1918 in Belgium

none May 2020 1918 Events in the year 1918 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Albert IAlbert I king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-I-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica en Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville (to 1 June); Gérard Cooreman (1 June–21 November); Leon Delacroix (from 21 November) Events 7 to 29 April – Fourth Battle of Ypres 23 April – Zeebrugge Raid 28 September to 2 October – Fifth Battle of Ypres 14 to 19 October – Battle of Courtrai 18 October – Yser Medal struck 19 October – Charge of Burkel 20 October to 11 November – Battle of the Lys and the Escaut 5 to 7 November – Passage of the Grande Honnelle 11 November – Armistice of 11 November 1918 Publications Newspapers Vers l'Avenir begins publication (18 November) De Standaard begins publication (4 December) Books A War Nurse's Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital (New York, Macmillan)https://archive.org/details/awarnursesdiary00unkngoog A War Nurse's Diary: Sketches from a Belgian Field Hospital 1918 The Macmillan company Henri Grégoire (historian), Les Perles de la poésie slave: Lermontov, Pouchkine, Mickiewicz (Liège, Bénard)https://archive.org/details/lesperlesdelapo00gr Les Perles de la poésie slave : Lermontov, Pouchkine, Mickiewicz 1918 Emile Vandervelde, Three Aspects of The Russian Revolution, translated by Jean A. H. Findlay (London, George Allen and Unwin)https://archive.org/details/threeaspectsofru00vandiala Three aspects of the Russian revolution 1918 Births 26 January – Albert Sercu, cyclist (died 1978) 17 February – Frans Cools cyclist (died 1999) 24 February – Louisa Colpeyn, actress (died 2015) 3 March – Fernand Buyle, footballer (died 1992) 23 April – André Maelbrancke, cyclist (died 1986) 2 May – Georges Debunne, trade unionist (died 2008) 5 May – Karel Thijs, cyclist (died 1990) 17 May – Eugénie De Keyser, art historian (died 2012) 26 May – Prosper Depredomme, cyclist (died 1987) 28 June – Anton van Wilderode, poet (died 1998) 8 September – Robert Senelle, academic (died 2013) 19 September – Hubert Chantrenne, scientist (died 2007) 24 September – Joseph Trimpont, wrestler 1 October – Jan Cools, Olympic wrestler 4 October – Raymond Lombard, Olympic equestrian (died 2016) 6 October – André Pilette, racing driver (died 1993) 28 November – Gustaaf Eeckeman, footballer (died 1975) Deaths 12 January – Émile Storms (born 1846), colonial official 19 February – Edmond Deman (born 1857), publisher 21 February – Théophile de Lantsheere (born 1833), politician 14 March – Gennaro Rubino (born 1859), anarchist 31 August – Joe English (born 1882), artist 17 September – Henry Moeller (born 1852), priest 28 December – Géo Bernier (born 1862), painter References 1918 Category:1910s in Belgium