1908 in Belgium

none 1908 The following lists events that happened during 1908 in the Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Prime Minister: Frans Schollaert Events thumb|Congo Free State postage stamp franked Belgian Congo 9 January – Frans Schollaert formally takes office as prime minister, after the sudden death of Jules de Trooz at the end of the previous year.http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/PS_8035 Frans Schollaert ODIS: Online Database for Intermediary Structures ODIS vzw 29 July 2015 19 April – Confédération syndicale belge organization is founded. 24 May – Partial legislative elections 25 May – Parliament ratifies the 1907 copyright convention with Germany.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=chrono&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=89981 Loi du 25 mai 1908 approuvant la Convention conclue à Bruxelles, le 16 octobre 1907, entre la Belgique et l'Allemagne pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques 25 May 1908 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 14 June – Provincial elections 10 July – Paul Van Asbroeck wins a gold medal at the 1908 Olympic Games 30 September – Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird at the Moscow Art Theatre 18 October – Belgian Parliament passes the Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=chrono&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=89961 Loi du 18 octobre 1908 réalisant le transfert à la Belgique de l'Etat Indépendant du Congo 18 October 1908 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 30 October – Cabinet reshuffle with Jules Renkin becoming first Minister for Colonies 15 November – Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 22 November – Tobacco Workers' Union established Publications Émile de Borchgrave, Souvenirs diplomatiques de quarante ans (Brussels) Fernand Crommelynck, Le sculpteur de masques (Brussels, Edmond Deman) Stijn Streuvels, Tieghem: Het Vlaamsche lustoord (Ghent, Vercauteren) Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 8.https://uurl.kbr.be/1427500 Digital Viewer by KBR Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor (Brussels, G. Van Oest) Periodicals L'Expansion belge begins publication.L'Expansion belge, vol. 1, available on Google Books. Art and architecture thumb|Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend thumb|Flori van Acker, Portrait of Godelieve du Bus de Gésignies (1908) Buildings Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend (begun 1899) Paintings Flori van Acker, Portrait of Godelieve du Bus de Gésignies Films Durch Brüssel in 10 Minuten (9-minute documentary).Round Brussels in Ten Minutes (Durch Brüssel in 10 Minuten) - 1908 21 May 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxYqNgQNXvU YouTube Cinematek Births 2 January – André Verbeke, architect (died 1978) 23 January – Stanislas-André Steeman, writer (died 1970) 14 March – Joseph André, priest (died 1973) 14 May – Jules Lismonde, artist (died 2001) 20 September – Simon Dewinter, boxer (died 1972) 4 October – Celeste van Exem, missionary (died 1993) 16 November – Emmanuelle Cinquin, religious sister (died 2008) 24 November – Hubert Ansiaux, banker (died 1987) 28 November – Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist (died 2009) Deaths 4 February – Albert Lancaster (born 1849), meteorologist 6 February – Jan Portielje (born 1829), painter 22 February – Édouard van den Corput (born 1821), physician 10 May – Eugène Lafont (born 1837), missionary 5 June – Jef Lambeaux (born 1852), sculptor 21 June – Luís Cruls (born 1848), astronomer 19 June – Louis van Waefelghem (born 1840), viola d'amore player 4 August – Piet Verhaert (born 1852), painter 24 December – François-Auguste Gevaert (born 1828), musicologist References 1908 Category:1900s in Belgium Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium