1907 in Belgium

none 1907 The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold IILeopold II king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer (to 2 May); Jules de Trooz (2 May–31 December); Frans Schollaert (from 31 December) Events Royal Belgian Hockey Association founded. 24 March – Football season 1906-1907 ends with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the top of the Belgian First Division. 14 April – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Antwerp. 21 April – Belgium national football team plays France national football team in Brussels. 9 May – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Haarlem. 16 May-14 June – Ostend 1907 chess tournament. 8 July – Scheldeprijs cycling race first organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation 23 July – Port of Zeebrugge formally opened. 16 October – Copyright convention with Germany agreed in Brussels;http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=7331 Convention entre la Belgique et l'Allemagne pour la protection réciproque des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques, signée à Bruxelles le 16 octobre 1907 16 October 1907 refLex Council of State (Belgium) ratified May 1908.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) 18 October – Belgium a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1907 26 October – Ratification of the German-Belgian railway convention of 1903.Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914 (Paris, 1994), p. 342. Publications Periodicals La Belgique Artistique et Littéraire, vols. 6 (January–March),At Internet Archive 7 (April–June),At Internet Archive 8 (July–September),At Internet Archive 9 (October–December).At Internet Archive Books Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Le rideau cramoisi, illustrated by Armand Rassenfosse (Brussels, Edmond Deman) Félix Magnette, Les émigrés français aux Pays-Bas, 1789-1794 (Brussels, Hayez) Henri Pirenne, Histoire de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, Henri Lamertin)At Internet Archive Stijn Streuvels, De vlaschaard Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 7.https://uurl.kbr.be/1427502 Digital Viewer by KBR Art and architecture thumb|Louis Tytgadt, After Mass in the Beguinage thumb|Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait Henry De Groux, Portrait of James Ensor Léon Spilliaert, Self-Portrait Louis Tytgadt, After Mass in the Church of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ter Hoye Beguinage in Ghent Births thumb|Hergé 3 February – Charles Verlinden, historian (died 1996) 17 March – Jean Van Houtte, prime minister (died 1991) 19 March – Charles-Emmanuel Janssen, politician (died 1985) 28 April – Raymond Braine, footballer (died 1978) 22 May – Hergé, comics author (died 1983) 24 May – Jules François, ophthalmologist (died 1984) 11 June – Raoul Henkart, fencer (died 1955) 2 July – Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers, politician (died 1991) 11 December – Pol Duwez, scientist (died 1984) Deaths 8 January – Theodoor Verstraete (born 1850), painter 21 January – Louis Willems (born 1822), immunologist 7 February – Jean-Charles Jacobs (born 1821), entomologist 19 June – Léon Herbo (born 1850), painter 8 November – Marie Sasse (born 1834), soprano 5 December – Charles Leickert (born 1816), painter 31 December – Jules de Trooz (born 1857), prime minister References 1907 Category:1900s in Belgium Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium