1913 in Belgium

none 1913 Events in the year 1913 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|Poster for the Ghent World's Fair April 14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform.200,000 Belgian Workers Go Out The New York Times 15 April 1913 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/04/15/100567112.pdf 27 June 2017 22 April – General strike ends 26 April – King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.Davy Depelchin, "The Ghent Universal and International Exhibition of 1913: Reconciling Historicism, Modernity and Exoticism", in Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940, edited by Marta Filipova (Farnham, 2015), p. 185. Partial preview on Google Books. November 3 November – Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends. December 10 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.Peace Prizes. America and Belgium The Advertiser 12 December 1913 15 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5393279 27 June 2017 Publications Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21. G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).Snakes of Europe on Internet Archive. Demetrius Charles Boulger, Belgium (Detroit, Bay View Reading Club)Belgium on Internet Archive. Births 17 January – Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003) 22 January – Henry Bauchau, novelist, poet and psychoanalyst (died 2012) 10 March – J. A. van Houtte, historian (died 2002) 24 June – Gustaaf Deloor, road racing cyclist (died 2002) 21 August – François Devries, footballer (died 1972) 15 November – Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005) 3 December – Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994) Deaths 29 January – Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian 13 June – Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer 13 August – Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot 9 September – Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister References 1913 Category:1910s in Belgium