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1932 in Belgium
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1932
Events of the year 1932 in Belgium.
Incumbents
thumb|Albert I in conversation with Albert Einstein, August 1932
Monarch
Albert I
Prime Minister
Jules Renkin (to 22 October)
Charles de Broqueville (from 22 October)
Events
thumb|A map of the Belgian rail network (1932)
27 June to 10 September – Ten weeks of strikes in the Borinage to protest against economic conditions.Dix semaines de grève contre la 'misère au Borinage' Connaître la Wallonie Walloon Government http://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/fr/histoire/timeline/27-juin-1932-10-septembre-dix-semaines-de-greve-contre-la-misere-au-borinage#.XtvsjPJS8Wo
9 October – Municipal elections
18 October – Jules Renkin offers his resignation as prime minister
27 November – Legislative election returns Catholic Party majority
4 December – Provincial elections
Publications
Franz Hellens, Poésie de la veille et du lendemain
Hergé, Tintin en Amérique (serialised 1931–1932) published as an album
Art and architecture
Paintings
René Magritte, The Universe Unmasked
Cinema
La Nuit du Carrefour (France), Jean Renoir's adaptation of Georges Simenon's La Nuit du carrefour (1931)
Business
Lotus Bakeries established
Births
17 January – Roger Lallemand, politician (died 2016)
11 March – Piet Van Brabant, journalist (died 2006)
18 March – Arthur Luysterman, bishop of Ghent
23 March – Bettina Le Beau, actress (died 2015)
31 March – Jean-Pierre Grafé, politician (died 2019)
29 June – Evrard Godefroid, cyclist (died 2013)
4 July – Aurèle Vandendriessche, marathon runner
20 August – Claude Wallet, Olympic fencer (died 2021)
27 August – François Glorieux, musician (died 2023)
4 October – Étienne Davignon, politician
6 November – François Englert, theoretical physicist
23 November – Solange Berry, singer
16 December – Karel Oomen, wrestler
20 December – Carla Walschap, writer and teacher
Deaths
17 February – Fredegand Cogels (born 1850), politician
10 April – Jean-François Heymans (born 1859), pharmacologist
19 April – Edgard Colle (born 1897), chess master
24 June – Guy Reyntiens (born 1880), Olympic equestrian
25 July – Cyriel Buysse (born 1859), playwright
20 August – Émile Mathieu (born 1844), composer
27 August – Ursmer Berlière (born 1861), monastic historian
29 September – Émile van Ermengem (born 1851), bacteriologist
7 October – Eugène Broerman (born 1861), painter
28 October – Joseph Dejardin (born 1873), trade unionist
References
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Category:1930s in Belgium