''Le Vingtième Siècle'' (, ''The Twentieth Century'') was a Belgian

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that was published from 1898 to 1940. Its supplement ''

Le Petit Vingtième ''Le Petit Vingtième'' (, ''The Little Twentieth'') was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgium, Belgian newspaper ''Le Vingtième Siècle'' ("The Twentieth Century") from 1928 to 1940. The comics series ''The Adventures of Tintin'' first ap ...

'' ("''The Little Twentieth'') is known as the first publication to feature ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

''. The conservative

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newspaper was founded by Georges Helleputte, Joseph d'Ursel, and Athanase de Broqueville (brother of Belgian Prime Minister

Charles de Broqueville Count, Comte Charles de Broqueville (; 4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium from 1911 to 1918 and again from 1932 to 1934, serving during the majority of World War I. Before 1914 Charles de Broqueville was b ...

). Its first issue was published on 6 June 1898. It sold poorly and was kept alive by Charles de Broqueville and other Belgian aristocrats. In 1914, Fernand Neuray took over as editor-in-chief. He distanced the newspaper from the Catholic alignment and tried to position it as a national newspaper.

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* Pierre Assouline, ''Hergé'', Plon, 1996. 1895 establishments in Belgium 1940 disestablishments in Belgium Defunct newspapers published in Belgium Bandes dessinées French-language newspapers published in Belgium Newspapers established in 1895 Newspapers disestablished in 1940 Defunct Catholic newspapers The Adventures of Tintin {{Belgium-newspaper-stub