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1914 In Belgium
Events from the year 1914 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch - Albert I of Belgium, Albert I *Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville Events ;May * 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914 ;July * 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war. ;August * 4 August – German invasion with Rape of Belgium, attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in the First World War. * 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège. * 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914) * 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914) * 21 August – Battle of Charleroi * 23 August – Battle of Dinant, Massacre at Dinant. * 25 August – Burning of Academic libraries in Leuven, Leuven University Library. ;September * 28 September – Siege of Antwerp (1914), Siege of Antwerp begins ;October * 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser * 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins ;November * German occupation of Belgium during World War I, German occupation of Belgium begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert I Of Belgium
Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle, Leopold II, to the Belgian throne in 1909. He married Elisabeth of Bavaria, with whom he had three children. Albert ruled during an eventful period in the history of Belgium, which included the period of World War I (1914–1918), when most of Belgium was occupied by German forces. Other crucial events of his reign included the adoption of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919, the ruling of the Belgian Congo as an overseas possession of Belgium along with the League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi, the reconstruction of Belgium following the war, and the first five years of the Great Depression (1929–1934). Albert died in a mountaineering accident in eastern Belgium in 1934, at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hamelius
Paul Hamelius or Hamélius (1868–1922) was a Belgian philologist who produced the two-volume Early English Text Society edition of the Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1919, 1923). Life Hamelius was born on 26 April 1868 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, where his father, originally from Luxembourg, was stationed as a military doctor. Between the ages of 3 and 12 he grew up in Metz, which was then in the German Empire, and received his primary education in German. After returning to Belgium he trained as a teacher, and taught at secondary schools (''athénées'') in Tournai, Charleroi and Ixelles. He received a doctorate in Germanic philology from the University of Liège in 1898. In 1904 he became professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Liège, giving his inaugural lecture on 11 November. Although growing up speaking Luxembourgish at home, he had become fully fluent in English, French, and German. In 1914 he produced a personal account of the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Of The 20th Century In Belgium
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s In Belgium
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 In Belgium
Events from the year 1914 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch - Albert I of Belgium, Albert I *Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville Events ;May * 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914 ;July * 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war. ;August * 4 August – German invasion with Rape of Belgium, attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in the First World War. * 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège. * 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914) * 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914) * 21 August – Battle of Charleroi * 23 August – Battle of Dinant, Massacre at Dinant. * 25 August – Burning of Academic libraries in Leuven, Leuven University Library. ;September * 28 September – Siege of Antwerp (1914), Siege of Antwerp begins ;October * 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser * 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins ;November * German occupation of Belgium during World War I, German occupation of Belgium begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, which changed little except during early 1917 and in 1918. Between 1915 and 1917 there were several offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery bombardments and massed infantry advances. Entrenchments, machine gun emplacements, barbed wire and artillery repeatedly inflicted severe casualties during attacks and counter-attacks and no significant advances were made. Among the most costly of these offensives were the Battle of Verdun, in 1916, with a combined 700,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Van Gehuchten
Arthur Van (or van) Gehuchten (20 April 1861 – 9 December 1914) was a Belgian anatomist, born in Antwerp. He was professor in the faculty of medicine at the University of Leuven until the start of World War I in 1914. He moved to England and taught biology at Cambridge University until his death. Van Gehuchten is especially known for his contributions to the theory of neurons. In anatomy, the van Gehuchten method is the fixing of a histologic tissue in a mixture of glacial acetic acid 10 parts, chloroform 30 parts, and alcohol 60 parts. Writings * ''L'Anatomie du système nerveux de l'homme'' (1893) * ''Contribution à l'étude du faisceau pyramidal'' (1896) * ''Structure du télencéphale: centres de projection et centres d'association''. Polleunis & Ceuterick, 1897 * ''Cours d'anatomie humain systématique'' (I-III, 1906–09) * ''Les centres nerveaux cérébro-spinaux'' (1908) * ''Het zenuwgestel''. Nederl. Boekh, 1908 * ''La radicotomie postérieure dans les affect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Six
Alphonse Léopold Bauduin Six (1 January 1890 – 19 August 1914) was a Belgian football player. Six was born in Bruges and is mainly remembered for his goal-scoring capacities. In his period with Cercle Brugge he scored 93 times in only 89 matches. His 1910–1911 season was especially remarkable, when scoring 38 goals in 20 matches, half of the goals Cercle Brugge scored that season. In 1910 Six received his first cap for Belgium, winning 3–2 against the Netherlands and scoring once. Six played nine times for Belgium, scoring eight goals. Six still holds two Cercle Brugge team records: * An average of 1.045 goals per match. * Five goals in one match, against R.E. Sport's Club In 1912, Six left Cercle for Union SG. Due to Union SG not keeping their promises about a job for him - professional footballers were unheard of at that time - he moved to Olympique Lillois, a predecessor of Lille OSC. That season he became the first Belgian football player to become a champion in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 19
Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. * 947 – Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces. *1153 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon. *1458 – Pope Pius II is elected the 211th Pope. * 1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe. *1561 – Mary, Queen of Scots, aged 18, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. 1601–1900 *1604 – Eighty Years War: a besieging Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange forces the Spanish garrison o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Alphen
Jan "John" van Alphen (17 June 1914 – 19 December 1961) was a Belgian footballer, born in Antwerp, Belgium. He played as a midfielder for Beerschot VAC. With the anversois, he twice won the Belgian Championship, in 1938 and 1939. He played for the ''Diables Rouges'' from 1938 to 1944, with whom he played eleven games, including one at the 1938 World Cup. Honours * from 1938 to |
Adriaan Pattin
Adriaan Pattin (1914–2005) was a Belgian historian of medieval philosophy. His 1966 edition of the Pseudo-Aristotelian ''Liber de Causis'', although intended to be "provisional", was for decades the best version available to scholars. Life Pattin was born in Hasselt, Belgium, on 17 June 1914 and joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate at the age of 19. He made his vows in 1935 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1941. In 1947 he graduated Licentiate from the Higher Institute of Philosophy in the Catholic University of Leuven. In 1952 he obtained his doctorate with a thesis on being and essence in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. He also graduated Master of Arts from the University of Ottawa, where he later returned as a visiting professor. From 1962 until his retirement he was a researcher attached to the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy in Leuven. He died in Veurne on 15 August 2005. Works * ''De verhouding tussen zijn en wezenheid en de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
