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1910 In Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1910 in the Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents *Monarchy of Belgium, Monarch: Albert I of Belgium, Albert I *Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister: Frans Schollaert Events * 23 April to 1 November – Brussels International 1910, Exposition Universelle et Internationale (world's fair) held in Brussels. * 22 May – Belgian general election, 1910 * 1-6 August – First International Congress of Entomology held in Brussels. * 23 September – Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea concluded. Publications ;Periodicals * ''Annuaire de la Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles'', vol. 21 * ''Le Masque'' (monthly review of art and literature) begins publication ;Books * Maurice De Wulf, ''Histoire de la philosophie en Belgique'' (Brussels, Albert Dewit; Paris, Félix Alcan) * Henri Hymans, ''Bruxelles'' (Paris, Librairie Renouard) * Godefroid Kurth, ''La Cité de Liège au Moyen-Âge'', vols. 2-3 (Brussels, Dewit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910
Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. February * February 20 – Boutros Ghali, the first native-born Prime Minister of Egypt, is assassinated in Cairo. March * March – Albanian revolt of 1910: An uprising against Ottoman rule breaks out in Albania. * March 8 – In France, Raymonde de Laroche is awarded Pilot's license No. 36 by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, becoming the first woman authorized to fly an airplane. * March 10 ** Slavery in China, which has existed since the Shang dynasty, is now made illegal. ** Nazareth Baptist Church, an African-initiated church, is founded by Prophet Isaiah Shembe in South Africa. * March 17 – Progressive Republicans in the United States House of Representatives rebel against Speaker Joseph Gurney Cann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Verhaeren
Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren (; 21 May 1855 – 27 November 1916) was a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language. He was one of the founders of the school of Symbolism and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on six occasions. Early life Émile Verhaeren was born into a middle-class family in Sint-Amands, a rural commune in Belgium's Province of Antwerp. In addition to the local Dutch dialect, he adopted French as his language of culture, as was common for Belgian elites at the time. At the age of eleven, he was sent to a strict boarding school in Ghent run by Jesuits, the Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe, where he formed a friendship with Georges Rodenbach. He then studied law at the University of Leuven, where he produced his first literary efforts in a student paper, ''La Semaine'' (''The Week''), which he edited in conjunction with the opera singer Ernest van Dyck. ''La Semaine'' was suppressed by the authorities, as was its successor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
