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1916 in Belgium, the Glossary

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.^[1]

33 relations: Albert I of Belgium, Andrée de Jongh, Antoon Stillemans, Émile Royer, Émile Verhaeren, Battle of Mont Sorrel, Belgium, Bernard Heuvelmans, Charles de Broqueville, Charles Vanden Wouwer, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, East African campaign (World War I), Felix Timmermans, François Stroobant, Gabrielle Petit, Gaston Van Roy, German East Africa, Godefroid Kurth, Jacques Van Offelen, Jean Jérôme Hamer, Julien Davignon, Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, Monarchy of Belgium, Prime Minister of Belgium, Renaat Van Elslande, Richard De Smet, Rik Wouters, Robert Van Eenaeme, Robert-Joseph Mathen, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent, Tabora.
1910s in Belgium

Albert I of Belgium

Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934.

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Andrée de Jongh

Countess Andrée Eugénie Adrienne de Jongh (30 November 1916 – 13 October 2007), called Dédée and Postman, was a member of the Belgian Resistance during the Second World War.

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Antoon Stillemans

Antoon Stillemans (10 December 1832, Sint-Niklaas – 5 November 1916, Ghent) was for 26 years the twenty-fourth bishop of Ghent, in Belgium.

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Émile Royer

Émile Royer (27 April 1866 – 16 May 1916) was a Belgian socialist politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives.

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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.

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The Battle of Mont Sorrel (Battle of Mount Sorrel) was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the German 4th Army and three divisions of the British Second Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres in Belgium, from 2 to 13 June 1916.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Bernard Heuvelmans

Bernard Heuvelmans (10 October 1916 – 22 August 2001) was a Belgian-French scientist, explorer, researcher, and writer probably best known, along with Scottish-American biologist Ivan T. Sanderson, as a founding figure in the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology.

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Charles de Broqueville

Charles, 1st Count de Broqueville (4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium, serving during World War I.

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Charles Vanden Wouwer

Charles Chaly Joseph vanden Wouwer or van den Wouwer (7 September 1916 – 1 June 1989) was a Belgian footballer who was born in Teignmouth (England).

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Désiré-Joseph Mercier

Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851 – 23 January 1926) was a Belgian cardinal of the Catholic Church and a noted scholar.

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East African campaign (World War I)

The East African campaign in World War I was a series of battles and guerrilla actions, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions of Mozambique, Rhodesia, British East Africa, the Uganda, and the Belgian Congo.

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Felix Timmermans

Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 – 24 January 1947) is a much translated author from Flanders.

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François Stroobant

François Stroobant (14 June 1819 Brussels – 1 June 1916 Elsene) was a Belgian painter and lithographer, and brother of the lithographer Louis-Constantin Stroobant (1814–1872) noted for his part in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe.

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Gabrielle Petit

Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian spy who worked for the British Secret Service in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was executed in 1916, and was widely celebrated as a Belgian national heroine after the war's end.

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Gaston Van Roy

Gaston Van Roy (9 February 1916 – 6 December 1989) was a Belgian sports shooter.

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German East Africa

German East Africa (GEA; Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique.

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Godefroid Kurth

Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat.

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Jacques Van Offelen

Jacques Louis Gustave Van Offelen (Isleworth, 18 October 1916 – Uccle, 22 February 2006) was a Belgian liberal politician, burgomaster and minister for the PVV.

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Jean Jérôme Hamer

Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P., S.T.D. (1 June 1916 – 2 December 1996) was a Belgian Cardinal who was Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 1985 until 1992.

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Julien Davignon

Henri François Julien Claude, Viscount Davignon (3 December 1854 – 12 March 1916) was a Belgian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1907–1916).

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Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem

Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem (7 October 1916 – 7 January 2004) was a Belgian Roman Catholic Bishop.

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Lilian, Princess of Réthy

Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy (born Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels; &ndash) was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium.

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Marie-Thérèse Bourquin

Marie-Thérèse Bourquin (7 March 1916 – 5 December 2018) was a Belgian lawyer and the first female member of the Belgian Council of State.

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Monarchy of Belgium

Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary and popular monarchy.

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Prime Minister of Belgium

The prime minister of Belgium (Eerste minister van België; Premier ministre de Belgique; Premierminister von Belgien) or the premier of Belgium is the head of the federal government of Belgium, and the most powerful person in Belgian politics.

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Renaat Van Elslande

Renaat Antoon Joseph Van Elslande (born in Boekhoute on 21 January 1916; died in Uccle on 21 December 2000) was a Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams politician who had been culture minister and foreign minister.

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