1912 in Belgium

none 1912 Events in the year 1912 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Albert IAlbert I king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-I-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville Events thumb|René Thomas, winner of the 1912 Coupe d'Ostende Date uncertain – Jean Neuhaus II begins producing soft-centre pralines to be sold in the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert 5 May-22 July – Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm 2 June – 1912 Belgian general election returns the Catholic Party to power with an increased majority. 9 June – Provincial elections 15 August – Revue de Belgique publishes Jules Destrée's open letter to the King calling for the separation of the Belgian state.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/08/100375417.pdf Belgium may separate The New York Times 8 September 1912 28 October – Léonie de Waha and Marguerite Delchef found the Union des femmes de Wallonie 3 November – Frenchman René Thomas wins the Coupe d'Ostende December – Antwerp Engineering Co. completes work on the Hispania Publications Thomas Braun, Fumée d'Ardenne, with cover art by Georges Lemmen (Brussels, Edmond Deman) Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, Les Primitifs Flamands, volume 2 (Brussels, G. Van Oest) William Elliot Griffis, Belgium: The Land of Art (Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company)William Elliot Griffis Belgium: The Land of Art Houghton Mifflin company https://archive.org/details/belgiumlandofart01grif Internet Archive Émile Verhaeren, Les Blés mouvants S. Leguet, Belgium IllustratedBelgium Illustrated on Google Books Art and architecture thumb|Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station, opened 1912 Paintings Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Prince Leopold of Belgium Buildings Louis Cloquet, Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station Births 12 January – Charles Moeller, theologian and literary critic (died 1986) 15 March – Louis Paul Boon, novelist (died 1979) 27 April – Franz Weyergans, writer and translator (died 1974) 3 May – May Sarton, writer (died 1995) 31 May – Jean de Selys Longchamps, RAF fighter pilot (died 1943) 4 July – Edward Vissers, cyclist (died 1994) 8 July – Jacques Stehman, composer (died 1975) 10 August – Romain Maes, cyclist (died 1983) 22 September – Éloi Meulenberg, cyclist (died 1989) 24 September – Pierre Fallon, missionary (died 1985) 6 October – Adolf Braeckeveldt, cyclist (died 1985) 24 November – François Neuville, cyclist (died 1986) Deaths thumb|Auguste Beernaert (1829–1912), Prime Minister 1884–1894 28 January – Gustave de Molinari (born 1819), economist 31 March – Gustave Boël (born 1837), industrialist and politician 10 May – Arthur Gaillard (born 1847), archivist 25 June – Louis-Joseph Antoine (born 1846), faith healer 6 October – Auguste Beernaert (born 1829), politician 23 November – Charles Bourseul (born 1829), telegraph engineer 26 November – Princess Marie of Belgium (born 1845) References 1912 Category:1910s in Belgium