1927 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1927; List of years in Belgium

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Events in the year 1927 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar^[1]

Events

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

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

Art and architecture

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

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

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

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

[1] J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976

[2] "Belgium: Empress' Funeral". Time. 31 January 1927.

[Kroniek-3] Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).

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