1939 in Belgium

none 1939 Events of the year 1939 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold IIILeopold III, king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-III-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica en Prime Minister: Paul-Henri Spaak (to 22 February); Hubert Pierlot (from 22 February) Events thumb|A view of the Exposition internationale de l'eau in Liège from a cable car 9 February – Paul-Henri Spaak's coalition government falls apart 22 February – Hubert Pierlot forms Catholic–Socialist coalition 2 April – 1939 Belgian general election 18 April – Hubert Pierlot forms Catholic–Liberal coalition 25 June – Hermann Lang wins the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps 30 July – Exposition internationale de l'eau opens in Liège 25 August – Belgian Armed Forces begin mobilisation 3 September – Hubert Pierlot forms government of national unity Publications Hergé, Le Sceptre d'Ottokar (serialised in Le Petit Vingtième from 4 August 1938 to 10 August 1939) published as an album Georges Simenon, Le Bourgmestre de Furnes Gerard Walschap, Houtekiet Art and architecture thumb|Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo) Buildings Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel on the Argenteuil Estate in Waterloo Paintings René Magritte, The Palace of Memories Births 21 February – May Claerhout, artist (died 2016) 9 March – Jos Van Gorp, actor (died 2021) 12 April – Philippe Moureaux, politician (died 2018) 9 June – Johan Weyts, politician (died 2021) 3 July – Willy Vanden Berghen, road bicycle racer Deaths 6 January – Georges Ista (born 1874), writer 15 February – Henri Jaspar (born 1870), politician 6 March – Michel Levie (born 1851), politician 14 March – Marie Haps (born 1879), philanthropist 25 June – Richard Seaman (born 1913), racing driver, dies after crashing in the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix 6 November – Adolphe Max (born 1869), politician 23 November – Gaston-Antoine Rasneur (born 1874), bishop References 1939 Category:1930s in Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium Belgium