Events in the year 1913 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Albert I

Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville

Events

April

14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform. 22 April – General strike ends 26 April – King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.

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November

3 November – Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends.

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December

10 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.

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Publications

Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21. G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).

Births

17 January – Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003) 21 August – François Devries, footballer (died 1972) 15 November – Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005) 3 December – Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994)

Deaths

29 January – Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian

13 June – Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer

13 August – Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot

9 September – Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister

References

1910s in Belgium