1917 in Belgium

none December 2018 1917 Events in the year 1917 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 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917) 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres) 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917) 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele Publications Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane).https://archive.org/details/throughironbarst00cammiala Through the iron bars (Two years of German occupation in Belgium) 1917 Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917).https://archive.org/details/diplomaticdiaryb00gibsiala A diplomatic diary, by Hugh Gibson, secretary of the American legation in Brussels 1917 Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin)https://archive.org/details/cu31924027888464 The Belgian deportations 1917 Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin).https://archive.org/details/invasionwarinbel00esseuoft The invasion & the war in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict 1917 Births 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020) 6 March – Adelin Hartveld, lawyer and resister (died 1942) 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013) 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005) 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988) 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990) 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003) 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005) 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013) 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977) Deaths 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier 28 September Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist References 1917 Category:1910s in Belgium