1901 in Belgium
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List of years in Belgium
Events in the year 1901 in Belgium .
Incumbents
[edit ]- Monarch: Leopold II [1]
- Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Events
[edit ]- 25 July – Bishop Antoon Stillemans consecrates Church of St Anthony of Padua, Ghent
- 2 August – Deposits of coal discovered at As in the province of Limburg
Publications
[edit ]- Series
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique , vol. 16.
- Maurice De Wulf launches 15-volume collection Les Philosophes Belges
- Ernest Gilliat-Smith, The Story of Bruges, illustrated by Edith Calvert and Herbert Railton (London, J.M. Dent)[2]
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 1.[3]
- Studies
- Eugène Demolder, Constantin Meunier (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Pol de Mont, Het schildersboek: Vlaamsche schilders der negentiende eeuw, ed. Max Rooses, vol. 5.[4]
Art and architecture
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- Paintings
- Théo van Rysselberghe, La Promenade
Births
[edit ]- 21 May – Suzanne Lilar, writer (died 1992)
- 3 November – Leopold III of Belgium (died 1983)
- 25 December – Marie-Noële Kelly, traveller and hostess (died 1995)
Deaths
[edit ]- 20 January – Zénobe Gramme (born 1826), electrical engineer
- 18 February – Egide Walschaerts (born 1820), inventor
- 30 May – Victor D'Hondt (born 1841), lawyer and mathematician
- 22 October – Alfred Ronner (born 1851), artist
References
[edit ]- ^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ At Internet Archive.
- ^ "Digital Viewer by KBR".
- ^ "Pol de Mont, Het schildersboek. Deel 5. Vlaamsche schilders der negentiende eeuw · DBNL".
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