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1913 In Belgium
Events in the year 1913 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Albert I *Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville Events ;April * 14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform. * 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. 185Partial 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. Publications * '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', vol. 21. * G. A. Boulenger, '' The Snakes of Europe'' (London, Methuen). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographie Nationale De Belgique
The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' ( French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale'' ("New National Biography"), has been published by the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium since 1988. Both the ''Biographie nationale'' and ''Nouvelle biographie nationale'' were digitised by the Fonds InBev-Baillet Latour and can be freely consulted at the Academy's website. A parallel biographical dictionary has been produced in Dutch since 1964, entitled the ''Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'' ("National Biographical Dictionary"). It places more emphasis on figures important to the history and culture of Flanders and is published by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (with the co-operation of the Royal Academy of Dutch language and literature and the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul De Smet De Naeyer
Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843 – 9 September 1913) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Générale de Belgique and the owner of several coal mines. He represented Ghent and Eeklo in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1886 to 1908, and served in the Belgian Senate from 1908 to 1913. He served in several governments, as Minister of Finance from 1894 to 1896, and again from 1899 to 1907, combining the portfolio with the Ministry of Public Works. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1896 to 1899, and again from 1899 to 1907. Honours ;National * : **1899: Minister of State, by Royal Decree. **1900: Created Count de Smet de Naeyer, by Royal Decree. ** Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold ** Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the African Star ;Foreign * : Knight Grand Cross in the Legion of Honour * : Knight Grand Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildebrand De Hemptinne
Hildebrand de Hemptinne (10 June 1849 - 13 August 1913) was a Belgium Benedictine monk of Beuron Archabbey, the second Abbot of Maredsous Abbey, and the first Abbot Primate of the Order of St. Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation. Biography Félix de Hemptinne was born in Ghent, Belgium on 10 June 1849, the second of the seven children of Joseph de Hemptinne and Pauline Gonthijn. His parents were very devoted Roman Catholics and his father was a wealthy industrialist of Ultramontane views. Félix had heard the call of Pope Pius IX to defend the papal states, but he was too young to join the cause. At the age of 16 he finally obtained his father's permission to enlist in the Papal Zouaves, serving until experiencing a vocation to monastic life. On 3 February 1869 Félix entered Beuron Archabbey in Germany, made his religious profession on 15 August 1870, and received the name "''Hildebrand.''" He had been drawn to this newly founded monastery led by Archabbot Maurus Wolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Lemonnier
Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier (24 March 1844 – 13 June 1913) was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist. He was a member of the Symbolist ''La Jeune Belgique'' group, but his best known works are realist. His first work was ''Salon de Bruxelles'' (1863), a collection of art criticism. His best known novel is ''Un Mâle'' (1881). Biography Lemonnier was born in Ixelles, Brussels. He studied law, and then took a clerkship in a government office, which he resigned after three years. Lemonnier inherited Flemish blood from both parents, and with it the animal force and pictorial energy of the Flemish temperament. He published a ''Salon de Bruxelles'' in 1863, and again in 1866. His early friendships were chiefly with artists; and he wrote art criticisms with recognized discernment. In 1868 he was a founding member of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts, an avant-gardist group whose ideals he championed. Taking a house in the hills near Namur, he devoted himself to sport, and develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Van Den Gheyn
Joseph Marie Martin Van den Gheyn (1854–1913) was a Belgian Jesuit, Bollandist and chief conservator of the Royal Library of Belgium. Life Van den Gheyn was born in Ghent on 24 May 1854, the son of Edouard Van den Gheyn, a professor of chemistry at Ghent University. He was educated at St Barbara's College in Ghent and entered the Jesuit noviciate in Drongen on 27 September 1871.Maurice Coens, "Van den Gheyn (Joseph Marie Martin)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 37(Brussels, 1971), 327-333. He developed a wide range of intellectual interests and published articles in numerous fields relating to language and culture. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1886. His brother was Canon Gabriel Van den Gheyn, guardian of the treasury of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, who hid the central panels of the Ghent Altarpiece during the First World War. Joseph was assigned to the Bollandists in 1888, to research Greek and Eastern saints, and taught a course on Sanskrit at the Institut Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omer Vanaudenhove
Omer Rudolphe Jean, Viscount Vanaudenhove (3 December 1913 – 26 November 1994) was a Belgian liberal politician, mayor and minister. A businessman, Vanaudenhove was an owner of a shoe factory. He was burgomaster of Diest (1947–1955 and 1974–1976), liberal senator (1954–1974), president of the Liberal Party (1961) and president and founder of the PVV-PLP (1961–1969). In the new party programme of the PVV-PLP, the traditional anticlericalism of the liberal party was renounced. This new organization achieved success at the parliamentary elections of 1965 and gained 48 seats (compared to the 20 gained in 1961). Vanaudenhove was a proponent of a unitary Belgium and a unitarian PVV-PLP, but the tendency towards a federal state became unstoppable by the end of the sixties. Vanaudenhove was minister of public work and rebuilding between 1955–1958 and 1958–1961. See also * Liberalism in Belgium This article gives an overview of liberalism in Belgium. Liberalism was a dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Haulot
Baron Arthur Haulot (15 November 1913 – 24 May 2005) was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet who served, during World War II as an active member of the Belgian resistance. As president of the ''Jeunes Socialistes'' (young socialists), he was made prisoner and taken to the Dachau concentration camp. After his liberation from the camp, he spoke about the atrocities of the Nazi regime and its efforts to impose a regime that precludes free speech and many forms of freedom and liberties, this leading to extermination of any opponents to the regime, and many people considered as ''passively opposed'' to the Regime, like the Jews, the Romani and many others. He died in Brussels as a result of a thrombosis Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek "clotting") is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein or an artery) is injured, the body uses platelets (thro .... References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Devries
François De Vries , also named ''Sooi'' or ''Frans'' (born 21 August 1913 in Antwerp — died 17 February 1972) was a Belgian footballer. Biography He played for Royal Antwerp FC as a striker. He played with the Belgium team at the World Cup in 1934 where he made his international debut. Honours * Belgian international from 1934 to 1938 (7 caps and one goal) * Participation in the 1934 World Cup (1 match played) * Belgian Champions in 1931 with Royal Antwerp FC Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ... References External links * 1913 births 1972 deaths Footballers from Antwerp Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Léopold FC players {{Belgium- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werenfried Van Straaten
Werenfried van Straaten, born Philippus Johannes Hendricus van Straaten O. Praem. (17 January 1913 – 31 January 2003), was a Dutch Catholic priest and social activist. He was a Premonstratensian priest expatriate in Germany, who became known for his charitable work across the world. He was the founder of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. History Born in Mijdrecht, Netherlands, he originally intended to become a teacher and enrolled at the University of Utrecht in 1932 to study Classical Philology. There he was also editor in a student newspaper and co-founder of a political party, which had only a short existence. He decided instead to follow a religious life and in 1934 entered the Premonstratensian Tongerlo Abbey, of the Norbertine Order, in the province of Antwerp, in Belgium, taking the religious name Werenfried, in honour of an early Medieval Germanic saint. He became the abbot's secretary, after a bout of tuberculosis that left him too weak for missionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snakes Of Europe
''The Snakes of Europe'' is a book by the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger, published in 1913, which is described in the author's preface as the first book written in English describing the snakes found in Europe.Boulenger G. AThe Snakes of EuropePreface, p.v, at Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ... References British non-fiction books 1913 books Reptiles of Europe Zoology books {{zoology-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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