First International Congress of Entomology held in Brussels.[2]
- 14 August – A fire at the Brussels International 1910 world's fair destroys exhibitions of Britain and France.[3]
- 23 September – Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea concluded.
- 31 December – Census returns give total population of Belgium as 7,423,784.[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annuaire de la Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles, vol. 21[5]
- Le Masque (monthly review of art and literature) begins publication[6]
- Books
- Maurice De Wulf, Histoire de la philosophie en Belgique (Brussels, Albert Dewit; Paris, Félix Alcan)[7]
- Henri Hymans, Bruxelles (Paris, Librairie Renouard)[8]
- Godefroid Kurth, La Cité de Liège au Moyen-Âge, vols. 2-3 (Brussels, Dewit; Liège, Cormaux et Demarteau)[9]
- B. Seebohm Rowntree, Land and Labour: Lessons From Belgium (London, Macmillan)[10]
- Émile Verhaeren, Les Rythmes souverains and Les Villes à pignons
Art and architecture
- Cinema
Births
- 23 January – Django Reinhardt, jazz musician (died 1953)
- 10 February – Georges Pire, Dominican friar (died 1969)
- 29 April – Simone Dubois, literary translator (died 2001)
- 10 May – Bernard Voorhoof, footballer (died 1974)
- 29 July – Hector Riské, wrestler (died 1984)
- 18 September – Hendrik Cornelis, colonial governor (died 1999)
- 24 September – Jean Servais, actor (died 1976)
- 27 November – Paul M. G. Lévy, journalist (2002)
Deaths
- 17 January – Elisa Caroline Bommer (born 1832), botanist
- 28 April – Edouard Van Beneden (born 1846), biologist
- 18 May – Florimond Van Duyse (born 1843), musicologist
- 21 July – Maurice Joostens (born 1862), diplomat
- 21 October – Charles van der Stappen (born 1843), sculptor
- 23 October – Eugène Joors (born 1850), painter
- 8 November – Adeline Plunkett (born 1824), ballerina
- 19 November – Gustave Serrurier-Bovy (born 1858), designer
References
- ^ Album officiel de l'Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles 1910 (Valentine & Sons, Dundee) On Internet Archive
- ^ "The First International Congress of Entomology". Nature. 84 (2129): 214–215. 18 August 1910. doi:10.1038/084214a0.
- ^ "1910 Brussels International Exhibition" (PDF).
- ^ Paul Errera, "Belgium", Britannica Year-Book 1913, edited by Hugh Chisholm (London and New York, 1913), p. 966.
- ^ Annuaire at Internet Archive
- ^ Le Masque at Internet Archive
- ^ Histoire de la philosophie en Belgique at Internet Archive.
- ^ Bruxelles at Internet Archive
- ^ vol. 2, vol. 3
- ^ Land and Labour at Internet Archive
- ^ "Toto et sa soeur en bombe à Bruxelles (1910)". Early Cinema History YouTube Channel. 13 June 2020.
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