Events in the year 1915 in

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 th ...

Incumbents

*Monarch: Albert I *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Charles de Broqueville Charles Marie Pierre Albert, 1st Count de Broqueville (4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium, serving during World War I. Before 1914 Charles de Broqueville was born into an old noble family with its roots in ...

Events

* 3 March – The 7th Belgian Field Artillery is formed. * 22 April - 25 May –

Second Battle of Ypres During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium. The First Battle of Ypres had been fought the pr ...

Publications

* ''Reports of the Belgian representatives in Berlin, London and Paris to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, 1905-1914: European politics during the decade before the war as described by Belgian diplomatists''. *

Isabel Anderson Isabel Anderson (March 29, 1876 – November 3, 1948), , was a Boston heiress, author, and society hostess who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. Life Early life Born at 284 Marlborough Street in Boston's B ...

, ''The Spell of Belgium'' (Boston) *

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

et al., ''Belgium, Hero and Martyr: Visé, Liége, Dinant, Termonde, Louvain, Malines, Nieuport, Ypres, Dixmude, Furnes, 1914-1915'' (Paris) * Pierre Nothomb, ''The Barbarians in Belgium'', translated by Jean E.H. Findlay, with a preface by Henry Carton de Wiart (London, Jarrold & sons) * Edward Neville Vose, ''The Spell of Flanders: An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium's Famous Northern Provinces'' (Boston, The Page Company)

Births

* 22 May -

Raymond Leblanc Raymond Leblanc (born 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as ''The Adventures of Tintin'' by Hergé and '' Blake and Mortimer'' by Edgar P. Ja ...

, comic book publisher and film producer (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) * 6 July - Marcel Quinet, composer and pianist (d.

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

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Deaths

* 12 October –

Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Be ...

(born 1865), nurse

References

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