1926 in Belgium

none 1926 Events in the year 1926 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch – Albert I Prime Minister – Prosper Poullet (to 8 May); Henri Jaspar (from 20 May) Events thumb|Wedding of Leopold and Astrid in Stockholm, 4 November thumb|Inauguration of the equestrian statue of Leopold II in Brussels Refoundation of Orval Abbey 7 January – Flooding along the river Meuse, particularly in Liège.Jean-Pierre Keimeul, Les inondations de Liège de 1926, Institut d'histoire ouvrière, économique et sociale (IHOES) 21 January – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. 31 January – Belgian troops withdraw from German occupation zone. 8 May – Government led by Prosper Poullet falls. 20 May – Government of national unity formed under Henri Jaspar. 30 May – 15th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Antwerp. 23 July – National Railway Company of Belgium founded. 10 October – Municipal elections 20 October – Treaty establishing free movement of labour between Belgium and Luxembourg signed at Luxembourg.Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 191-192. 4 November – Civil registration of wedding between Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant and Princess Astrid of Sweden in Stockholm 10 November – Blessing of the union of Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid in Brussels minster. 15 November – Inauguration of the equestrian statue of Leopold II in Brussels. Publications Albert Giraud, Le Concert dans le musée Franz Hellens, Le Naïf Art and architecture Buildings Le Corbusier, Maison Guiette, Antwerp Film De Boma à Tshela, a documentary silent filmMay 2024 Births 4 February – Albert Frère, businessman (died 2018) 20 February – Bobby Jaspar, jazz saxophonist (died 1963) 27 February – Luc Alfons de Hovre, bishop (died 2009) 21 March – André Delvaux, film director (died 2002) 14 April – Henri Kichka, Holocaust survivor (died 2020) 15 June – Louis Devos, opera singer and educator (died 2015) 26 June – Paul Sobol, Holocaust survivor (died 2020) 5 July – Éliane Vogel-Polsky, lawyer and feminist (died 2015) 14 July – Guy Vandenbranden, artist (died 2014) 16 July – Emile Degelin, film director and novelist (died 2017) 27 August – Paula D'Hondt, politician 29 August – Jean Bourguignon, inventor (died 1981)November 2024 12 September – Paul Janssen, pharmacologist (died 2003) 29 October – Maurice Blomme, cyclist (died 1980) 30 October – Jacques Swaters, racing driver (died 2010) Deaths 23 January – Désiré-Joseph Mercier (born 1851), cardinal 2 December – Gérard Cooreman (born 1852), prime minister 14 December – Théo van Rysselberghe (born 1862), painter 16 December – Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert (born 1870), art historian 27 December – François Poels (born 1881), trade unionist References 1926 Category:1920s in Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium Belgium