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1937 In Belgium
Events in the year 1937 in Belgium. Incumbents :List of Belgian monarchs, Monarch – Leopold III of Belgium, Leopold III (from 17 February) :Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister – Paul van Zeeland (to 24 November); Paul-Émile Janson (from 24 November) Events * 22 to 25 May – Baudouin of Belgium, King Baudouin makes a state visit to Britain. * 20 June – 25th Gordon Bennett Cup (ballooning), Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels. Publications * Hergé, ''The Broken Ear, L'Oreille cassée'' (serialised December 1935 to February 1937) * Henri Pirenne, ''Mohammed and Charlemagne, Mahomet et Charlemagne'' (posthumous) * H. E. Reed, ''Hogs in Belgian Agriculture'' (Washington D.C., United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics) Art and architecture ;Buildings * Raymond Lemaire, Institute of Agriculture, Heverlee ;Paintings * René Magritte, ''Not to Be Reproduced, La Reproduction Interdite'' Births * 1 January – Willy Kuijpers, politician (di ... [...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] |
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
The Economic Research Service (ERS) is a component of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a principal agency of the Federal Statistical System of the United States. It provides information and research on agriculture and economics. History The first USDA agency formally tasked with data collection was the Division of Statistics, created in 1863, one year after the USDA itself was created.Panel to Study the Research Program of the Economic Research Service, Sowing Seeds of Change: Informing Public Policy in the Economic Research Service of USDA', Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council (John F. Gewek et al., eds. 1999). By 1902, a Division of Foreign Markets had been created, and the following year, that division was merged with the Division of Statistics to form the Bureau of Statistics. In 1914, the bureau was renamed the Bureau of Crop Estimates, and in 1921 this bureau merged with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 By Country
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930s In Belgium
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday A common year starting on Monday is any non-leap year (i.e., a year with 365 days) that begins on Monday, 1 January, and ends on Monday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is G. The most recent year of such kind was 2018 and the next one wi ... (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 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 Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Pertinax, Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In Belgium
Events in the year 1937 in Belgium. Incumbents :List of Belgian monarchs, Monarch – Leopold III of Belgium, Leopold III (from 17 February) :Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister – Paul van Zeeland (to 24 November); Paul-Émile Janson (from 24 November) Events * 22 to 25 May – Baudouin of Belgium, King Baudouin makes a state visit to Britain. * 20 June – 25th Gordon Bennett Cup (ballooning), Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels. Publications * Hergé, ''The Broken Ear, L'Oreille cassée'' (serialised December 1935 to February 1937) * Henri Pirenne, ''Mohammed and Charlemagne, Mahomet et Charlemagne'' (posthumous) * H. E. Reed, ''Hogs in Belgian Agriculture'' (Washington D.C., United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics) Art and architecture ;Buildings * Raymond Lemaire, Institute of Agriculture, Heverlee ;Paintings * René Magritte, ''Not to Be Reproduced, La Reproduction Interdite'' Births * 1 January – Willy Kuijpers, politician (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Mansion
Joseph Mansion (1877–1937) was a Belgian philologist and a professor at the University of Liège. Life Mansion was born in Ghent on 9 January 1877 and studied at the Collège Sainte-Barbe in the city and at the University of Ghent.A. Van Loey, "Mansion (Joseph)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 30(Brussels, 1958), 536-540. He wrote a doctorate in the field of classical philology, on gutturals in Ancient Greek. In 1900 he won a travel scholarship which enabled him to pursue studies at the universities of Leipzig, Bonn, Berlin and Cambridge. On 20 October 1904 he was appointed at the University of Liège to replace Oswald Orth in teaching comparative grammar of the Germanic languages, and historical grammar of English and German. From 1905 he also taught Gothic. He was appointed extraordinary professor on 18 October 1910, and full professor on 22 May 1919. From 1908 he also taught comparative grammar of Greek and Latin, and Sanskrit language and literature. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspard Hons
Gaspard Hons (3 November 1937 – 11 August 2020) was a Belgian poet. Works * ''Le Bréviaire de l'attente'' (1974) * ''Cordages d’haleines'' (1975) * ''Maternité. La transhumance'' (1976) * ''Juin, lampe bleue et feu d’épaules'' (1976) * ''Le jour émigre'' (1977) * ''Dix-sept heures'' (1978) * ''Baccarat dans le texte'' (1979) * ''Auberge de taffetas'' (1979) * ''Voir dire'' (1982) * ''Éternuement en ce lieu'' (1984) * ''Fusil posé à l’ombre des chasseurs'' (1984) * ''Éléments pour une demeure'' (1985) * ''Verger peint'' (1985) * ''Mémoire peinte'' (1985) * ''Chemins'' (1985) * ''Or & grès'' (1988) * ''La Maison de personne'' (1988) * ''Le Poème de personne'' (1988) * ''Or et grès'' (1988) * ''Des poèmes très ordinaires'' (1991) * ''Le Livre de personne'' (1991) * ''La Dernière Montagne'' (1991) * ''Offert aux dieux lointains…'' (1992) * ''Le froid n’atteint pas les pommiers en fleur'' (1992) * ''Personne ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Kuijpers
Willy Kuijpers (1 January 1937 – 17 November 2020) was a Belgian politician. Career A Flemish nationalist, he sat in the Belgian Federal Parliament (both as a representative and a senator), the Flemish Parliament The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural communi ..., and the European Parliament, as well as being active in local politics and serving as mayor of Herent. He had a particular interest in education policy and international development aid. Kuijpers died from COVID-19 in 2020. References 1937 births 2020 deaths Belgian politicians 20th-century Belgian politicians Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium {{Belgium-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte (; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art. Early life René Magritte was born in Lessines, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, in 1898. He was the oldest son of Léopold Magritte, a tailor and textile merchant,Meuris 1991, p 216. and Régina (née Bertinchamps), who was a milliner before she got married. Little is known about Magritte's early life. He began lessons in drawing in 1910. On 24 February 1912, his mother committed suicide by drowning herself in the River Sambre at Châtelet. It was not her first suicide attempt. Her body was not discovered until 12 March.Abadie 2003, p. 274. According to a legend, 13-year-old Magritte was present when her body was retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Lemaire
Canon Raymond Lemaire (1878–1954) was a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, both student and successor of Joris Helleputte. Life Lemaire was ordained to the priesthood in 1901 and graduated with a doctorate in Archaeology and Art History in 1906. From 1907 onwards he taught at the Catholic University, at various times giving courses on ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, applied aesthetics and architectural history. He was particularly interested in Romanesque architecture in Belgium. He played an important role in debates about the reconstruction of Leuven after the extensive destruction wrought upon the city during the First World War. Works As an architect, Lemaire designed the Redemptorist church, Leuven and the Institute of Agriculture, Heverlee An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
