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Events in the year 1940 in Belgium

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 10 January – Mechelen incident: German military plane crashes near Maasmechelen.[2]: 847 
  • 26 April – King Leopold III rejects the government's resignation.[2]: 847 
  • 10 to 28 May – Battle of Belgium
    • 10 to 11 May – Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
    • 12 to 14 May – Battle of Hannut
    • 14 to 15 May – Battle of Gembloux
    • 22 May – Alexander von Falkenhausen appointed to the head of the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
    • 23 to 28 May – Battle of the Lys
    • 25 May – Leopold III declares that he will remain with his troops and share their fate
    • 25 to 28 May – Vinkt Massacre
    • 26 May – Dunkirk evacuation begins
    • 28 May – Leopold III capitulates to the invading forces, contrary to ministerial advice.[2]: 848 
  • 31 May – Belgian parliament in exile meets in Limoges
  • 6 June – Civil-service secretaries-general empowered to keep Belgian ministries running while the government is in exile.[2]: 848 
  • 10 June – The International Red Cross estimates Belgian refugees in France to number 2.2 million.[2]: 849 
  • 28 June – Belgian Labour Party dissolved.[2]: 848 
  • 15 August – Newspaper La Libre Belgique begins clandestine publication.[2]: 847 
  • 10 October – Jews banned from public office by decree of the occupying forces.[2]: 847 
  • 28 October – Belgian government in exile, having been dispersed in France, Spain and Switzerland, re-established in London.[2]: 848 
  • 19 November – King Leopold III in Berchtesgarden makes a personal appeal to Hitler for the release of Belgian prisoners of war.[2]: 849 
  • 22 November – Single overarching trade union established.[2]: 849 

Births[]

  • 2 January – Florent Bessemans, fencer
  • 4 January – Léon Semmeling, footballer
  • 18 January – Élisabeth Burdot, journalist (died 2021)
  • 5 February – Henri Van Herwegen, artist (died 2019)
  • 23 February – Remi Vermeiren, banker
  • 24 May – Hilde Houben-Bertrand, politician
  • 6 June – Nicolas Dumont, Olympic athlete
  • 7 July – Irène Sweyd, Olympic athlete
  • 7 August – Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister 1992-1999 (died 2014)
  • 12 October – Yvan Covent, cyclist (died 2011)
  • 27 December – William Cliff, poet

Deaths[]

  • 10 January – Pierre Imperiali (born 1874), politician
  • 27 January – Léon Frédéric (born 1856), painter
  • 30 January – André Léon Tonnoir (born 1885), entomologist
  • 10 February – Paulin Ladeuze (born 1870), theologian
  • 11 February – Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (born 1856), author
  • 22 February – Eugène Laermans (born 1864), painter
  • 14 March – Flori van Acker (born 1858), painter
  • 19 March – Gustave Sap (born 1886), politician
  • 29 April – Jules Feller (born 1859), academician
  • 12 May – Michel D'Hooghe (born 1912), cyclist
  • 20 May – Joris Van Severen (born 1894), far-right politician
  • 18 June – Robert Feyerick (born 1892), Olympic athlete
  • 24 June – Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (born 1877), missionary
  • 29 August – Arthur De Greef (born 1862), composer
  • 30 August — Hélène Mallebrancke (born 1902), engineer and resister
  • 5 September – Charles de Broqueville (born 1860), former Prime Minister
  • 9 September – Albert du Roy de Blicquy (born 1869), general
  • 23 September – Marcel Van Crombrugge (born 1880), Olympic athlete
  • 7 October – Marie de Bièvre (born 1865), painter
  • 17 October – Lucien Linden (born 1851), botanist
  • 3 November – Julien Vervaecke (born 1899), cyclist
  • 8 November – Arthur Vierendeel (born 1852), civil engineer
  • 16 November – Léon Dens (born 1869), politician

References[]

  1. ^ "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
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