Events in the year 1920 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 A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

– 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 is not ...

–

Léon Delacroix Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix (27 December 1867 – 15 October 1929) was a Belgian statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation from 1917 to 1918. In the context o ...

(to 20 November);

Henry Carton de Wiart :''This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart.'' Henry Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart (31 January 1869 – 6 May 1951) was the prime minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 6 May 1921. He w ...

(from 20 November)

Events

* 11 February –

Colonial University of Belgium The Colonial University of Belgium ( nl, Koloniale Hogeschool van België) was a Belgian institute of higher education, located in Antwerp. Founded in 1920 and discontinued in 1961, the institute prepared students for a life in the Belgian Congo ...

founded. * 11 May – King Albert and Queen Elisabeth attend the London wedding of

Oswald Mosley Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician during the 1920s and 1930s who rose to fame when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism. He was a member ...

and Lady Cynthia Curzon. * 29 July – World War I veterans storm the

Palace of the Nation The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: Chambre des Représentants, german: Abgeordnetenkammer) and the Senate (Dutch: , french: Sénat, german: Senat). It s ...

(Parliament building), demanding the government hear their demands for compensation. * 14 August to 12 September –

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

held in Antwerp. * 7 September – Franco-Belgian Accord for mutual defence signed. * 23 October – Ernest Demuyter and Mathieu Labrousse win the 9th Gordon Bennett Cup in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

Publications

* ''The Yser and the Belgian Coast'' (Clermont-Ferrand, Michelin) * André Baillon, ''Moi quelque part...'' (Brussels, Soupente) * George Wharton Edwards, ''Belgium Old & New'' (Penn Publishing Company) *

Charlotte Kellogg Charlotte Kellogg (May 21, 1874 – May 8, 1960) was an American author and social activist. She was married to American entomologist Vernon Lyman Kellogg. Early life Charlotte Kellogg was born Charlotte Hoffman on May 21, 1874 in Grand Island, ...

, ''Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace'' (New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls) * Charlotte Kellogg, ''Mercier, the Fighting Cardinal of Belgium'' (New York and London, D. Appleton and Company) * A. R. Hope Moncrieff, ''Belgium Past and Present: The Cockpit of Europe'' (London, A. & C. Black) * G. W. Prothero, ''Question of the Scheldt'' (London, H.M. Stationery Office) *

Herman Vander Linden Herman Vander Linden (1868–1956) was a Belgian historian who was a professor at the University of Liège. Life Vander Linden was born in Leuven on 27 April 1868 and was educated in the state secondary school there. He graduated doctor of philos ...

, ''Belgium: The Making of a Nation'' (Oxford, The Clarendon Press) * Brand Whitlock, ''Belgium: A Personal Narrative'' (New York, D. Appleton)

Art and architecture

Births

* 25 January –

Jeanne Brabants Jeanne, Baroness Brabants (25 January 1920 – 2 January 2014) was a Belgian dancer, choreographer and teacher. Born in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at a ...

, dancer (died 2014) * 1 May –

Jacques Stiennon Jacques Stiennon (1 May 1920 – 5 May 2012) was a Belgian medievalist who worked as a librarian and a professor of history at the University of Liège. His main research interests were in the history of the principality of Liège and of Wallonia, e ...

, historian (died 2012) * 18 June –

Aster Berkhof Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh (18 June 1920 – 29 September 2020), known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, was a Belgian writer. Early life Van Den Bergh was born in Rijkevorsel on 18 June 1920. H ...

, writer (died 2020) * 3 July –

Eddy Paape Edouard Paape (3 July 1920 – 12 May 2012), commonly known as Eddy Paape, was a Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the series ''Luc Orient''. Biography Eddy Paape was born in Grivegnée (now a part of Liège), Belgium in 1920 ...

, cartoonist (died 2012) * 6 August –

Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt (6 August 1920 – 4 November 1998) was a Belgian geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the pr ...

, geologist (died 1998) * 18 August –

Marcella Pattyn Marcella Pattyn (born 18 August 1920 in Thysville (Belgian Congo), was the last traditional Beguine. Life Born in the Belgian Congo in 1920, Marcella Pattyn wanted to join a missionary order from an early age. However, she was rejected by se ...

, Beguine (died 2013) * 5 September – Jean Tordeur, writer (died 2010) * 15 September — Luc Gillon, priest-scientist (died 1998) * 21 October – Arnold Boghaert, bishop (died 1993) * 12 November – Yvonne Vandekerckhove, swimmer (died 2012) * 11 December –

Alfons Van Uytven Alfons Van Uytven (born 11 December 1920) is a Belgian former trade union leader. Born in Leuven, van Uytven joined the Tobacco Workers' Union (BCVT), and in 1950 was elected as its general secretary. In 1952, he was additionally elected as genera ...

, trade unionist * 20 December – Helene Moszkiewiez, resister (died 1998)

Deaths

* 27 March – Henriette Mayer van den Bergh (born 1838), art collector * 30 April –

Charles van Rysselberghe Charles van Rysselberghe (25 July 1850 – 30 April 1920) was a Belgian architect. Biography Carolus Julianus van Rysselberghe was born in Meerle, Hoogstraten, on 25 July 1850. He was trained at the Academy of Ghent, studying there between 1863 an ...

(born 1850), architect * 25 June –

Amadeus de Bie Gerardus Franciscus Amadeus de Bie (16 March 1844 - 25 June 1920) was a Belgian abbot of Bornem Abbey (Common Observance). He became the 74th Abbot-General of the Cistercian Order. In 1862 he entered Bornem Abbey, and chose his monastic name in ...

(born 1844), Cistercian abbot

References

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