1942 in Belgium

none 1942 Events in the year 1942 in Belgium Incumbents Monarch (in captivity): Leopold IIILeopold III, king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-III-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister (in exile): Hubert Pierlot Head of German occupying forces: Alexander von Falkenhausen Head of the administrative staff of the Occupation: Eggert Reeder Events 1 January – Belgian government in exile becomes a signatory of the Atlantic Charter.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).853 3 January – Occupying forces prohibit listening to radio broadcasts not subject to German control.Kroniek 852 21 January – Eleven hostages killed by the occupying forces.Kroniek 852 25 January – Temperatures reach 12 below zero Celsius.Kroniek 852 6 March – Decree issued for the recruitment of forced labour for German factories.Kroniek 852 10 March – Walloon Legion parades in Brussels.Kroniek 852 1 April – Hendrik de Man opposes the unified trade union 5 April – Court of Cassation finds that secretaries-general, civil servants appointed to lead ministries in the absence of the government, have no legislative powers, annulling the decree of 15 February 1941 instituting administrative legislation.Kroniek 852 9 April – Decree obliging miners to work Sundays and feast days.Kroniek 852 16 April – Decree prohibits the establishment of new businesses or expansion of existing businesses.Kroniek 852 9 May – Daily meat ration reduced from 35 grammes to 20 grammes.Kroniek 852 27 May – Decree obliging Jews to wear an identifying Star of David.Kroniek 853 2 July – Prime Minister in exile broadcasts an appeal to all Belgians to defend their country.Kroniek 852 13 July – Secret meetings between representatives of the Christian Democrat, Liberal and Labour parties to discuss post-war policy.Kroniek 852 18 July – Booksellers receive a list of 1,470 titles that they are no longer permitted to stock or sell.Kroniek 853 26 July – A hundred Communists detained for deportation to Germany.Kroniek 852 31 August – Belgian section of the Red Orchestra dismantled.Kroniek 853 6 October – All men aged between 18 and 50 obliged to find work either in Belgium or in Germany.Kroniek 853 Publications Paul Peeters, L'Œuvre des Bollandistes (Brussels) Births 18 July – Prince Alexandre of Belgium (died 2009) 20 September – Robbe De Hert, film director (died 2020) 2 May – Jacques Rogge, 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 2021) Deaths 21 January – Adelin Hartveld (born 1917), resister 22 January – Reimond Tollenaere (born 1909), collaborator 3 April – Paul Gilson (born 1865), composer 22 October – Staf De Clercq (born 1884), quisling References 1942 Category:1940s in Belgium